Diversity in blood flow control to the brain

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Diversity in blood flow control to the brain: moving from individualized modelling towards personalized treatment of the injured brain

• IRAS ID

  152365

• Contact name

  Thompson G. Robinson

• Contact email

  tgr2@leicester.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Leicester

• Research summary

  The brain, more than any other organ in the body, requires a constant supply of blood, and a number of complex control systems act on small blood vessels to maintain this flow. Understanding this control system and measuring its function/impairment in order to guide improved patient care remains a major challenge. To address this, the current project aims to investigate individual differences in the integrated control function of both blood pressure (BP) and brain blood flow in healthy volunteers and stroke patients.

• REC name

  North East - Newcastle & North Tyneside 1 Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  14/NE/1003

• Date of REC Opinion

  7 Jul 2014

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion