Simulation study of brain blood flow regulation by intra-cortical arterioles in an anatomically accurate large human vascular network. Part II: Flow variations induced by global or localized modifications of arteriolar diameters

NeuroImage

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2840-2853

  Lorthois, S ^a   Cassot, F ^b   Lauwers, F ^b,c  

^a IMFT   (France)

^b CHU PURPAN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

BOLD signal; Calibrated fMRI; Cerebral blood flow; Cerebral microcirculation; Hemodynamic component; Negative BOLD; Neuroimaging; Vascular point spread function

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; FLOW KINETICS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VASODILATATION;

ARTERIOLES; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; VASODILATION;

EID: 78650948499     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.10.040     Document Type: Article

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