Cerebrovascular reactivity across the menstrual cycle in young healthy women

Neuroradiology Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 413-419

  Krejza, J ^a   Rudzinski, W ^b,c   Arkuszewski, M ^c,d   Onuoha, O ^e   Melhem, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^e HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular reactivity; Doppler; Menstrual cycle; Sex hormones; Women

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN; HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CEREBROVASCULAR REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 84884720532     PISSN: 19714009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/197140091302600406     Document Type: Article

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