Topology and hemodynamics of the cortical cerebrovascular system

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 952-967

  Hirsch, Sven ^a   Reichold, Johannes ^a   Schneider, Matthias ^a   Székely, Gábor ^a   Weber, Bruno ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cerebral hemodynamics; cerebrovascular disease; hemodynamics; vascular biology

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; OXYGEN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROVASCULATURE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PIA ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; STROKE; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 84861877802     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2012.39     Document Type: Review

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