Acute and chronic head-down tail suspension diminishes cerebral perfusion in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 282, Issue 1 51-1, 2002, Pages

  Keith Wilkerson, M ^a   Colleran, Patrick N ^a   Delp, Michael D ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Hindlimb unloading; Microgravity; Unweighting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VASCULAR RESISTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD POSITION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HINDLIMB; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STANDING; TAIL ARTERY;

EID: 0036083155     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00727.2001     Document Type: Article

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