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Research team tests bedside monitoring of brain blood flow and metabolism in stroke victims
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Mar 02, 2009 |
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A University of Pennsylvania team has completed the first successful demonstration of a noninvasive optical device to monitor cerebral blood flow in patients with acute stroke, a leading cause of disability and death.
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Exercise helps prevent age-related brain changes in older adults
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Older adults who exercise regularly show increased cerebral blood flow and a greater number of small blood vessels in the brain, according to findings presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North ...
Balance organs affect brain blood flow
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Sep 23, 2009 |
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The organs of the inner ear have a direct effect on brain blood flow, independent of blood pressure and CO2 levels in the blood. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience used a series of human centrifu ...
Research finds older women who are more physically fit have better cognitive function
Jan 08, 2009 |
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New research published in the international journal Neurobiology of Aging by Marc Poulin, PhD, DPhil, finds that being physically fit helps the brain function at the top of its game. An Alberta Heritage Foundation for Me ...
Scientists find how neural activity spurs blood flow in the brain
Jun 26, 2008 |
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New research from Harvard University neuroscientists has pinpointed exactly how neural activity boosts blood flow to the brain. The finding has important implications for our understanding of common brain imaging techniques ...
A rush of blood to the head -- anger increases blood flow
Jul 03, 2009 |
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Mental stress causes carotid artery dilation and increases brain blood flow. A series of ultrasound experiments, described in BioMed Central's open access journal Cardiovascular Ultrasound, also found that this dilatory reflex ...
Mesh-like network of arteries adjusts to restore blood flow to stroke-injured brain
Jan 30, 2009 |
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A grid of small arteries at the surface of the brain redirects flow and widens at critical points to restore blood supply to tissue starved of nutrients and oxygen following a stroke, a study published this ...
Researchers link cocoa flavanols to improved brain blood flow
Aug 18, 2008 |
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Cocoa flavanols, the unique compounds found naturally in cocoa, may increase blood flow to the brain, according to new research published in the Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment journal. The researchers suggest that l ...
Brain Damage Occurs Within Minutes from the Onset of a Stroke, Study Reveals
Feb 14, 2008 |
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Scientists at the Brain Research Centre at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute have found that harmful changes to the brain's synaptic connections occur within the first three ...
Study helps explain connection between sleep apnea, stroke and death
Jan 06, 2009 |
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Obstructive sleep apnea decreases blood flow to the brain, elevates blood pressure within the brain and eventually harms the brain's ability to modulate these changes and prevent damage to itself, according to a new study ...
Blood flow in Alzheimer's disease
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Researchers have discovered that the enzyme, endothelin converting enzyme-2 (ECE-2), may cause the decrease in blood flow in the brain seen in Alzheimer's disease and contribute to progression of the disease.
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