Asymmetry in cerebral blood flow velocity with processing of facial images during head-down rest

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 800-805

  Njemanze, Philip C ^a,b  

^a Chidicon Medical Center   (Nigeria)

^b Inst of Space Med/Terrestrial Sci   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cerebral dominance; Cognition; Memory; Mental performance; Perception; Space; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COGNITION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEAD; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MICROGRAVITY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; REST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPACE;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 4344575764     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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