Fig. 3
From: Cerebral blood flow regulation and cognitive function: a role of arterial baroreflex function
The schematic of direct and indirect effects of barorefex on cerebral vasculature. Cerebral vasculature is affected by autonomic nervous system via baroreflex and other physiological mechanisms (direct effect, white). On the other hand, baroreflex control of autonomic function regulates systemic circulation which affects cerebral vasculature (indirect effect, black). Moreover, cerebral autoregulation (CA) and cerebrovascular CO2 reactivity regulates cerebral blood flow (CBF) (gray), and both CBF regulatory system are affected by autonomic function and systemic circulation