Integrative regulation of human brain blood flow

CK Willie, YC Tzeng, JA Fisher… - The Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we review mechanisms regulating cerebral blood flow (CBF), with specific focus on
humans. We revisit important concepts from the older literature and describe the interaction …

Spaceflight-induced intracranial hypertension and visual impairment: pathophysiology and countermeasures

LF Zhang, AR Hargens - Physiological reviews, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
Visual impairment intracranial pressure (VIIP) syndrome is considered an unexplained
major risk for future long-duration spaceflight. NASA recently redefined this syndrome as …

Dynamic cerebral autoregulation across the cardiac cycle during 8 hr of recovery from acute exercise

JS Burma, P Copeland, A Macaulay… - Physiological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Current protocols examining cerebral autoregulation (CA) parameters require participants to
refrain from exercise for 12–24 hr, however there is sparse objective evidence examining …

Effects of short‐term mild hypercapnia during head‐down tilt on intracranial pressure and ocular structures in healthy human subjects

SS Laurie, G Vizzeri, G Taibbi, CR Ferguson… - Physiological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Many astronauts experience ocular structural and functional changes during long‐duration
spaceflight, including choroidal folds, optic disc edema, globe flattening, optic nerve sheath …

Cerebrovascular reactivity and cerebral autoregulation are improved in the supine posture compared to upright in healthy men and women

ME Favre, V Lim, MJ Falvo, JM Serrador - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Cerebrovascular reactivity and cerebral autoregulation are two major mechanisms that
regulate cerebral blood flow. Both mechanisms are typically assessed in either supine or …

Effects of short-term exposure to head-down tilt on cerebral hemodynamics: a prospective evaluation of a spaceflight analog using phase-contrast MRI

K Marshall-Goebel, K Ambarki… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Alterations in cerebral hemodynamics in microgravity are hypothesized to occur during
spaceflight and could be linked to the Visual Impairment and Intracranial Pressure …

Impacts of microgravity analogs to spaceflight on cerebral autoregulation

M Kermorgant, N Nasr, M Czosnyka… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
It is well known that exposure to microgravity in astronauts leads to a plethora physiological
responses such as headward fluid shift, body unloading, and cardiovascular deconditioning …

Postural influence on intracranial fluid dynamics: an overview

AF Sagirov, TV Sergeev, AV Shabrov, AY Yurov… - Journal of Physiological …, 2023 - Springer
This review focuses on the effects of different body positions on intracranial fluid dynamics,
including cerebral arterial and venous flow, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) hydrodynamics, and …

Transfer function analysis for the assessment of cerebral autoregulation using spontaneous oscillations in blood pressure and cerebral blood flow

ASS Meel-van den Abeelen, AHEA van Beek… - Medical engineering & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Cerebral autoregulation (CA) is a key mechanism to protect the brain against excessive
fluctuations in blood pressure (BP) and maintain cerebral blood flow. Analyzing the …

Postural effects on cerebral blood flow and autoregulation

ZK Garrett, J Pearson, AW Subudhi - Physiological Reports, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Cerebral autoregulation (CA) is thought to maintain relatively constant cerebral blood flow
(CBF) across normal blood pressures. To determine if postural changes alter CA, we …