Arterial stiffness, pressure and flow pulsatility and brain structure and function: The Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study

Brain

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3398-3407

  Mitchell, Gary F ^a   Van Buchem, Mark A ^b   Sigurdsson, Sigurdur ^c   Gotal, John D ^a   Jonsdottir, Maria K ^c,d   Kjartansson, Ólafur ^c   Garcia, Melissa ^e   Aspelund, Thor ^c,d   Harris, Tamara B ^e   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^c,d   Launer, Lenore J ^e  

^a CARDIOVASCULAR ENGINEERING INC   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic stiffness; brain structure; cognitive function; haemodynamics; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; BRAIN SIZE; CADASIL; CAROTID ARTERY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; STROKE; TISSUE INJURY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 81055144033     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr253     Document Type: Article

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