Laser-Doppler Evaluation of Rat Brain Microcirculation: Comparison with the [14C]-Iodoantipyrine Method Suggests Discordance during Cerebral Blood Flow Increases

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 156-161

  Fabricius, Martin ^a,b   Lauritzen, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Cortical spreading depression; Hypercapnia; Hypoxia; Iodoantipyrine; Laser doppler flowmetry

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; IODOPHENAZONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG CLEARANCE; HYPERCAPNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIPYRINE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030043728     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199601000-00018     Document Type: Article

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