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Besnier F, Gagnon C, Monnet M, Dupuy O, Nigam A, Juneau M, Bherer L, Gayda M. Acute Effects of a Maximal Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test on Cardiac Hemodynamic and Cerebrovascular Response and Their Relationship with Cognitive Performance in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:ijerph20085552. [PMID: 37107835 PMCID: PMC10138481 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20085552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are prevalent in individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Among people with T2D aged over 70 years, up to 45% might have cognitive dysfunction. Cardiorespiratory fitness (V˙O2max) correlates with cognitive performances in healthy younger and older adults, and individuals with cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The relationship between cognitive performances, V˙O2max, cardiac output and cerebral oxygenation/perfusion responses during exercise has not been studied in patients with T2D. Studying cardiac hemodynamics and cerebrovascular responses during a maximal cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) and during the recovery phase, as well as studying their relationship with cognitive performances could be useful to detect patients at greater risk of future cognitive impairment. Purposes: (1) to compare cerebral oxygenation/perfusion during a CPET and during its post-exercise period (recovery); (2) to compare cognitive performances in patients with T2D to those in healthy controls; and (3) to examine if V˙O2max, maximal cardiac output and cerebral oxygenation/perfusion are associated with cognitive function in individuals with T2D and healthy controls. Nineteen patients with T2D (61.9 ± 7 years old) and 22 healthy controls (HC) (61.8 ± 10 years old) were evaluated on the following: a CPET test with impedance cardiography and cerebral oxygenation/perfusion using a near-infrared spectroscopy. Prior to the CPET, the cognitive performance assessment was performed, targeting: short-term and working memory, processing speed, executive functions, and long-term verbal memory. Patients with T2D had lower V˙O2max values compared to HC (34.5 ± 5.6 vs. 46.4 ± 7.6 mL/kg fat free mass/min; p < 0.001). Compared to HC, patients with T2D showed lower maximal cardiac index (6.27 ± 2.09 vs. 8.70 ± 1.09 L/min/m2, p < 0.05) and higher values of systemic vascular resistance index (826.21 ± 308.21 vs. 583.35 ± 90.36 Dyn·s/cm5·m2) and systolic blood pressure at maximal exercise (204.94 ± 26.21 vs. 183.61 ± 19.09 mmHg, p = 0.005). Cerebral HHb during the 1st and 2nd min of recovery was significantly higher in HC compared to T2D (p < 0.05). Executive functions performance (Z score) was significantly lower in patients with T2D compared to HC (-0.18 ± 0.7 vs. -0.40 ± 0.60, p = 0.016). Processing speed, working and verbal memory performances were similar in both groups. Brain tHb during exercise and recovery (-0.50, -0.68, p < 0.05), and O2Hb during recovery (-0.68, p < 0.05) only negatively correlated with executive functions performance in patients with T2D (lower tHb values associated with longer response times, indicating a lower performance). In addition to reduced V˙O2max, cardiac index and elevated vascular resistance, patients with T2D showed reduced cerebral hemoglobin (O2Hb and HHb) during early recovery (0-2 min) after the CPET, and lower performances in executive functions compared to healthy controls. Cerebrovascular responses to the CPET and during the recovery phase could be a biological marker of cognitive impairment in T2D.
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- Florent Besnier
- Research Centre and Centre ÉPIC, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, QC H1T 1N6, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montreal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Research Centre and Centre ÉPIC, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, QC H1T 1N6, Canada
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- Laboratory MOVE (UR 20296), Faculty of Sport Sciences, Université de Poitiers, 86073 Poitiers, France
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- Laboratory MOVE (UR 20296), Faculty of Sport Sciences, Université de Poitiers, 86073 Poitiers, France
- School of Kinesiology and Physical Activity Sciences (EKSAP), Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montreal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Research Centre and Centre ÉPIC, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, QC H1T 1N6, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montreal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Research Centre and Centre ÉPIC, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, QC H1T 1N6, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montreal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Research Centre and Centre ÉPIC, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, QC H1T 1N6, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montreal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada
- Research Centre, Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal, QC H3W 1W5, Canada
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- Research Centre and Centre ÉPIC, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, QC H1T 1N6, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montreal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada
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Arora Y, Dutta A. Perspective: Disentangling the effects of tES on neurovascular unit. Front Neurol 2023; 13:1038700. [PMID: 36698881 PMCID: PMC9868757 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.1038700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) can modulate the neurovascular unit, including the perivascular space morphology, but the mechanisms are unclear. In this perspective article, we used an open-source "rsHRF toolbox" and an open-source functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) data set to show the effects of tDCS on the temporal profile of the haemodynamic response function (HRF). We investigated the effects of tDCS in the gray matter and at three regions of interest in the gray matter, namely, the anodal electrode (FC5), cathodal electrode (FP2), and an independent site remote from the electrodes (PZ). A "canonical HRF" with time and dispersion derivatives and a finite impulse response (FIR) model with three parameters captured the effects of anodal tDCS on the temporal profile of the HRF. The FIR model showed tDCS onset effects on the temporal profile of HRF for verum and sham tDCS conditions that were different from the no tDCS condition, which questions the validity of the sham tDCS (placebo). Here, we postulated that the effects of tDCS onset on the temporal profile of HRF are subserved by the effects on neurovascular coupling. We provide our perspective based on previous work on tES effects on the neurovascular unit, including mechanistic grey-box modeling of the effects of tES on the vasculature that can facilitate model predictive control (MPC). Future studies need to investigate grey-box modeling of online effects of tES on the neurovascular unit, including perivascular space, neurometabolic coupling, and neurovascular coupling, that can facilitate MPC of the tES dose-response to address the momentary ("state") and phenotypic ("trait") factors.
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- Yashika Arora
- Neuroimaging and Neurospectroscopy (NINS) Laboratory, National Brain Research Centre, Gurugram, India
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- School of Engineering, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom
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