More sensitive to even short periods of reduced blood flow than other organs in the body Clinically a reduction in CBF to 30 ml/100g/min for as little as 5 seconds can result in syncope and loss of consciousness as occurs during a vasovagal episode Decreases in CBF...
The net pressure gradient driving blood flow through the cerebral circulation which results in cerebral blood flow It depends upon the mean arterial pressure (MAP), the intracranial pressure (ICP) and the central venous pressure (CVP) – many exclude CVP from the...
