Neurovascular coupling in humans: Physiology, methodological advances and clinical implications

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 647-664

  Phillips, Aaron A ^a,b,c   Chan, Franco Hn ^b   Zheng, Mei Mu Zi ^b,c   Krassioukov, Andrei V ^b,c,d   Ainslie, Philip N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON REPAIR DISCOVERIES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d GF STRONG REHABILITATION CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automated software; cerebral blood flow; cerebrovascular; functional hyperemia; neuronal activation

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROVASCULAR COUPLING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TIME; ANIMAL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS; NEUROVASCULAR COUPLING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84962349248     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271678X15617954     Document Type: Article

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