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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 26.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Physiol. 2013 Jul 12;98(11):1597–1607. doi: 10.1113/expphysiol.2013.074104

Table 3.

Activation–flow coupling dynamics of MCAVmean

Parameter Normothermia
Hyperthermia
1 Back 2 Back 3 Back 4 Back 1 Back 2 Back 3 Back 4 Back
Baseline (cm s−1) 66 ± 12 68 ± 10 68 ± 12 67 ± 11 56 ± 13* 58 ± 12* 56 ± 13* 57 ± 13*
Peak (cm s−1) 77 ± 12† 80 ± 12† 78 ± 11† 79 ± 12† 65 ± 16*† 67 ± 16*† 67 ± 14*† 67 ± 16*†
Change (%) 18 ± 11 19 ± 11 16 ± 15 19 ± 11 17 ± 11 15 ± 7 22 ± 14 17 ± 11
Time (s) 31 ± 18 28 ± 18 31 ± 19 38 ± 15 28 ± 19 33 ± 22 36 ± 19 29 ± 20

Values are means ± SD. Abbreviations: MCAVmean, mean middle cerebral artery blood velocity; Baseline, average MCAVmean during 5 s prior to initiation of nBack; Peak, highest MCAVmean during nBack; Change, Peak as a percentage change from Baseline; and Time, time at which Peak occurred.

*

Significantly different from normothermia (P < 0.001);

†

significantly different from Baseline (P < 0.001).