Neurovascular coupling, cerebral white matter integrity, and response to cocoa in older people

Neurology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 904-909

  Sorond, Farzaneh A ^a,e   Hurwitz, Shelley ^b,e   Salat, David H ^c,d,e   Greve, Douglas N ^e   Fisher, Naomi D L ^b,e  

^a Stroke Division   (United States)

^b Women's Hospital   (United States)

^c Neuroimaging Research for Veterans Center   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CACAO; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROVASCULAR COUPLING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; BEVERAGES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CACAO; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84884628629     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182a351aa     Document Type: Article

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