Systemic and cerebral hemodynamics during cognitive testing

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-33

  Wecht, Jill M ^a,b   Rosado Rivera, Dwindally ^a   Jegede, Adejoke ^a   Cirnigliaro, Christopher M ^a,c   Jensen, Marley A ^a,c   Kirshblum, Steve ^c   Bauman, William A ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KESSLER INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressures; Cerebral blood flow; Mental stimulation; Paraplegia; Tetraplegia; Transcranial Doppler ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN VASCULAR RESISTANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROOP TEST; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROOP TEST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858698534     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: 16191560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-011-0139-1     Document Type: Article

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