Friday, January 8, 2010

Autonomic neural control of cerebral hemodynamics

it has been found that in humans CBFV in the middle cerebral artery decreased substantially during
lower body negative pressure (LBNP) and head-up tilt in the absence of systemic hypotension, which suggests the presence of cerebral vasoconstriction associated with augmented sympathetic nerve activity during orthostatic stress.
IEEE Eng Med Biol Mag. 2009 Nov-Dec;28(6):54-62.