Flow-independent heterogeneity of brain capillary plasma perfusion after blood exchange with a newtonian fluid

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 4 41-4, 1997, Pages

  Vogel, Johannes ^a   Waschke, Klaus F ^a   Kuschinsky, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

blood substitutes; blood viscosity; cerebral blood flow; erythrocytes; hemoglobin; microcirculation; microvascular flow; plasma flow; red blood cells

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SUBSTITUTE; HEMOGLOBIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SUBSTITUTION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HYPERCAPNIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030952378     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.4.h1833     Document Type: Article

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