The trigeminal nerve and augmentation of regional cerebral blood flow during experimental bacterial meningitis

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1319-1324

  Weber, Joerg R ^a   Angstwurm, Klemens ^a   Bove, Geoffrey M ^b   Bürger, Wolf ^a   Einhäupl, Karl M ^a   Dirnagl, Ulrich ^a   Moskowitz, Michael A ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0029908655     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199611000-00029     Document Type: Article

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