The impact of hypertension on cerebral perfusion and cortical thickness in older adults

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 561-570

  Alosco, Michael L ^a   Gunstad, John ^a   Xu, Xiaomeng ^b   Clark, Uraina S ^c   Labbe, Donald R ^d   Riskin Jones, Hannah H ^e   Terrero, Gretel ^d   Schwarz, Nicolette F ^f   Walsh, Edward G ^d   Poppas, Athena ^d   Cohen, Ronald A ^g   Sweet, Lawrence H ^d,f  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f Alpert Medical School of Brown University ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial spin labeling; Blood pressure; brain structure; cerebral blood flow; Keyword

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SPIN LABELING; TEMPORAL LOBE; VASCULAR DISEASE; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPLICATION; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 84906538892     PISSN: 19331711     EISSN: 18787436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jash.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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