Experimental carotid baroreceptor stimulation reduces blood flow velocities in the anterior and middle cerebral arteries of healthy individuals

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  Fig. 1. Grand averages of blood flow velocity changes in the left and right anterior cerebral arteries (ACA) during baroreceptor manipulation (doted line represents neck suction condition, solid line represents neck pressure condition; bars represent standard error of the mean; * p < .05 in the comparison between neck suction and neck pressure)

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  Fig. 2. Grand averages of blood flow velocity changes in the left and right middle cerebral arteries (MCA) during baroreceptor manipulation (doted line represents neck suction condition, solid line represents neck pressure condition; bars represent standard error of the mean; * p < .05 in the comparison between neck suction and neck pressure)

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  Fig. 3. Changes in heart rate during baroreceptor manipulation (doted line represents neck suction condition, solid line represents neck pressure condition; bars represent standard error of the mean; BL baseline; * p < .05 in the comparison between neck suction and neck pressure)

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  Fig. 4. Changes in mean arterial pressure during baroreceptor manipulation (doted line represents neck suction condition, solid line represents neck pressure condition; bars represent standard error of the mean; BL baseline; * p < .05 in the comparison between neck suction and neck pressure)

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  Fig. 5. Scatter plot of the correlation between changes from baseline in heart rate and those in right ACA flow velocity during neck suction in s 7 (time lag 0)

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  Fig. 6. Scatter plot of the correlation between changes from baseline in MAP and those in left ACA flow velocity during neck suction in s 6 (time lag 0)