QBANK Some competitive weight-lifters use substances that increase the activity of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) before a workout to increase the blood-supply

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Some competitive weight-lifters use substances that increase the activity of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) before a workout to increase the blood-supply to muscles. Which of the following is a plausible mechanism by which one of these substances could work?

A. Decrease in intracellular cGMP
B. Increased in intracellular calcium
C. Decreased deamination of arginine
D. Inhibition of myosin light chain phoshopatase
E. Increased oxidation of NADPH