Function of circle of Willis

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 578-584

  Vrselja, Zvonimir ^a,b   Brkic, Hrvoje ^a   Mrdenovic, Stefan ^a   Radic, Radivoje ^a   Curic, Goran ^a,b  

^a JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^b JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cerebrovascular disease; Comparative anatomy; Evolution; Pulse wave analysis; Redundancy

Indexed keywords

ARTERY COMPLIANCE; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BODY SIZE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; EXERCISE; HEMODYNAMIC STRESS; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; HYPOBARISM; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897574960     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2014.7     Document Type: Review

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