This study is the first to demonstrate the importance of the heme oxygenase system in responding to
changes in blood flow pattern and the possibility of using it to treat cardiovascular diseases, the researchers wrote.
Changes in blood flow pattern, such as from plaque build - up in the arteries, initiate a cascade of conflicting signals.
Not exact matches
Using a functional MRI (fMRI) scanner, which detects
changes in blood -
flow patterns, the scientists monitored what was happening inside subjects» brains.
The fast fMRI was able to detect the subtle and very rapid oscillations
in cerebral
blood flow in the brain's visual cortex as the volunteers observed the
changing pattern.