Cerebral hemodynamic responses to betel chewing: A doppler study

Clinical Neuropharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 244-250

  Lin, Shinn Kuang ^a   Chang, Yeu Jhy ^a   Ryu, Shan Jin ^a   Chu, Nai Shin ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Betel nut chewing; Blood flow; Blood pressure; Doppler; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

BETEL EXTRACT;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CHRONOTROPISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MASTICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ARECA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; NUTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0036709372     PISSN: 03625664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002826-200209000-00003     Document Type: Article

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