Cerebrovascular autoregulation: Lessons learned from spaceflight research

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1909-1917

  Blaber, Andrew P ^a   Zuj, Kathryn A ^b   Goswami, Nandu ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bed rest; Gender; Parabolic flights; Post flight orthostatic intolerance; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPACE FLIGHT;

ANIMALS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; GRAVITY, ALTERED; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; SEX FACTORS; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 84880781768     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-012-2539-x     Document Type: Review

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