Deep brain stimulation of the periaqueductal grey induces vasodilation in humans

Hypertension

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Carter, Howard H ^a   Dawson, Ellen A ^b   Cable, N Timothy ^b   Basnayake, Shanika ^c   Aziz, Tipu Z ^c   Green, Alexander L ^c   Paterson, David J ^c   Lind, Christopher R P ^a,d   Thijssen, Dick H J ^b,e   Green, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LETTER; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PHANTOM PAIN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION;

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; VASODILATION;

EID: 79955465543     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.170183     Document Type: Letter

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