Increasing orthostatic stress impairs neurocognitive functioning in chronic fatigue syndrome with postural tachycardia syndrome

Clinical Science

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 227-238

  Ocon, Anthony J ^a   Messer, Zachary R ^a   Medow, Marvin S ^a   Stewart, Julian M ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS); Graded tilt testing; Neurocognition; Orthostatic stress; Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BREATHING RATE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; ORTHOSTATIC STRESS; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; PRESYNCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TILT TABLE TEST; WORKING MEMORY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; SYNCOPE;

EID: 84855479488     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20110241     Document Type: Article

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