Open AccessInfluence of DCA on Pulmonary &OV0312;O2 Kinetics during Moderate-Intensity Cycle Exercise
Author(s) -
Katrien Koppo,
Daryl P. Wilkerson,
Jacques Bouckaert,
Sally Wilmshurst,
Iain Campbell,
Andrew M. Jones
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/01.mss.0000132271.24629.38
Subject(s) - heart rate , medicine , intensity (physics) , chemistry , endocrinology , blood pressure , physics , quantum mechanics
To test the hypothesis that pharmacological activation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase enzyme complex (PDC) with dichloroacetate (DCA) would speed phase II pulmonary oxygen uptake ((.-)V(O2)) kinetics after the onset of subsequent moderate-intensity (40-45% ((.-)V(O2)) peak) cycle exercise.