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Abstract Neurovascular coupling, linking neuronal activity to cerebral blood flow, is essential for brain function and underpins functional brain imaging. Whereas mechanisms involved in vasodilation ...

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Sympathetically mediated coronary vasoconstriction is regulated by stimulation of alpha-adrenergic receptors. This process may be protective in animals since it evokes blood flow redistribution to the ...

To characterize the behavior of vasomotor tone during transient ischemia, flow response to maximally vasodilating drugs should be evaluated under this condition. Intracoronary Doppler technology ...

Coronary blood flow was measured by coronary sinus thermodilution. CVR was calculated as mean arterial pressure divided by coronary sinus blood flow. Heart rate was maintained constant at a paced ...