Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 730-740 , May 2008

Variability of Middle Cerebral Artery Blood Flow with Hypercapnia in Women

  • Jason W. Robertson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Chantel T. Debert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Richard Frayne

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Seaman Family MR Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Marc J. Poulin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Marc J. Poulin, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Received 6 December 2006 ,Revised 3 July 2007 ,Accepted 16 July 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.07.024

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 730-740 , May 2008

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