Altered cerebral hemodynamics in early alzheimer disease: A pilot study using transcranial doppler

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 621-629

  Claassen, Jurgen A H R ^a,b   Diaz Arrastia, Ramon ^c   Martin Cook, Kristin ^c   Levine, Benjamin D ^a,c   Zhang, Rong ^a,c  

^a PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cardiovascular physiology; Cerebral autoregulation; Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY POSITION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SIZE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 67849092811     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2009-1079     Document Type: Article

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