Cerebrovascular response to normal pregnancy: A longitudinal study

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 290, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Bergersen, T K ^a,b   Hartgill, T W ^a   Pirhonen, J ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Internal carotid artery; Pressor response; Ultrasound Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERVENTILATION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33646403683     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00919.2005     Document Type: Article

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