Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society
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Individuals with tetraplegia have impaired central control of sympathetic vascular modulation and blood pressure (BP); how this impairment affects cerebral blood flow (CBF) is unclear. ⋯ Despite impaired sympathetic vasomotor and BP control, CBF in persons with tetraplegia was comparable to that of control subjects during a hypotensive challenge.