Cerebral blood flow (CBF) and its distribution are highly sensitive to changes in the partial
pressure of arterial CO 2 (Pa CO 2 ). This physiological response, termed cerebrovascular CO …

Cerebrovascular reactivity is the change in cerebral blood flow in response to a vasodilatory
or vasoconstrictive stimulus. Measuring variations of cerebrovascular reactivity between …

‘Inflammatory bowel disease’ (IBD) sounds like a straightforward term — a disease of
inflammation in the bowel. However, the history of IBD reveals a story of a nefariously complex set …

Non‐technical summary Two mechanisms control brain blood flow by changing blood vessel
diameter: autoregulation maintains flow in the face of perfusion pressure changes, and …

Current methods of forcing end‐tidal P CO2 (P ETCO2 ) and P O2 (P ETO2 ) rely on breath‐by‐breath
adjustment of inspired gas concentrations using feedback loop algorithms. Such …

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Despite intriguing and suggestive clinical observations, no formal research has assessed the
possible sparing of musical recognition and memory in Alzheimer’s dementia (AD). A case …

After defining the current approach to measuring the hypoxic ventilatory response this paper
explains why this method is not appropriate for comparisons between individuals or …

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then the two frequencies will likely be in some integer ratio to one another. Hey, Lloyd, …

We reviewed the ventilatory responses obtained from rebreathing experiments on a population
of 22 subjects. Our aim was to derive parameter estimates for an ‘average subject’ so as …