Regulation of brain blood flow and oxygen delivery in elite breath-hold divers

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 66-73

  Willie, Christopher K ^a   Ainslie, Philip N ^a   Drvis, Ivan ^b   MacLeod, David B ^c   Bain, Anthony R ^a   Madden, Dennis ^d   Maslov, Petra Zubin ^d   Dujic, Zeljko ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

cerebral autoregulation; cerebral metabolism; hypertension; hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BREATHING MECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; DIVER; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY BREATHING MOVEMENT; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BREATH HOLDING; DIVING; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; APNEA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; BREATH HOLDING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920678590     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2014.170     Document Type: Article

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