Laser-Doppler measurements of concentration and velocity of moving blood cells in rat cerebral circulation

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-132

  Barfod, C ^a   Akgoren N ^a,b   Fabricius, M ^a,b   Dirnagl, U ^d   Lauritzen, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Cerebral blood flow; Erythrocytes; Flowmetry; Hypercapnia; Laser Doppler microcirculation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW RATE; HYPERCAPNIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030974646     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1997.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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