Resonance and the synchrony of arterial and CSF pulsations

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 273-276

  Egnor, Michael ^a   Wagshul, M ^a   Zheng, L ^b   Rosiello, A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOROID PLEXUS; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SKULL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORY; VELOCITY;

CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 0345269177     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069826     Document Type: Letter

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