Blood flow regulation in the cerebral microvasculature with an arcadal network: A numerical simulation

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-47

  Niimi, Hideyuki ^a,b   Komai, Yutaka ^a   Yamaguchia, Saburo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Arcadal network; Cerebral microcirculation; Flow regulation; Flow induced response; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CAPILLARY; CAT; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROCIRCULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CAPILLARIES; CATS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 33847755908     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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