Human cerebral venous outflow pathway depends on posture and central venous pressure
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- 5 October 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Journal of Physiology
- Vol. 560 (1) , 317-327
- https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2004.070409
Abstract
Internal jugular veins are the major cerebral venous outflow pathway in supine humans. In upright humans the positioning of these veins above heart level causes them to collapse. An alternative cereb...Keywords
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