Human cerebral venous outflow pathway depends on posture and central venous pressure

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 560, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 317-327

  Gisolf, J ^a   van Lieshout, J J ^a   van Heusden, K ^b   Pott, F ^c   Stok, W J ^a   Karemaker, J M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL CAPACITANCE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN VEIN; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LARYNX; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SIMULATION; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VERTEBRA; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; JUGULAR VEIN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POSTURE VENOUS PRESSURE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; POSTURE; SUPINE POSITION; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 6444235400     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.070409     Document Type: Article

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