CBF change evoked by somatosensory activation measured by laser-Doppler flowmetry: Independent evaluation of RBC velocity and RBC concentration

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 289-296

  Matsuura, Tetsuya ^a   Fujita, Hideaki ^a   Seki, Chie ^a   Kashikura, Kenichi ^a   Yamada, Katsuya ^b   Kanno, Iwao ^c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND BLOOD VESSELS AKITA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Field potential; Functional activation; Hind paw stimulation; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Local cerebral blood flow

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; ERYTHROCYTE; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032881888     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.49.289     Document Type: Article

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