Cerebral autoregulation is a homeostatic process that regulates and maintains cerebral blood flow (CBF) constant across a range of blood pressures. The original concept was …
Cerebral blood flow (CBF) and cerebral autoregulation (CA) are critically important to maintain proper brain perfusion and supply the brain with the necessary oxygen and energy …
This article reviews the basic principles of frequency-domain near-infrared spectroscopy (FD- NIRS), which relies on intensity-modulated light sources and phase-sensitive optical …
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one the most common human afflictions, contributing to long- term disability in survivors. Emerging data indicate that functional improvement or …
AJHM Houben, RJH Martens… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Microvascular dysfunction (MVD) is considered a crucial pathway in the development and progression of cardiometabolic and renal disease and is associated with increased …
U Ghafoor, JH Lee, KS Hong, SS Park, J Kim… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Acupuncture therapy (AT) is a non-pharmacological method of treatment that has been applied to various neurological diseases. However, studies on its longitudinal effect on the …
Abstract 4D ultrasound microvascular imaging was demonstrated by applying ultrafast Doppler tomography (UFD-T) to the imaging of brain hemodynamics in rodents. In vivo real …
MNA Khan, U Ghafoor, HR Yoo… - Neural regeneration …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a precursor to Alzheimer's disease. It is imperative to develop a proper treatment for this neurological disease in the aging society. This …
JL Fan, RC Nogueira, P Brassard… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Restoring perfusion to ischemic tissue is the primary goal of acute ischemic stroke care, yet only a small portion of patients receive reperfusion treatment. Since blood pressure (BP) is …