Review of the measurement of normal spinal cord blood flow.
The field of spinal cord blood flow (SCBF) is reviewed. The methodology currently being used to evaluate SCBF is critically analyzed. The review demonstrates that there is a paucity of reliable quantitative measurements of SCBF. The effects of arterial pCO2, pO2 and blood pressure variations as well as the effects of several pharmacological agents on SCBF are also discussed.
D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D002415:Cats; D000882:Haplorhini; D008722:Methods; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply*
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen