Cerebrovascular regulation in men and women: Stimulus-specific role of cyclooxygenase

Physiological Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Peltonen, Garrett L ^a   Harrell, John W ^a   Rousseau, Cameron L ^a   Ernst, Brady S ^a   Marino, Mariah L ^a   Crain, Meghan K ^a   Schrage, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain blood flow; Cerebral blood flow; Hypercapnia; Hypoxia; Middle cerebral artery; Sex

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INDOMETACIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VASODILATATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84991438310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2051817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12451     Document Type: Article

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