The locus coeruleus-norepinephrine network optimizes coupling of cerebral blood volume with oxygen demand

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2135-2145

  Bekar, Lane K ^a   Wei, Helen S ^a   Nedergaard, Maiken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebral hemodynamics; intrinsic optical imaging; neurovascular coupling; optical imaging

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPEREMIA; IMAGING; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HYPEREMIA; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MICE; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXYGEN; PARKINSON DISEASE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 84870609134     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2012.115     Document Type: Article

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