Regional neurovascular coupling and cognitive performance in those with low blood pressure secondary to high-level spinal cord injury: Improved by alpha-1 agonist midodrine hydrochloride

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 794-801

  Phillips, Aaron A ^a,b,c   Warburton, Darren E R ^a,c   Ainslie, Philip N ^b   Krassioukov, Andrei V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c GF STRONG REHABILITATION CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

brain blood flow; cognition; tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

MIDODRINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDODRINE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899908810     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2014.3     Document Type: Article

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