Cerebral vascular regulation and brain injury in preterm infants

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 306, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Brew, Nadine ^a   Walker, David ^a,b   Wong, Flora Y ^a,b,c  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Cerebral vasoreactivity; Infants; Newborn; Preterm brain injury

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; OXYGEN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMODYNAMICS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN PERIVENTRICULAR LEUKOMALACIA; CELL THERAPY; ENVIRONMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOMALACIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WHITE MATTER;

CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW; CEREBRAL VASOREACTIVITY; INFANTS; NEWBORN; PRETERM BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 84902658322     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00487.2013     Document Type: Review

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