On the challenge of assessing dynamic cerebral autoregulation

Patrice Brassard^{1

2}, Marc-Antoine Roy^{1

2}, Lawrence Labrecque^{1

2}, Jonathan D Smirl^{3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
² Research center of the Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Québec, Canada.
³ Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
⁴ Cerebrovascular Concussion Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
⁵ Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Patrice Brassard et al. Exp Physiol. 2024 Jul.

. 2024 Jul;109(7):1020-1023.

doi: 10.1113/EP091703. Epub 2024 May 7.

Patrice Brassard^{1

2}, Marc-Antoine Roy^{1

2}, Lawrence Labrecque^{1

2}, Jonathan D Smirl^{3

4

5}

¹ Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
² Research center of the Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Québec, Canada.
³ Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
⁴ Cerebrovascular Concussion Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
⁵ Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: cerebral pressure‐flow relationship; directional sensitivity; dynamic cerebral autoregulation; transfer function analysis.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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