Cerebral artery dilatation maintains cerebral oxygenation at extreme altitude and in acute hypoxiaan ultrasound and MRI study

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2019-2029

  Wilson, Mark H ^a,b   Edsell, Mark E G ^a,c   Davagnanam, Indran ^b   Hirani, Shashivadan P ^a,d   Martin, Dan S ^a   Levett, Denny Z H ^a,e   Thornton, John S ^b   Golay, Xavier ^b   Strycharczuk, Lisa ^b   Newman, Stanton P ^a,d   Montgomery, Hugh E ^a   Grocott, Mike P W ^a,e   Imray, Christopher H E ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brain imaging; cerebral blood flow; high altitude; MRI; transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DILATATION; CEREBRAL OXYGENATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN DELIVERY DEVICE; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; ULTRASOUND;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTIAL PRESSURE; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053567850     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2011.81     Document Type: Article

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