Harvey Cushing and the regulation of blood pressure in giraffe, rat and man: Introducing 'Cushing's mechanism'

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-17

  Paton, J F R ^a   Dickinson, C J ^b   Mitchell, G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN STEM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GIRAFFE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVIEW; THEORY-PRACTICE RELATIONSHIP; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 58149107332     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2008.043455     Document Type: Review

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