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Elderly Women Regulate Brain Blood Flow Better Than Men Do

Author(s) -

Brian Deegan,

Farzaneh A. Sorond,

Andrew Galica,

Lewis A. Lipsitz,

Gearóid ÓLaighin,

Jorge M. Serrador

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.110.605618

Subject(s) - medicine , cerebral autoregulation , autoregulation , transcranial doppler , cerebral blood flow , orthostatic vital signs , prospective cohort study , cardiology , blood pressure

Orthostatic intolerance and falls differ between sexes and change with age. However, it remains unclear what role cerebral autoregulation may play in this response. This study was designed to determine whether cerebral autoregulation, assessed using transcranial Doppler ultrasound, is more effective in elderly females than in males.

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