Effects of acute and chronic exercise on vasoconstrictor responsiveness of rat abdominal aorta

• Published in: Journal of applied physiology (1985) Vol. 87; no. 5; pp. 1752 - 1757
• Main Authors: Spier, Scott A, Laughlin, M. Harold, Delp, Michael D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bethesda, MD Am Physiological Soc 01.11.1999; American Physiological Society
• Subjects: Adrenergic alpha-Agonists - pharmacology; Anatomy & physiology; Animals; Aorta, Abdominal - physiology; Arginine Vasopressin - pharmacology; Biological and medical sciences; Blood vessels; Blood vessels and receptors; Exercise; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; In Vitro Techniques; Isometric Contraction - physiology; Male; Norepinephrine - pharmacology; Oxidation-Reduction; Phenylephrine - pharmacology; Physical Exertion - physiology; Potassium Chloride - pharmacology; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Receptors, Adrenergic - physiology; Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1 - drug effects; Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1 - physiology; Rodents; Space life sciences; Vasoconstriction - physiology; Vasoconstrictor Agents - pharmacology; Vertebrates: cardiovascular system; Physical exercise; Agonist; Rat; Rodentia; Vasoconstriction; Smooth muscle; Artery; Endothelium; Vasomotricity; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Blood vessel; Aorta; Vasoconstrictor agent; Circulatory system; Adaptation; NASA Discipline Musculoskeletal; Non-NASA Center

1  Departments of Health and Kinesiology and Medical Physiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843; and 2  Departments of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Physiology, and Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211 Reductions in bloo...