Sympathetic Withdrawal Augments Cerebral Blood Flow During Acute Hypercapnia in Sleeping Lambs

STUDY OBJECTIVES: Cerebral sympathetic activity constricts cerebral vessels and limits increases in cerebral blood flow (CBF), particularly in conditions such as hypercapnia which powerfully dilate cerebral vessels. As hypercapnia is common in sleep, especially in sleep disordered breathing, we test...

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Main Authors: Cassaglia, Priscila A., Griffiths, Robert I., Walker, Adrian M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Associated Professional Sleep Societies, LLC 2008
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Cerebral Blood Flow During Hypercapnia
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2603496/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19090329
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