Pseudoparadoxical dissociation of cerebral oxygen saturation and cerebral blood flow velocity after acupuncture in a woman with cerebrovascular dementia: A case report

Neurological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 698-701

  Schwarz, Gerhard ^a   Litscher, Gerhard ^a   Sandner Kiesling, Andreas ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cerebrovascular dementia; Laser acupuncture; Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS); Regional cerebral oxygen saturation; Transcranial doppler sonography (TCD)

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; MUSCLE REFLEX; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN SATURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 12544252852     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164104225015912     Document Type: Article

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