From my simplistic point of view:
Considering the vascular system as a system of significantly elastic tubes, I would expect something like a propagation wave or a delay somehow proportional to the heart distance, vein/artery caliber.
Any tip?
Thanks!
Hey Bruno, I am not sure if I understood your question, but I think that you could try to find something related to cerebral autoreglation. You could try to check this paper for some references Article Noninvasive optical monitoring of critical closing pressure ...
People are usually more interested on these delays regarding blood flow changes in the brain, but I have seen that fluctuations in the scalp and in the brain are quite synchronized.
Best,
Sérgio
Hi Sergio,
Thank you! I understood that the fluctuations in the brain and scalp are synchronised and your tip simplifies the things a bit for me, but I am more interested in the relation (of these fluctuations) to the heart cycle. I need to read the paper you suggest now.
Thanks.
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