Influence of internal carotid artery stenosis, blood pressure, glycated hemoglobin, and hemoglobin level on fMRI signals of stroke patients.

Conclusion: It is suggested that both ICA stenosis and arterial BP could influence BOLD signal, while HbA1c and hemoglobin level had no effect on BOLD signal.
PMID: 25591421 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Neurological Research - January 18, 2015 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurol Res Source Type: research