Cerebral Circulatory Changes in Normal Aging and Dementia

  • W. D. Obrist
Conference paper
Part of the Bayer-Symposium book series (BAYER-SYMP, volume 7)

Abstract

Cerebral blood flow (CBF) undergoes a decline with aging, the magnitude of which is a function of health status. Reductions in CBF are correlated with intellectual deterioration and are paralleled by decreases in cerebral metabolic rate. The present paper describes these CBF changes, both in normal senescence and in the dementias of old age.

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Cerebral Blood Flow Mean Arterial Blood Pressure Regional Cerebral Blood Flow Cerebral Metabolic Rate Cerebral Blood Flow Change 
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