| The effects of short-term training on platelet functions and total antioxidant capacity in rats (2006) | |||||||||||||
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| The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of short-term endurance training on plasma total antioxidant status (TAS) and on in vitro platelet aggregation and ATP release. Blood samples were collected from the abdominal aorta of rats following short-term treadmill exercise (25 m/min, 0 % grade, 30 min) for three consecutive days, as well as in non-exercised control group. Platelet aggregation and platelet ATP release were evaluated by impedance and bioluminescence techniques, respectively. Plasma TAS was measured spectrophotometrically. Plasma TAS was higher and ADP-induced platelet ATP release was lower in the short-term training group with respect to the control group (p. Department of Physiology, Ankara University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. | |||||||||||||
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