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Huneau C, Benali H, Chabriat H. Investigating Human Neurovascular Coupling Using Functional Neuroimaging: A Critical Review of Dynamic Models. Front Neurosci 2015; 9:467. [PMID: 26733782 PMCID: PMC4683196 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 11/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The mechanisms that link a transient neural activity to the corresponding increase of cerebral blood flow (CBF) are termed neurovascular coupling (NVC). They are possibly impaired at early stages of small vessel or neurodegenerative diseases. Investigation of NVC in humans has been made possible with the development of various neuroimaging techniques based on variations of local hemodynamics during neural activity. Specific dynamic models are currently used for interpreting these data that can include biophysical parameters related to NVC. After a brief review of the current knowledge about possible mechanisms acting in NVC we selected seven models with explicit integration of NVC found in the literature. All these models were described using the same procedure. We compared their physiological assumptions, mathematical formalism, and validation. In particular, we pointed out their strong differences in terms of complexity. Finally, we discussed their validity and their potential applications. These models may provide key information to investigate various aspects of NVC in human pathology.
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- Clément Huneau
- Laboratoire d'Imagerie Biomédicale, UPMC Paris 06, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique U7371, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1146, Sorbonne UniversitésParis, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1161, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris CitéParis, France
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- Laboratoire d'Imagerie Biomédicale, UPMC Paris 06, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique U7371, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1146, Sorbonne Universités Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1161, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris CitéParis, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Lariboisière, Service de Neurologie and DHU NeuroVascParis, France
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Jian H, Yi-Fang W, Qi L, Xiao-Song H, Gui-Yun Z. Cerebral blood flow and metabolic changes in hippocampal regions of a modified rat model with chronic cerebral hypoperfusion. Acta Neurol Belg 2013; 113:313-7. [PMID: 23111782 DOI: 10.1007/s13760-012-0154-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2012] [Accepted: 10/16/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Chronic cerebral hypoperfusion (CCH) causes neurodegeneration which contributes to the cognitive impairment. This study utilized a modified rat model with CCH to investigate cerebral blood flow (CBF) and hippocampal metabolic changes. CBF was measured by laser Doppler flowmetry. Various metabolic ratios were evaluated from selective volumes of interest (VOI) in left hippocampal regions using in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS). The ultrastructural changes with special respect to ribosomes in rat hippocampal CA1 neurons were studied by electron microscopy. CBF decreased immediately after CCH and remained reduced significantly at 1 day and 3 months postoperatively. (1)H-MRS revealed that CCH led to a significant decrease of N-acetyl aspartate/creatine (NAA/Cr) ratio in the hippocampal VOI in the model rats compared with the sham-operated control rats. However, no changes of myo-inositol/Cr, choline/Cr and glutamate and glutamine/Cr ratios between the model and control groups were observed. Under electron microscopy, most rosette-shaped polyribosomes were relatively evenly distributed in the hippocampal CA1 neuronal cytoplasms of the control rats. After CCH, most ribosomes were clumped into large abnormal aggregates in the model rats. Our data suggests that both permanent decrease of CBF and reduction of NAA/Cr ratio in the hippocampal regions may be related to the cognitive deficits in rats with CCH.
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Bouzat P, Sala N, Payen JF, Oddo M. Beyond intracranial pressure: optimization of cerebral blood flow, oxygen, and substrate delivery after traumatic brain injury. Ann Intensive Care 2013; 3:23. [PMID: 23837598 PMCID: PMC3716965 DOI: 10.1186/2110-5820-3-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2013] [Accepted: 06/25/2013] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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Monitoring and management of intracranial pressure (ICP) and cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) is a standard of care after traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, the pathophysiology of so-called secondary brain injury, i.e., the cascade of potentially deleterious events that occur in the early phase following initial cerebral insult—after TBI, is complex, involving a subtle interplay between cerebral blood flow (CBF), oxygen delivery and utilization, and supply of main cerebral energy substrates (glucose) to the injured brain. Regulation of this interplay depends on the type of injury and may vary individually and over time. In this setting, patient management can be a challenging task, where standard ICP/CPP monitoring may become insufficient to prevent secondary brain injury. Growing clinical evidence demonstrates that so-called multimodal brain monitoring, including brain tissue oxygen (PbtO2), cerebral microdialysis and transcranial Doppler among others, might help to optimize CBF and the delivery of oxygen/energy substrate at the bedside, thereby improving the management of secondary brain injury. Looking beyond ICP and CPP, and applying a multimodal therapeutic approach for the optimization of CBF, oxygen delivery, and brain energy supply may eventually improve overall care of patients with head injury. This review summarizes some of the important pathophysiological determinants of secondary cerebral damage after TBI and discusses novel approaches to optimize CBF and provide adequate oxygen and energy supply to the injured brain using multimodal brain monitoring.
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- Pierre Bouzat
- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, CHUV-University Hospital, Rue du Bugnon 46, BH 08,623, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Le Roux P. Physiological monitoring of the severe traumatic brain injury patient in the intensive care unit. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2013; 13:331. [PMID: 23328942 DOI: 10.1007/s11910-012-0331-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Despite encouraging animal research, pharmacological agents and neuroprotectants have disappointed in the clinical environment. Current TBI management therefore is directed towards identification, prevention, and treatment of secondary cerebral insults that are known to exacerbate outcome after injury. This strategy is based on a variety of monitoring techniques that include the neurological examination, imaging, laboratory analysis, and physiological monitoring of the brain and other organ systems used to guide therapeutic interventions. Recent clinical series suggest that TBI management informed by multimodality monitoring is associated with improved patient outcome, in part because care is provided in a patient-specific manner. In this review we discuss physiological monitoring of the brain after TBI and the emerging field of neurocritical care bioinformatics.
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- Peter Le Roux
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, 235 South 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA.
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Ku T, Choi C. Noninvasive optical measurement of cerebral blood flow in mice using molecular dynamics analysis of indocyanine green. PLoS One 2012; 7:e48383. [PMID: 23119000 PMCID: PMC3485229 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2012] [Accepted: 09/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In preclinical studies of ischemic brain disorders, it is crucial to measure cerebral blood flow (CBF); however, this requires radiological techniques with heavy instrumentation or invasive procedures. Here, we propose a noninvasive and easy-to-use optical imaging technique for measuring CBF in experimental small animals. Mice were injected with indocyanine green (ICG) via tail-vein catheterization. Time-series near-infrared fluorescence signals excited by 760 nm light-emitting diodes were imaged overhead by a charge-coupled device coupled with an 830 nm bandpass-filter. We calculated four CBF parameters including arrival time, rising time and mean transit time of a bolus and blood flow index based on time and intensity information of ICG fluorescence dynamics. CBF maps were generated using the parameters to estimate the status of CBF, and they dominantly represented intracerebral blood flows in mice even in the presence of an intact skull and scalp. We demonstrated that this noninvasive optical imaging technique successfully detected reduced local CBF during middle cerebral artery occlusion. We further showed that the proposed method is sufficiently sensitive to detect the differences between CBF status in mice anesthetized with either isoflurane or ketamine–xylazine, and monitor the dynamic changes in CBF after reperfusion during transient middle cerebral artery occlusion. The near-infrared optical imaging of ICG fluorescence combined with a time-series analysis of the molecular dynamics can be a useful noninvasive tool for preclinical studies of brain ischemia.
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- Taeyun Ku
- Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- KI for the BioCentury, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Thal SC, Sporer S, Klopotowski M, Thal SE, Woitzik J, Schmid-Elsaesser R, Plesnila N, Zausinger S. Brain edema formation and neurological impairment after subarachnoid hemorrhage in rats. J Neurosurg 2009; 111:988-94. [DOI: 10.3171/2009.3.jns08412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Object
Global cerebral edema is an independent risk factor for early death and poor outcome after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). In the present study, the time course of brain edema formation, neurological deficits, and neuronal cell loss were investigated in the rat filament SAH model.
Methods
Brain water content and neurological deficits were determined in rats randomized to sham (1-, 24-, or 48-hour survival), SAH by endovascular perforation (1-, 24-, or 48-hour survival), or no surgery (control). The neuronal cell count (CA1–3) was quantified in a separate set of SAH (6-, 24-, 48-, or 72-hour survival) and shamoperated animals.
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Brain water content increased significantly 24 (80.2 ± 0.4% [SAH] vs 79.2 ± 0.1% [sham]) and 48 hours (79.8 ± 0.2% [SAH] vs 79.3 ± 0.1% [sham]) after SAH. The neuroscore was significantly worse after SAH (33 ± 15 [24 hours after SAH] vs 0 ± 0 points [sham]) and correlated with the extent of brain edema formation (r = 0.96, p < 0.001). No hippocampal damage was present up to 72 hours after SAH.
Conclusions
Brain water content and neurological dysfunction reached a maximum at 24 hours after SAH. This time point, therefore, seems to be optimal to test the effects of therapeutic interventions on brain edema formation. Neuronal cell loss was not present in CA1–3 up to 72 hours of SAH. Therefore, morphological damage needs to be evaluated at later time points.
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- 4First Department of Coronary Artery Disease, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland
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- 3Center of Stroke Research Berlin, and Department of Neurosurgery, Charité—Univeristätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; and
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- 1Institute for Surgical Research,
- 2Department of Neurosurgery, University of Munich Medical Center–Grosshadern, Munich
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- 2Department of Neurosurgery, University of Munich Medical Center–Grosshadern, Munich
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Soukup J, Bramsiepe I, Brucke M, Sanchin L, Menzel M. Evaluation of a bedside monitor of regional CBF as a measure of CO2 reactivity in neurosurgical intensive care patients. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2008; 20:249-55. [PMID: 18812888 DOI: 10.1097/ana.0b013e31817ef487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Mild hyperventilation remains a key element in the management of elevated intracranial pressure. However, a harmful effect of hyperventilation on the development or deterioration of ischemic lesions has been shown in patients after severe head trauma. The objective of this study was to investigate the clinical feasibility and reliability of continuous monitoring of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) during mild hyperventilation using a thermodiffusion probe. CO2 reactivity was calculated. The measurement of the partial pressure of oxygen (PtiO2) in the cerebral tissue served as a reference parameter. METHODS An intraparenchymal intracranial pressure sensor, a multiparameter probe for determining the partial pressure of cerebral gases (pHti, PtiO2, PtiCO2), and a thermodiffusion probe for measuring rCBF were used in 10 intensive care patients. All patients were analgosedated and received pressure-controlled mechanical ventilation. Controlled mild hyperventilation was carried out on 2 consecutive days. CO2 reactivity was determined in relation to both CBF and PtiO2. RESULTS Controlled hyperventilation resulted in a rCBF reduction from 30+/-3 mL/100 g/min to 25+/-2.4 mL/100 g/min (-17%; P<0.05) on the first day of examination and 31+/-3.6 mL/100 g/min to 22+/-4.9 mL/100 g/min (-29%; P<0.05) on the second day. Likewise, mild hyperventilation resulted in a reduction of regional cerebral tissue oxygen partial pressure from 20+/-2.9 mm Hg to 15+/-4 (-25%; P<0.05) on the first day and 20+/-3.1 mm Hg to 14+/-1.5 mm Hg (-30%; P<0.05) on the second. CONCLUSIONS Continuous monitoring of regional CBF, using an intraparenchymally placed thermodiffusion probe, seems to be a simple and safe bedside technique. The promise of reliably monitoring and interpreting additional parameters such as PtiO2 and PtiCO2 warrants further investigation.
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- Jens Soukup
- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
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He J, Devonshire IM, Mayhew JEW, Papadakis NG. Simultaneous laser Doppler flowmetry and arterial spin labeling MRI for measurement of functional perfusion changes in the cortex. Neuroimage 2006; 34:1391-404. [PMID: 17188519 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2006] [Revised: 10/13/2006] [Accepted: 11/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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This study compares laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) and arterial spin labeling (ASL) for the measurement of functional changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF). The two methods were applied concurrently in a paradigm of electrical whisker stimulation in the anaesthetised rat. Multi-channel LDF was used, with each channel corresponding to different fiber separation (and thus measurement depth). Continuous ASL was applied using separate imaging and labeling coils at 3 T. Careful experimental set up ensured that both techniques recorded from spatially concordant regions of the barrel cortex, where functional responses were maximal. Strong correlations were demonstrated between CBF changes measured by each LDF channel and ASL in terms of maximum response magnitude and response time-course within a 6-s-long temporal resolution imposed by ASL. Quantitatively, the measurements of the most superficial LDF channels agreed strongly with those of ASL, whereas the deeper LDF channels underestimated consistently the ASL measurement. It was thus confirmed that LDF quantifies CBF changes consistently at a superficial level, and for this case the two methods provided concordant measures of functional CBF changes, despite their essentially different physical principles and spatiotemporal characteristics.
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- Jiabao He
- Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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Geeraerts T, Ract C, Tardieu M, Fourcade O, Mazoit JX, Benhamou D, Duranteau J, Vigué B. Changes in cerebral energy metabolites induced by impact-acceleration brain trauma and hypoxic-hypotensive injury in rats. J Neurotrauma 2006; 23:1059-71. [PMID: 16866619 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2006.23.1059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to describe, in rats, brain energy metabolites changes after different levels of head trauma (T) complicated by hypoxia-hypotension (HH). Male Sprague Dawley rats (n = 7 per groups) were subjected to T by impact-acceleration with 450-g weight drop from 1.50 or 1.80 m (T 1.50 or T 1.80), or to a 15-min period of HH (controlled hemorrhage to mean arterial pressure [MAP] of 40 mm Hg, and mechanical ventilation with N(2) 90%/O(2) 10%), or to their association (T followed by HH). Invasive MAP, intraparenchymental intracranial pressure (ICP), and cerebral blood flow (CBF using Laser Doppler flowmetry) were recorded during the 5 post-traumatic hours. Cerebral microdialysis was used to measure each hour interstitial brain glucose, lactate, pyruvate, and glutamate. For the entire period, the levels of cerebral glucose, pyruvate, and glutamate were not statistically different between groups. In addition, there were no differences associated with the lactate-glucose ratio. Lactate was significantly higher overtime only in T 1.80 + HH group (p < 0.001 vs. every other groups). The lactate-pyruvate ratio increased with trauma level, and was significantly different vs. sham for the entire study period in T 1.50 + HH, in T 1.80, and in T 1.80 + HH. There was no correlation between CBF variations and the lactate-pyruvate ratio (r(2) = 0.00001). The cerebral perfusion pressure was greater than 70 mm Hg in all groups. The prolonged post-traumatic impairment in brain energy metabolism may be related to traumatic brain injury (TBI) severity. It became worse when T was complicated by HH, but was not related to changes in CBF.
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- Thomas Geeraerts
- Laboratoire Immunologie Antivirale Systémique et Cérébrale, INSERM EMI 0109, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France.
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Rosengarten B, Hecht M, Kaps M. Carotid compression: investigation of cerebral autoregulative reserve in rats. J Neurosci Methods 2005; 152:202-9. [PMID: 16253338 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2005.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2005] [Revised: 08/25/2005] [Accepted: 09/02/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Easy-to-perform, reversible techniques to analyse cerebral autoregulation are still missing in animal research. The carotid compression technique has been established to investigate dynamic cerebral autoregulation in humans. Adapting the carotid compression technique, we compared data from the new application with that of a classical exsanguination method. Compressing the ipsilateral carotid artery with a non-traumatic clip device for 10s modulated cerebral perfusion pressure. After clip release, the peaking laser-Doppler flow velocity increase over the somatosensory cortex allowed calculation of the transient hyperaemic response ratio (THRR) in relation to baseline. Modulating blood-pressure levels maintenance of cerebral blood-flow velocity was compared with THRR responses. With decreasing blood-pressure levels, the THRR first increased (29+/-16% at 95+/-10 mmHg to 39+/-13% at 75+/-10 mmHg) before it returned to baseline values at 54+/-10 mmHg (27+/-14%). THRR significantly dropped to 11+/-12% at 34+/-11 mmHg when resting cerebral blood-flow velocity levels also started to decline. Based on the close correlation between blood-flow velocity levels and THRR responses, we have concluded that carotid compression is an alternative technique that can be used to assess cerebral autoregulation in rats. The technique allows less invasive and reversible testing of dynamic autoregulation to be performed, and the technique can easily be applied in conjunction with functional tests to potentially allow deeper insights into cerebral vasoregulative mechanisms.
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- Bernhard Rosengarten
- Department of Neurology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Am Steg 14, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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Friedrich DH, Baethmann A, Plesnila N. Cluster analysis: a useful tool for the analysis of cerebral laser-Doppler scanning data. J Neurosci Methods 2005; 146:91-7. [PMID: 15935225 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2005.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2004] [Revised: 12/29/2004] [Accepted: 01/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Laser-Doppler (LD) fluxmetry (LDF) is a widely used method for the measurement of relative tissue perfusion. Assessing LD-flux at multiple locations using a scanning technique greatly reduces movement artefacts and makes repetitive measurements at the same location possible. However, measurements in brain are often confounded by superficial cortical vessels. Commonly applied strategies to circumvent this problem, such as defining a cut-off point to exclude the high flux data of vessels or calculating the median from multiple locations to estimate regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) all have specific shortcomings. The aim of this study was to analyse LD-data by mathematically discriminating between parenchymal and vessel data based on the distribution of flux data. Data was obtained by scanning the cortex of 15 male Sprague-Dawley rats using a matrix of 6x10 equidistant (500 microm) points. Standard statistical analysis as well as cluster analysis using the complete linkage algorithm was performed. The LD-data showed a bimodal frequency distribution with low values representing parenchymal and high values representing vessel flux. Parenchyma and vessels were reliably discriminated by cluster analysis. This was shown by mapping the vessel clusters on the scan matrix with the location of the superficial cortical vessels using Chi-square testing (p<0.0001). The parenchymal data followed a Gaussian normal distribution (p<0.851), whereas the vessel data did not (p<0.0001). Thus, cluster analysis is useful to discriminate parenchymal from vessel flux, thereby significantly improving the accuracy of LD-scanning data.
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- David H Friedrich
- Laboratory of Experimental Neurosurgery, Institute for Surgical Research, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Marchioninistr. 15, 81366 Munich, Germany
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Wauschkuhn CA, Witte K, Gorbey S, Lemmer B, Schilling L. Circadian periodicity of cerebral blood flow revealed by laser-Doppler flowmetry in awake rats: relation to blood pressure and activity. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2005; 289:H1662-8. [PMID: 15894567 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01242.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cardiovascular parameters such as arterial blood pressure (ABP) and heart rate display pronounced circadian variation. The present study was performed to detect whether there is a circadian periodicity in the regulation of cerebral perfusion. Normotensive Sprague-Dawley rats (SDR, approximately 15 wk old) and hypertensive (mREN2)27 transgenic rats (TGR, approximately 12 wk old) were instrumented in the abdominal aorta with a blood pressure sensor coupled to a telemetry system for continuous recording of ABP, heart rate, and locomotor activity. After 5-12 days, a laser-Doppler flow (LDF) probe was attached to the skull by means of a guiding device to measure changes in brain cortical blood flow (CBF). After the animals recovered from anesthesia, measurements were taken for 3-4 days. The time series were analyzed with respect to the midline estimating statistic of rhythm (i.e., mean value of a periodic event after fit to a cosine function), amplitude, and acrophase (i.e., phase angle that corresponds to the peak of a given period) of the 24-h period. The LDF signal displayed a significant circadian rhythm, with the peak occurring at around midnight in SDR and TGR, despite inverse periodicity of ABP in TGR. This finding suggests independence of LDF periodicity from ABP regulation. Furthermore, the acrophase of the LDF was consistently found before the acrophase of the activity. From the present data, it is concluded that there is a circadian periodicity in the regulation of cerebral perfusion that is independent of circadian changes in ABP and probably is also independent of locomotor activity. The presence of a circadian periodicity in CBF may have implications for the occurrence of diurnal alterations in cerebrovascular events in humans.
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- C A Wauschkuhn
- Division of Neurosurgical Research, Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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Tonnesen J, Pryds A, Larsen EH, Paulson OB, Hauerberg J, Knudsen GM. Laser Doppler flowmetry is valid for measurement of cerebral blood flow autoregulation lower limit in rats. Exp Physiol 2005; 90:349-55. [PMID: 15653714 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2004.029512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) is a recent technique that is increasingly being used to monitor relative changes in cerebral blood flow whereas the intra-arterial 133xenon injection technique is a well-established method for repeated absolute measurements of cerebral blood flow. The aim of this study was to validate LDF for assessment of cerebral autoregulation and CO2 reactivity with the 133xenon injection technique as the gold standard. Simultaneous measurements of cerebral blood flow (CBF) were collected by LDF (CBF(LDF)) and the 133xenon method (CBF(Xe)) while (1) cerebral autoregulation was challenged by controlled systemic haemorrhage, or (2) cerebral blood flow was varied by manipulating the arterial partial pressure of CO2 (P(a,CO2)). LDF slightly overestimated CBF under conditions of haemorrhagic shock and haemodilution caused by controlled haemorrhage (paired t test, P < 0.05). However for pooled data, the autoregulation lower limit was similar when determined with the 133xenon and the LDF techniques: 65 +/- 3.9 mmHg and 60 +/- 5.6 mmHg, respectively. Linear regression analysis yielded CBF(Xe) = (1.02 x CBF(LDF)) + 9.1 and r = 0.90. Even for substantial changes in P(a,CO2), the two methods resulted in similar results. We conclude that even though LDF overestimated CBF during haemorrhagic shock caused by controlled haemorrhage, the lower limit autoregulation was correctly identified. The laser Doppler technique provides a reliable method for detection of a wide range of cerebral blood flow changes under CO2 challenge. Haemodilution influences the two methods differently causing relative overestimation of blood flow by the laser Doppler technique compared to the 1(33)xenon method.
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- Jan Tonnesen
- Neurobiology Research Unit, N9201, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Blegdamsvej 9, DK- 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Emre M, Orgül S, Gugleta K, Flammer J. Ocular blood flow alteration in glaucoma is related to systemic vascular dysregulation. Br J Ophthalmol 2004; 88:662-6. [PMID: 15090420 PMCID: PMC1772120 DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.032110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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AIMS To investigate the source of ocular blood flow alterations in glaucoma. METHODS In 56 patients with open angle glaucoma, blood flow parameters were obtained from both eyes in the ophthalmic and central retinal artery by means of colour Doppler imaging, as well as in the choroidal circulation and the neuroretinal rim of the optic nerve by means of laser Doppler flowmetry. Based on these haemodynamic parameters, a cluster analysis (two groups) was performed and differences with regard to risk factors were assessed between clusters. RESULTS Ocular blood flow data in the two clusters indicated that the two groups (cluster 1 = 26 patient with higher blood flow values; cluster 2 = 30 patients with lower blood flow values) differed mainly in choroidal and optic nerve blood flow. No differences in sex distribution, propensity to have normal tension glaucoma, age, endothelin-1 plasma levels, visual field damage, intraocular pressure, or systemic blood pressure parameters were observed between the two clusters. However, 12 patients (46%) from the cluster with high ocular blood flow values showed a vasospastic response in nailfold capillaroscopy, while such a response was observed in 24 patients (80%) of the cluster with low ocular blood flow values. This difference in vasospastic propensity was statistically significant (p = 0.0121). CONCLUSIONS Ocular blood flow alterations in glaucoma patients seem, at least partly, to be related to a systemic vascular dysregulation.
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- M Emre
- University Eye Clinic, Basel, Switzerland
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Critchley GR, Bell BA. Acute cerebral tissue oxygenation changes following experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurol Res 2003; 25:451-6. [PMID: 12866191 DOI: 10.1179/016164103101201841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Primary brain ischemia following subarachnoid hemorrhage is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. This study aims to determine whether changes in cerebral tissue oxygenation are related to cerebral blood flow changes in the acute phase following experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage. The endovascular puncture model was used to study subarachnoid hemorrhage in male Wistar rats with a tissue oxygenation probe and a laser Doppler probe placed contralateral to the side of hemorrhage. Following the subarachnoid hemorrhage intracranial pressure rose to 53.0 +/- 9.8 mmHg (mean +/- SEM). This was associated with a fall in cerebral blood flow to 43.9% +/- 7.1% of its baseline value and a fall in tissue oxygenation to 42.8% +/- 7.7% of baseline. The time course of the fall and recovery in tissue oxygenation was closely correlated to that of the cerebral blood flow (r = 0.66, p = 0.02). The fall in cerebral blood flow was associated with a 42.1% +/- 6.47% fall in the concentration of moving blood cells and a rise of 181.2% +/- 27.2% in velocity indicating acute microcirculatory vasoconstriction. Interstitial tissue oxygenation changes mirrored changes in cerebral blood flow indicating that a change in oxygen delivery was occurring.
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- Giles R Critchley
- Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Clinical Neurosciences, Atkinson Morley's Hospital, London, UK.
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Nagashima Y, Yada Y, Suzuki T, Sakai A. Evaluation of the use of an integration-type laser-Doppler flowmeter with a temperature-loading instrument for measuring skin blood flow in elderly subjects during cooling load: comparison with younger subjects. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY 2003; 47:139-147. [PMID: 12687449 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-003-0158-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2002] [Revised: 10/01/2002] [Accepted: 12/06/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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An integration-type laser-Doppler flowmeter, equipped with a temperature-load instrument, for measuring skin blood flow (ILD-T), and analytical parameters developed in a previous study were used to compare changes in the skin blood flow in the forehead and cheek in elderly subjects (in their 60s and 70s) with those in younger subjects (in their teens to 50s). Age-related differences in skin blood flow in the forehead and cheek in response to cooling were evaluated in 90 healthy women in their teens to 70s (mean age: 17.2 +/- 0.33 years for teenagers; 24.3 +/- 0.76 years for those aged 20-29 years; 34.8 +/- 1.12 years for those aged 30-39 years; 43.3 +/- 0.78 years for those aged 40-49 years; 53.8 +/- 1.13 years for those aged 50-59 years; 63.5 +/- 0.55 years for those aged 60-69 years; 72.2 +/- 0.70 years for those aged 70-79 years). The measurement was performed continuously for 5 min: for 1 min at a sensor temperature of 30 degrees C, for 2 min after the setting of the sensor temperature had been changed to 10 degrees C, and for 2 min after the temperature setting had been cancelled. The parameters analyzed were (1) skin temperature in a resting state before measurement ( T(rest)), (2) mean skin blood flow in 1 min at a sensor temperature of 30 degrees C ( F(30 degrees C)), (3) minimum skin blood flow at a sensor temperature of 10 degrees C ( F(min)), (4) slope of the blood flow plot during the period from the beginning of cooling at 10 degrees C to F(min) ( S(fall)), (5) time required for the sensor temperature to reach 10 degrees C (Delta t(s)), (6) maximum skin blood flow during the period from the end of cooling to the end of measurement ( F(max)), (7) slope of the blood flow plot during the period from F(min) to F(max) ( S(rise)), (8) rate of decrease of the skin blood flow during cooling: FDR = ( F(min)/ F(30 degrees C))x100, (9) recovery rate of the skin blood flow after the end of cooling: FRR = ( F(max)/ F(30 degrees C))x100. When correlations among the above nine parameters were evaluated by combining all age groups, significant correlations ( P < 0.01) were observed between F(30 degrees C) and F(min), F(30 degrees C) and F(max), F(30 degrees C) and S(fall), F(min) and F(max), and F(max) and S(rise) in the forehead. In the cheek, significant correlations ( P < 0.01) were observed in all these combinations except between F(max) and S(rise). When these analytical parameters were compared among the age groups, F(30 degrees C), T(rest), F(max), and S(rise) decreased significantly ( P < 0.02 for F(30 degrees C) and T(rest), P < 0.01 for F(max) and S(rise)) and S(fall) increased significantly ( P < 0.03) in the forehead with aging. However, no significant change with aging was observed in FDR, Delta t(s), F(min), and FRR. In the cheek, FDR increased significantly ( P < 0.03), and S(rise) decreased significantly ( P < 0.01) with aging. However, no significant change with aging was observed in F(30 degrees C), T(rest), F(max), S(fall), Delta t(s), F(min), and FRR. Thus, the decrease in the skin blood flow during cooling showed no marked quantitative change with age, but, with aging, the rate of this decrease was clearly reduced in the forehead. In the cheek, on the other hand, the skin blood flow decreased markedly with aging, but no clear change was observed in the rate of this decrease. By using ILD-T and examining various parameters obtained, the skin hemodynamics in the forehead and cheek during cooling from 30 degrees C to 10 degrees C could be analyzed, and differences in the hemodynamics between the forehead and cheek and between elderly and younger individuals were clarified. This instrument is expected to be clinically useful.
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- Yoshinao Nagashima
- Research Laboratories, Kao Corporation, 1-3, Bunka 2-chome, Sumida-ku, Tokyo, 131-8501 Japan.
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Lauer KK, Shen H, Stein EA, Ho KC, Kampine JP, Hudetz AG. Focal cerebral ischemia in rats produced by intracarotid embolization with viscous silicone. Neurol Res 2002; 24:181-90. [PMID: 11877903 DOI: 10.1179/016164102101199594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Many factors contribute to the severity of neuronal cell death and the functional outcome in stroke. We describe an embolic model of focal cerebral ischemia in the rat that does not require craniotomy and is compatible with continuous measurement of regional CBF using multichannel laser Doppler flow (LDF) technique. Either a 22 microliters (large lesion) or 11 microliters (small lesion) bolus of viscous silicone was injected cephalad into the internal carotid artery. Upon injection, LDF decreased abruptly, most severely in the parietal cortex (-74% +/- 5%) in the large lesion and in the occipital cortex (-69% +/- 10%) in the small lesion model. Over the first hour, post-embolization LDF improved in most areas (e.g. -48% +/- 9% parietal, large lesion) but declined in the small lesion group in the occipital region (-81% +/- 8%). CBF measured by [C]14-IAP autoradiography 1 h post-embolization in the large lesion model demonstrated near-hemispheric ischemia (70% of hemisphere) with sparing of cingulate cortex. Autoradiography demonstrated that ischemia in the small lesion was largely cortical. Light microscopy of brains embolized with 11 microliters of dyed silicone showed filling of pial vessels with no silicone in the Circle of Willis or parenchyma. No animals in the large lesion group survived 24 h. Thirteen of 15 animals in the small lesion group survived for two weeks with resolution of initial hemiplegia, ocular asymmetry and weight loss. Hematoxylin-eosin staining two weeks post-embolization showed signs of severe hypoxia and infarction. In conclusion, the intracarotid silicone embolization technique produces a titrable, reproducible permanent ischemic injury by blocking perfusion in the pial circulation, and is amenable to multisite monitoring with laser Doppler flowmetry. The smaller embolus produces cortical infarction with high rate of survival and neurological recovery.
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- Kathryn K Lauer
- Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
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Steinmeier R, Bondar I, Bauhuf C, Fahlbusch R. Laser Doppler flowmetry mapping of cerebrocortical microflow: characteristics and limitations. Neuroimage 2002; 15:107-19. [PMID: 11771979 DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2001.0943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to quantitatively analyze the amount of methodological noise and the spatial and temporal variability of laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) signals mapping cerebrocortical microflow. In an experimental setup with latex beads, the methodological LDF-signal variability was determined (coefficient of variation or CV(method)). The biological variability of the LDF signals was measured in animal experiments using 10 anesthetized rabbits. One stationary reference probe was used to assess temporal heterogeneity (CV(temp)) and a micromanipulator-driven scanning probe was used to assess spatial heterogeneity (CV(spat)) in a cortical area of 3.5 x 4.5 mm with 252 measurement points. CO(2) tests were used to modulate cerebrovascular resistance. CV(method) was found to be 4.94 +/- 1.7. The CV(temp) for the LDF-velocity signal was assessed to be 13.93 +/- 5.9 during normocapnia. Scanning of the brain surface with the scanning probe revealed a CV(spat) for LDF velocity of 65.0 +/- 16.2 during normocapnia. CO(2) modulation (hypocapnia --> normocapnia --> hypercapnia) of the cerebral resistance did not show a significant change in temporal heterogeneity (10.84 +/- 3.1 --> 13.93 +/- 5.9 --> 14.82 +/- 3.9), whereas spatial heterogeneity decreased significantly (81.31 +/- 12.0 --> 65.0 +/- 16.2 --> 54.04 +/- 21.8). Although the spatial and temporal variability of LDF signals evoked by cerebrocortical microflow is in the same range as with other methods and in other organs, LDF cerebrocortical mapping is restricted by the large temporal and spatial heterogeneity of the cerebrocortical vasculature. The definitions of sample volume, scanning step width, probe to brain surface distance, and average time per scanning point are critical concerning reliable LDF cerebrocortical mapping techniques.
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- Ralf Steinmeier
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
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Melgar MA, Park H, Rafols JA, Diaz FG. A model of global forebrain ischemia/reperfusion in the awake rat. Neurol Res 2002; 24:97-106. [PMID: 11783760 DOI: 10.1179/016164102101199477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Anesthesia is an essential element during the induction of ischemia/reperfusion and cerebral blood flow (CBF) measurement in most animal models. Cerebral neuroprotection and intrinsic effects on CBF afforded by anesthetics are confounding variables in those models. A new model of global forebrain ischemia/reperfusion (GFIR) in awake rats is presented and characterized. Rats underwent permanent occlusion of the basilar, and the paired pterygopalatine, external carotid, and occipital arteries. Inflatable balloon occluders were inserted around both common carotids, the nine-vessel occlusion (9VO) preparation. A subgroup of 9VO rats underwent placement of a laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) probe for measurement of cortical CBF. Twenty-four hours later, while awake, 9VO rats were subjected to 10 min of ischemia by occluding both common carotid arteries. Blood gases, glucose and hematocrit were analyzed before and during ischemia, and for up to 90 min during reperfusion. Behavioral observations and continuous LDF CBF and mean arterial blood pressure determinations during ischemia and reperfusion were made. Rats were rendered comatose and decerebrate rigidity was observed during 9VO. Following balloon deflation, rats immediately regained the righting reflex and achieved complete recovery in the next 24 h. Moderate hyperglycemia was observed at 5 min of ischemia and up to 90 min reperfusion in 9VO rats. LDF CBF decreased to 5% of baseline and remained unchanged during ischemia. The 9VO is a reproducible recovery model of GFIR. Behavioral and LDF CBF correlates are consistent and survival studies are feasible.
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- Miguel A Melgar
- Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson 85724-5070, USA.
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Zamani R, Semnanian S, Fathollahi Y, Hajizadeh S. Systemic naloxone enhances cerebral blood flow in anesthetized morphine-dependent rats. Eur J Pharmacol 2000; 408:299-304. [PMID: 11090647 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(00)00794-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Laser-Doppler flowmetry was used to study cerebral cortical blood flow responses to morphine and naloxone in morphine-naive and -dependent rats. The experiments were performed in spontaneously breathing anesthetized rats. Morphine (10 mg/kg, i.p.) administration reduced regional cerebral blood flow in control, sham-operated and morphine-dependent rats, but the depressant effect of morphine in morphine-dependent animals was less than that in control and sham-operated groups. While naloxone (0.5 mg/kg, s.c.) had no considerable effect on regional cerebral blood flow in control and sham-operated groups, it increased regional blood flow in morphine dependent ones. The depressant effect of morphine in all groups and the enhancing effect of naloxone in morphine-dependent animals were not seen after local application of lidocaine at the recording site. This study may provide a framework to study the cellular and molecular mechanisms responsible for coupling neuronal electrical activity with regional alterations in blood flow during precipitation of morphine withdrawal.
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- R Zamani
- Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modarres University, P.O. Box 14115-111, Tehran, Iran
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Lan J, Hunter CJ, Murata T, Power GG. Adaptation of laser-Doppler flowmetry to measure cerebral blood flow in the fetal sheep. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2000; 89:1065-71. [PMID: 10956352 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.89.3.1065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study was to devise a means to use laser-Doppler flowmetry to measure cerebral perfusion before birth. The method has not been used previously, largely because of intrauterine movement artifacts. To minimize movement artifacts, a probe holder was molded from epoxy putty to the contour of the fetal skull. A curved 18-gauge needle was embedded in the holder. At surgery, the holder, probe, and skull were fixed together with tissue glue. Residual signals were recorded after fetal death and after maternal death 1 h later. These averaged <5% of baseline flow signals, indicating minimal movement artifact. To test the usefulness of the method, cerebral flow responses were measured during moderate fetal hypoxia induced by giving the ewes approximately 10% oxygen in nitrogen to breathe. As fetal arterial PO(2) decreased from 21.1 +/- 0.5 to 10.7 +/- 0.4 Torr during a 30-min period, cerebral perfusion increased progressively to 56 +/- 8% above baseline. Perfusion then returned to baseline levels during a 30-min recovery period. These responses are quantitatively similar to those spot observations that have been recorded earlier using labeled microspheres. We conclude that cerebral perfusion can be successfully measured by using laser-Doppler flowmetry with the unanesthetized, chronically prepared fetal sheep as an experimental model. With this method, relative changes of perfusion from a small volume of the ovine fetal brain can be measured on a continuous basis, and movement artifacts can be reduced to 5% of measured flow values.
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- J Lan
- Center for Perinatal Biology, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California 92350, USA
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Matsuura T, Fujita H, Seki C, Kashikura K, Kanno I. Hemodynamics evoked by microelectrical direct stimulation in rat somatosensory cortex. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 1999; 124:47-52. [PMID: 10605067 DOI: 10.1016/s1095-6433(99)00086-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The aim of this study was to estimate the timing (latency) of the increase in red blood cell (RBC) velocity and RBC concentration, and the magnitude of response in local cerebral blood flow (LCBF) for neuronal activation. We measured LCBF change during activation of the somatosensory cortex by direct microelectrical stimulation. Electrical stimuli of 5, 10 and 50 Hz of 1 ms pulse with 10-15 microA, were given for 5 s. LCBF, RBC velocity and RBC concentration were monitored by laser-Doppler flowmetry (LDF) in alpha-chloralose anesthetized rats (n = 7). LCBF, RBC velocity and RBC concentration increased nearly proportionally to stimulus frequency, i.e. neuronal activity. LCBF rose approximately 0.5 s after the onset of stimulation, and there was no significant time lag of the latencies among LCBF, RBC velocity and RBC concentration at the same stimulus frequency. We interpret these results to mean that the onset of LCBF increase on cortical activation is reflected by a rapid change in arteriole (resistance vessel) dilation and capillary volume. The data also elucidate the linear relationship between LCBF increase and cortical activity.
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- T Matsuura
- Akita Laboratory, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Akita Research Institute of Brain and Blood Vessels, Japan.
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Sanae F, Hayashi H. Effects of adrenergic and nitrergic blockade on theophylline-induced increase in peripheral blood flow in rat ear. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 1998; 78:345-54. [PMID: 9869269 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.78.345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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A bolus injection of theophylline produced a significant increase in peripheral blood flow in anesthetized rat ear, monitored by laser-Doppler flowmetry, with increases in arterial blood pressure and heart rate. These effects were attenuated by previous treatment with reserpine, but reserpine had no effect on the blood flow increase produced by acetylcholine. A dose of propranolol, which caused attenuation of the theophylline-induced increase in heart rate, did not change the peripheral blood flow. The higher dose of propranolol, which nearly canceled the increases in blood pressure and heart rate, caused attenuation of the blood flow increase but did not cancel it. However, the theophylline-induced flow increase was completely reversed by a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, which alone had no effect, without any change in arterial blood pressure and heart rate. Treatment of the rats with the dose of inhibitor slightly and significantly reduced the response of peripheral blood flow to acetylcholine. The other isomer, NG-nitro-D-arginine methyl ester, and the other inhibitor, NG-monomethyl-L-arginine, did not have such an effect. These results suggest that the flow increase is due to an independent effect on the heart with modification by autonomic reflexes and involves the adrenergic and nitrergic pathways.
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- F Sanae
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokuriku University, Kanazawa, Japan
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Davis KL, Jenkins LW, DeWitt DS, Prough DS. Mild traumatic brain injury does not modify the cerebral blood flow profile of secondary forebrain ischemia in Wistar rats. J Neurotrauma 1998; 15:615-25. [PMID: 9726260 DOI: 10.1089/neu.1998.15.615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The rat hippocampus is hypersensitive to secondary cerebral ischemia after mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). An unconfirmed assumption in previous studies of mild TBI followed by forebrain ischemia has been that antecedent TBI did not alter cerebral blood flow (CBF) dynamics in response to secondary ischemia. Using laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF), relative changes in regional hippocampal CA1 blood flow (hCBF) were recorded continuously to quantitatively characterize hCBF before, during, and after 6 min of forebrain ischemia in either normal or mildly traumatized rats. Two experimental groups of fasted male Wistar rats were compared. Group 1 (n = 6) rats were given 6 minutes of transient forebrain ischemia using bilateral carotid clamping and hemorrhagic hypotension. Group 2 (n = 6) rats were subjected to mild (0.8 atm) fluid percussion TBI followed 1 h after trauma by 6 min of transient forebrain ischemia. The laser Doppler flow probe was inserted stereotactically to measure CA1 blood flow. The electroencephalogram (EEG) was continuously recorded. During the forebrain ischemic insult there were no intergroup differences in the magnitude or duration of the decrease in CBF in CA1. In both groups, CBF returned to preischemic values within one minute of reperfusion but traumatized rats had no initial hyperemia. There were no intergroup differences in the CBF threshold when the EEG became isoelectric. These data suggest that the ischemic insult was comparable either with or without antecedent TBI in this model. This confirms that this model of TBI followed by forebrain ischemia is well suited for evaluating changes in the sensitivity of CA1 neurons to cerebral ischemia rather than assessing differences in relative ischemia.
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- K L Davis
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0591, USA
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Jallo J, Saetzler R, Mishke C, Young WF, Vasthare U, Tuma RF. A chronic model to simultaneously measure intracranial pressure, cerebral blood flow, and study the pial microvasculature. J Neurosci Methods 1997; 75:155-60. [PMID: 9288647 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-0270(97)00064-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In an effort to study changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF), intracranial pressure (ICP) and intracranial compliance (ICC) simultaneously, we have developed a chronic model in rats using a pial window crown with two ports. This model can also be used to study vasoreactivity of pial vessels. Female Sprague-Dawley rats weighing between 225-250 g underwent placement of cranial chamber with dual ports under pentobarbital anesthesia. To test the utility of this technique 45 groups of rats were studied. Group 1 consisted of control animals. Group 2 consisted of rats undergoing 15 min of global cerebral ischemia. Rats in group 3 were evaluated for changes in vessel diameter and ICP after adenosine injection. In group 4 leukocyte/endothelial interactions were evaluated. These groups demonstrate the ability of this model to monitor CBF, ICP, ICC and pial vessel architecture in chronic rat experiments.
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- J Jallo
- Temple University Health Sciences Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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Hitchon PW, Mouw LJ, Rogge TN, Torner JC, Miller AK. Response of spinal cord blood flow to the nitric oxide inhibitor nitroarginine. Neurosurgery 1996; 39:795-803. [PMID: 8880775 DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199610000-00030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE The extent to which nitric oxide (NO) is involved in the modulation of spinal cord blood flow (SCBF) in the uninjured and injured cord is unknown. To elucidate these questions, the following experiments in anesthetized rats were conducted. METHODS Because NO is an unstable free radical with a half-life of seconds, its role can be understood through the study of the NO synthase inhibitor L-NG-nitroarginine (L-NOARG). L-NOARG was administered intravenously for 30 minutes at a dose of 100 or 500 micrograms/kg/min in 12 and 10 uninjured animals, respectively. SCBF fluctuations at C7-T1 were measured using laser doppler flowmetry. In a second set of 12 rats, L-NOARG (500 micrograms/kg/min) was administered 10 minutes before spinal cord injury using a modified aneurysm clip at C7-T1 and continued for 30 minutes thereafter. RESULTS In the uninjured animals, L-NOARG was associated with a dose-dependent increase in mean arterial pressure of 20 to 80% above baseline (P = 0.0001), together with a dose-related decrease in SCBF (P = 0.0373). In the injured animals, L-NOARG was associated with a 48% increase in mean arterial pressure. With L-NOARG, the changes in SCBF from baseline after injury were similar to those of noninjured controls (n = 25) and significantly less than injury controls (n = 18) or those receiving phenylephrine (n = 8). CONCLUSION NO synthase inhibitors, by reducing available NO, cause systemic vasoconstriction and a decrease in SCBF in the uninjured spinal cord. In the injured spinal cord, the administration of L-NOARG results in a redistribution of blood flow with an augmentation in posttraumatic SCBF at the injury site.
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- P W Hitchon
- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
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