Acute flavanol consumption improves the cerebral vasodilatory capacity in college-aged African Americans

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1030-1038

  Hurr, Chansol ^a   Harrison, Michelle L ^a   Brothers, R Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLAVONOID; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CEREBRAL VASODILATORY CAPACITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERCAPNIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REBREATHING; VASODILATATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CAUCASIAN; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; VASODILATOR AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940608343     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/EP085269     Document Type: Article

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