Pressure–flow relationships
Njemanze PC. “Critical limits of pressure-flow relation in the human brain.” Stroke. 1992;23(12):1743–1747.
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Exploring the relationship between brain and heart
Cerebral circulation, syncope and cognitive neuroscience
NEUROCARDIOLOGY & BRAIN SCIENCE
Cerebral circulation and cognition
Published research includes work on syncope, cerebral circulation, transcranial Doppler, cerebral lateralization and motor tasks. Each study should be read in its own methodological context.
Read the linked publications for study-specific methods and findings. Individual results should be interpreted in their own research context.
UNDERSTANDING THE EVIDENCE
Interpreting neurocardiology research
Individual study findings should not be generalised to all people or treated as personalised medical advice.
SELECTED NEUROCARDIOLOGY & COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
Measuring cerebral blood-flow responses.
Transcranial Doppler ultrasound measures blood-flow velocity in major cerebral arteries. The publication archive describes its use in studies of syncope, cerebral circulation, cognitive tasks and aerospace physiology.
Syncope and cerebral circulation
Njemanze PC. “Cerebral circulation dysfunction and hemodynamic abnormalities in syncope during upright tilt test.” Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 1993;9(3):238–242.
View PubMed record ↗Cerebral lateralization and general intelligence
Njemanze PC. Brain and Language. 2005;92(3):234–239. The paper reported sex-associated differences in cerebral blood-flow patterns during Raven’s Progressive Matrices performance; interpretation should remain tied to the study’s methods and sample.
View PubMed record ↗The findings of individual studies are not universal rules about how all men or women process intelligence, language or colour. Read the original articles for methods, sample characteristics and limitations.