Sympathetic regulation of cerebral blood flow in humans: A review

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 361-367

  Ter Laan, M ^a   Van Dijk, J M C ^a   Elting, J W J ^a   Staal, M J ^a   Absalom, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cerebrovascular disorders; haemodynamics; neurophysiology; sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE; PHENTOLAMINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROCAINE; RADIOISOTOPE; TRIMETAPHAN;

AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GANGLION BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPERTENSION; INNERVATION; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 84882789993     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aet122     Document Type: Review

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