Effects of physiological aging and cerebrovascular risk factors on the hemodynamic response to brain activation: A functional transcranial Doppler study

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-131

  Groschel K ^a,b   Terborg, C ^a   Schnaudigel, S ^a   Ringer, T ^a   Riecker, A ^c   Witte, O W ^a   Kastrup, A ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Breath holding test; Cerebral hemodynamics; Cerebrovascular risk factors; Transcranial Doppler sonography; Vasomotor reactivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERCAPNIA; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 33846433104     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01563.x     Document Type: Article

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