Impaired cerebrovascular autoregulation and reduced CO2 reactivity after long duration spaceflight

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2592-2598

  Zuj, K A ^a   Arbeille, Ph ^b   Shoemaker, J K ^c   Blaber, A P ^d   Greaves, D K ^a   Xu, D ^a   Hughson, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Cerebrovascular resistance; Transcranial doppler ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CARBON DIOXIDE BREATHING; CARBON DIOXIDE REACTIVITY; CEREBROVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR RESISTANCE INDEX; COSMONAUT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION; LONG DURATION SPACE FLIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; ASTRONAUTS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 84862579664     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00029.2012     Document Type: Article

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