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Ethnic influences on neurovascular coupling: a pilot study in whites and Asians.
Stroke - 1 Feb 2010
Hao Qing, Wong Lawrence K S, Lin Wen Hua, Leung Thomas W H, Kaps Manfred, Rosengarten Bernhard
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: An ethnic extraintracranial difference in atherosclerosis has been well reported, whereas the potential mechanism remains unclear. We aimed to investigate neurovascular coupling in healthy whites and Asians. METHODS: Twenty volunteers of each ethnicity were recruited to perform a functional transcranial Doppler examination with standardized checkerboard patterns as visual stimulation (3 x...
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