Capillo-venous flow in the brain: Significance of intravascular RBC aggregation for venous flow regulation

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 51-57

  Tomita, Minoru ^a   Tanahashi, Norio ^b   Takeda, Hidetaka ^c   Schiszler, Istvan ^a,d   Osada, Takashi ^a   Unekawa, Miyuki ^a   Suzuki, Norihiro ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Capillo venous junction; Intravascular RBC aggregation; RBC tracking; RBC velocity; Shear dependent viscosity; Single capillary flow

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; CAPILLARY FLOW; CELL DENSITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; HEMATOCRIT; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; RAT; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS BLOOD;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLARIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VEINS;

EID: 33644808489     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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