Comments on Point:Counterpoint: Sympathetic activity does/does not influence cerebral blood flow [1]

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1369-

  Levine, Benjamin D ^a   Zhang, Rong ^b  

^a Department of Medicine ^*

^b Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; GANGLION BLOCK; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; LETTER; ORTHOSTATIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; ANIMAL; BRAIN ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EXERCISE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; INNERVATION; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EXERCISE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 57049097003     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.zdg-8199.pcpcomm.2008     Document Type: Letter

References (8)

1. Heistad DD, Marcus ML. "Controversies in Cardiovascular Research": Evidence that neural mechanisms do not have important effects on cerebral blood flow. Circ Res 42: 295-302, 1978.
2. Levine BD, Giller CA, Lane LD, Buckey JC, Blomqvist CG. Cerebral versus systemic hemodynamics during graded orthostatic stress in humans. Circulation 90: 298-306, 1994.
3. Purves MJ. "Controversies in Cardiovascular Research": Do vasomotor nerves significantly regulate cerebral blood flow? Circ Res 43: 485-493, 1978.
4. Strandgaard S, Sigurdsson ST. Counterpoint: Sympathetic activity does not influence cerebral blood flow. J Appl Physiol; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.90597.2008a.
5. Van Lieshout JJ, Secher NH. Point: Sympathetic activity does influence cerebral blood flow. J Appl Physiol; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol. 90597.2008.
6. Zhang R, Crandall CG, Levine BD. Cerebral hemodynamics during the Valsalva maneuver: insights from ganglionic blockade. Stroke 35: 843-847, 2004.
7. Zhang R, Levine BD. Autonomic ganglionic blockade does not prevent reduction in cerebral blood flow velocity during orthostasis in humans. Stroke 38: 1238-1244, 2007.
8. Zhang R, Zuckerman JH, Iwasaki K, Wilson TE, Crandall CG, Levine BD. Autonomic neural control of dynamic cerebral autoregulation in humans. Circulation 106: 1814-1820, 2002.