New understanding of the role of cerebrospinal fluid: Offsetting of arterial and brain pulsation and self-dissipation of cerebrospinal fluid pulsatile flow energy

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 884-886

  Min, Kyung Jay ^a   Yoon, Soo Han ^a   Kang, Jae Kyu ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOTHESIS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE WAVE;

ARTERIES; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 79955709634     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.02.043     Document Type: Article

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