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  • Vpliv stimulacije simpatičnega živčnega sistema na možganski krvni obtok v različnih starostnih obdobjih : magistrsko delo
    Pretnar-Oblak, Janja
    Cold pressor test evokes generalized activation of the sympathetic nervous system. It is well known that sympathetic innervation mediates vasoconstriction of the cerebral blood arteries at the base ... of the skull. Transcranial Doppler sonography detects changes in the cerebrovascular circulation by monitoring blood-flow velocity. Two authors have already measured changes of blood flow velocity during cold pressor test, but the results were contradictory. In other studies authors used different methods ofsympathetic nervous system stimulation, which were not specific. In our study we wanted to find out how a specific sympathetic nervous system stimulation by cold pressor test influences-blood flow velocity by means of animproved TCD method, in order to explain that influence, and to show that the method enables the detection of intracranial sympathetic nervous system function. The function of the sympathetic nervous system is diminished with age. Therefore we expected the effect of the cold pressor test on blood-flow velocity would also be smaller with age. Sixty-six healthy volunteers (mean age 39.9 +- 12.,2 years) participated in our study. They were divided into four subgroups according to their ageč < 30 years, 30-40 years, 40-50 years and > 50 years. Blood-flow velocity was measured in both middle cerebral arteries by means of two 2MHz probes. Simultaneously, mean arterial blood pressure and heart rate were measured by final press and ECG. End-tidal CO2 was measured with an infrared capnograph. The experiment consisted of a 5-minute baseline period followed by 3-minute immersion of the right hand intoice water. To determine v,r, over a chosen time interval the TCD-8 software was utilized. Student t-test was used to compare variables before andduring cold pressor test. Analysis of variance was used for comparison of variables in the four subgroups. (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters)
    Type of material - master's thesis ; adult, serious
    Publication and manufacture - Ljubljana : [J. Pretnar], 1999
    Language - slovenian
    COBISS.SI-ID - 1965844

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