Age-related changes in cerebral hemodynamics and their correlations with cardiac autonomic functions

Neurological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 871-876

  Fu, Chin Hua ^a,b   Yang, Cheryl C H ^b   Kuo, Terry B J ^b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Baroreflex sensitivity; Cerebral vasomotor reserve; Frequency domain analysis; Heart rate variability; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INNERVATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY FLOW VELOCITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; VAGUS NERVE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 33845414090     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164106X110463     Document Type: Article

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