title: Microvascular function and ageing L-arginine, tetrahydrobiopterin and the search for the fountain of vascular youth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA. kheffer2@uiuc.edu
authors.forename: Kevin S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Heffernan
authors.forename: Victoria J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Rudy J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Valentine
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000378:metabolism*; D001160:Arterioles / Q000502:physiology*; D001708:Biopterins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001708:Biopterins; D001120:Arginine; C003402:sapropterin