Cerebral perfusion pressure, and not cerebral blood flow, may be the critical determinant of intracranial injury in preeclampsia: a new hypothesis

High blood pressure in the brain rather than increased blood flow may cause the seizures that occur in women with a serious complication of pregnancy called preeclampsia. A study of 192 pregnant women with preeclampsia found that blood flow in the brain was normal but blood pressure was higher than normal.