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Quiroga A, Novi S, Martins G, Bortoletto LF, Avelar W, Guillaumon AT, Li LM, Cendes F, Mesquita RC. Quantification of the Tissue Oxygenation Delay Induced by Breath-Holding in Patients with Carotid Atherosclerosis. Metabolites 2022; 12:metabo12111156. [PMID: 36422296 PMCID: PMC9697605 DOI: 10.3390/metabo12111156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Carotid artery stenosis (CAS) is a common vascular disease with long-term consequences for the brain. Although CAS is strongly associated with impaired cerebral hemodynamics and neurodegeneration, the mechanisms underlying hemodynamic impairment in the microvasculature remain unknown. In this work, we employed functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to introduce a methodological approach for quantifying the temporal delay of the evoked hemodynamic response. The method was validated during a vasodilatory task (breath-holding) in 50 CAS patients and 20 controls. Our results suggest that the hemodynamic response to breath-holding can be delayed by up to 6 s in the most severe patients, a significant increase from the median 4 s measured for the control group (p = 0.01). In addition, the fraction of brain regions that responded to the task decreased as the CAS severity increased, from a median of 90% in controls to 73% in the most severe CAS group (p = 0.04). The presence of collateral circulation increases the response to breath-holding and decreases the average time delays across the brain, although the number of communicating arteries alone cannot predict these fNIRS-based hemodynamic variables (p > 0.09). Overall, this work proposes a method to quantitatively assess impaired cerebral hemodynamics in CAS patients.
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- Andrés Quiroga
- “Gleb Wataghin” Institute of Physics, University of Campinas, Campinas 13083-859, SP, Brazil
- Correspondence: (A.Q.); (R.C.M.)
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- “Gleb Wataghin” Institute of Physics, University of Campinas, Campinas 13083-859, SP, Brazil
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- “Gleb Wataghin” Institute of Physics, University of Campinas, Campinas 13083-859, SP, Brazil
- Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, Campinas 13083-970, SP, Brazil
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- “Gleb Wataghin” Institute of Physics, University of Campinas, Campinas 13083-859, SP, Brazil
- Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, Campinas 13083-970, SP, Brazil
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- Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, Campinas 13083-970, SP, Brazil
- Clinical Hospital, University of Campinas, Campinas 13083-888, SP, Brazil
- Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas 13083-894, SP, Brazil
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- Clinical Hospital, University of Campinas, Campinas 13083-888, SP, Brazil
- Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas 13083-894, SP, Brazil
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- Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, Campinas 13083-970, SP, Brazil
- Clinical Hospital, University of Campinas, Campinas 13083-888, SP, Brazil
- Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas 13083-894, SP, Brazil
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- Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, Campinas 13083-970, SP, Brazil
- Clinical Hospital, University of Campinas, Campinas 13083-888, SP, Brazil
- Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas 13083-894, SP, Brazil
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- “Gleb Wataghin” Institute of Physics, University of Campinas, Campinas 13083-859, SP, Brazil
- Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, Campinas 13083-970, SP, Brazil
- Correspondence: (A.Q.); (R.C.M.)
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Almeida SRM, Stefano Filho CA, Vicentini J, Novi SL, Mesquita RC, Castellano G, Li LM. Modeling functional network topology following stroke through graph theory: functional reorganization and motor recovery prediction. Braz J Med Biol Res 2022; 55:e12036. [PMID: 35976269 PMCID: PMC9377533 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x2022e12036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The study of functional reorganization following stroke has been steadily growing
supported by advances in neuroimaging techniques, such as functional magnetic
resonance imaging (fMRI). Concomitantly, graph theory has been increasingly
employed in neuroscience to model the brain's functional connectivity (FC) and
to investigate it in a variety of contexts. The aims of this study were: 1) to
investigate the reorganization of network topology in the ipsilesional (IL) and
contralesional (CL) hemispheres of stroke patients with (motor stroke group) and
without (control stroke group) motor impairment, and 2) to predict motor
recovery through the relationship between local topological variations of the
functional network and increased motor function. We modeled the brain's FC as a
graph using fMRI data, and we characterized its interactions with the following
graph metrics: degree, clustering coefficient, characteristic path length, and
betweenness centrality (BC). For both patient groups, BC yielded the largest
variations between the two analyzed time points, especially in the motor stroke
group. This group presented significant correlations (P<0.05) between average
BC changes and the improvements in upper-extremity Fugl-Meyer (UE-FM) scores at
the primary sensorimotor cortex and the supplementary motor area for the CL
hemisphere. These regions participate in processes related to the selection,
planning, and execution of movement. Generally, higher increases in average BC
over these areas were related to larger improvements in UE-FM assessment.
Although the sample was small, these results suggest the possibility of using BC
as an indication of brain plasticity mechanisms following stroke.
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- S R M Almeida
- Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil.,BRAINN (Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology), Campinas, SP, Brasil
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- BRAINN (Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology), Campinas, SP, Brasil.,Grupo de Neurofísica, Instituto de Física "Gleb Wataghin", Universidade de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil.,BRAINN (Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology), Campinas, SP, Brasil
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- BRAINN (Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology), Campinas, SP, Brasil.,Grupo de Neurofísica, Instituto de Física "Gleb Wataghin", Universidade de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil
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- BRAINN (Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology), Campinas, SP, Brasil.,Grupo de Neurofísica, Instituto de Física "Gleb Wataghin", Universidade de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil
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- BRAINN (Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology), Campinas, SP, Brasil.,Grupo de Neurofísica, Instituto de Física "Gleb Wataghin", Universidade de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil.,BRAINN (Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology), Campinas, SP, Brasil
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Mesquida J, Caballer A, Cortese L, Vila C, Karadeniz U, Pagliazzi M, Zanoletti M, Pacheco AP, Castro P, García-de-Acilu M, Mesquita RC, Busch DR, Durduran T. Peripheral microcirculatory alterations are associated with the severity of acute respiratory distress syndrome in COVID-19 patients admitted to intermediate respiratory and intensive care units. Crit Care 2021; 25:381. [PMID: 34749792 PMCID: PMC8575160 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-021-03803-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Background COVID-19 is primarily a respiratory disease; however, there is also evidence that it causes endothelial damage in the microvasculature of several organs. The aim of the present study is to characterize in vivo the microvascular reactivity in peripheral skeletal muscle of severe COVID-19 patients. Methods This is a prospective observational study carried out in Spain, Mexico and Brazil. Healthy subjects and severe COVID-19 patients admitted to the intermediate respiratory (IRCU) and intensive care units (ICU) due to hypoxemia were studied. Local tissue/blood oxygen saturation (StO2) and local hemoglobin concentration (THC) were non-invasively measured on the forearm by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). A vascular occlusion test (VOT), a three-minute induced ischemia, was performed in order to obtain dynamic StO2 parameters: deoxygenation rate (DeO2), reoxygenation rate (ReO2), and hyperemic response (HAUC). In COVID-19 patients, the severity of ARDS was evaluated by the ratio between peripheral arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) and the fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) (SF ratio). Results Healthy controls (32) and COVID-19 patients (73) were studied. Baseline StO2 and THC did not differ between the two groups. Dynamic VOT-derived parameters were significantly impaired in COVID-19 patients showing lower metabolic rate (DeO2) and diminished endothelial reactivity. At enrollment, most COVID-19 patients were receiving invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) (53%) or high-flow nasal cannula support (32%). Patients on MV were also receiving sedative agents (100%) and vasopressors (29%). Baseline StO2 and DeO2 negatively correlated with SF ratio, while ReO2 showed a positive correlation with SF ratio. There were significant differences in baseline StO2 and ReO2 among the different ARDS groups according to SF ratio, but not among different respiratory support therapies. Conclusion Patients with severe COVID-19 show systemic microcirculatory alterations suggestive of endothelial dysfunction, and these alterations are associated with the severity of ARDS. Further evaluation is needed to determine whether these observations have prognostic implications. These results represent interim findings of the ongoing HEMOCOVID-19 trial. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04689477. Retrospectively registered 30 December 2020. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13054-021-03803-2.
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- Jaume Mesquida
- Àrea de Crítics, Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari, Parc Taulí, 1, 08208, Sabadell, Spain.
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- Àrea de Crítics, Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari, Parc Taulí, 1, 08208, Sabadell, Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servei de Medicina Intensiva, Parc Salut Mar Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
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- Intensive Care Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Physics, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain.,Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
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Bertachini ALL, Januario GC, Novi SL, Mesquita RC, Silva MAR, Andrade GMQ, de Resende LM, de Miranda DM. Hearing brain evaluated using near-infrared spectroscopy in congenital toxoplasmosis. Sci Rep 2021; 11:10135. [PMID: 33980948 PMCID: PMC8115034 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89481-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Congenital toxoplasmosis (CT) is a known cause of hearing loss directly caused by Toxoplasma gondii. Hearing loss might result from sensory, neural, or sensorineural lesions. Early treated infants rarely develop hearing loss, but retinochoroidal lesions, intracranial calcifications and hydrocephalus are common. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the brain evoked hemodynamic responses of CT and healthy infants during four auditory stimuli: mother infant directed speech, researcher infant directed speech, mother reading and researcher recorded. Children underwent Transitionally Evoked Otoacoustic Emission Auditory Testing and Automated Brainstem Auditory Response tests with normal auditory results, but with a tendency for greater latencies in the CT group compared to the control group. We assessed brain hemodynamics with functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) measurements from 61 infants, and we present fNIRS results as frequency maps of activation and deactivation for each stimulus. By evaluating infants in the three first months of life, we observed an individual heterogeneous brain activation pattern in response to all auditory stimuli for both groups. Each channel was activated or deactivated in less than 30% of children for all stimuli. There is a need of prospective studies to evaluate if the neurologic or auditory changes course with compromise of children outcomes.
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- Ana Lívia Libardi Bertachini
- Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.,NUPAD - Center for Newborn Screening and Genetic Diagnostics, UFMG - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.,NUPAD - Center for Newborn Screening and Genetic Diagnostics, UFMG - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- "Gleb Wataghin'' Institute of Physics, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.,NUPAD - Center for Newborn Screening and Genetic Diagnostics, UFMG - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Speech and Hearing Therapy, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.,NUPAD - Center for Newborn Screening and Genetic Diagnostics, UFMG - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. .,Centro de Tecnologia Em Medicina Molecular, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Prof. Alfredo Balena 190, Santa Efigênia, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30130-100, Brazil.
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Rein LCDS, Siqueira DED, Guillaumon AT, Avelar WM, Cendes F, Mesquita RC. Evaluation of the brain hemodynamic response by means of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) monitoring in patients with atherosclerotic carotid disease undergoing endarterectomy. J Vasc Bras 2020; 19:e20190027. [PMID: 34178049 PMCID: PMC8205114 DOI: 10.1590/1677-5449.190027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Backgrounds Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is non-invasive technique that detects
hemodynamic alterations in tissues. It enables continuous monitoring of
intracerebral vascular physiologic information. Due to its portable nature, NIRS
may be used bedside or in the operating room. Objectives To evaluate use of NIRS for intraoperative monitoring of the brain hemodynamic
response, during carotid endarterectomy. Methods 10 patients with atherosclerotic carotid disease scheduled for endarterectomy were
evaluated. After patients had been selected, they answered a questionnaire on
epidemiological data and information about comorbidities and then carotid disease
was confirmed with diagnostic methods. NRIS monitoring was used during the
surgical procedure. The variables analyzed before, during and after carotid
clamping were oxygen saturation (SatO2), total hemoglobin (THb),
reduced hemoglobin (RHb), and oxyhemoglobin (OHb). A p value of <0.05 was
considered statistically significant. Results The results obtained from NIRS show that RHb and SatO2 vary during the
different stages of surgery. RHb levels are higher during clamping, when compared
with the other two surgical stages. On the other hand, SatO2 is lower
during clamping. Conclusions During carotid endarterectomy, NIRS is a feasible, real-time, and non-invasive
intracranial monitoring method that accurately and reliably measures the changes
in intracerebral capillary hemodynamic conditions.
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Campinas, SP, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Campinas, SP, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Campinas, SP, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Campinas, SP, Brasil
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de Souza Rodrigues J, Ribeiro FL, Sato JR, Mesquita RC, Júnior CEB. Identifying individuals using fNIRS-based cortical connectomes. Biomed Opt Express 2019; 10:2889-2897. [PMID: 31259059 PMCID: PMC6583329 DOI: 10.1364/boe.10.002889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Revised: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 05/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
Abstract
The fMRI-based functional connectome was shown to be sufficiently unique to allow individual identification (fingerprinting). We aimed to test whether a fNIRS-based connectome could also be used to identify individuals. Forty-four participants performed experimental protocols that consisted of two periods of resting-state interleaved by a cognitive task period. Connectome identification was performed for all possible pairwise combinations of the three periods. The influence of hemodynamic global variation was tested using global signal regression and principal component analysis. High identification accuracies well-above chance level (2.3%) were observed overall, being particularly high (93%) to the oxyhemoglobin signal between resting conditions. Our results suggest that fNIRS is a suitable technique to assess connectome fingerprints.
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- Júlia de Souza Rodrigues
- Center for Mathematics, Computation and Cognition, University of ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, 09606-045, Brazil
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- Center for Mathematics, Computation and Cognition, University of ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, 09606-045, Brazil
- School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 407, Australia
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- Center for Mathematics, Computation and Cognition, University of ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, 09606-045, Brazil
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Grandjean da Costa K, Soares Rachetti V, Quirino Alves da Silva W, Aranha Rego Cabral D, Gomes da Silva Machado D, Caldas Costa E, Forti RM, Mesquita RC, Elsangedy HM, Hideki Okano A, Bodnariuc Fontes E. Drug abusers have impaired cerebral oxygenation and cognition during exercise. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0188030. [PMID: 29125875 PMCID: PMC5681256 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Individuals with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) have lower baseline metabolic activity of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) associated with impairment of cognitive functions in decision-making and inhibitory control. Aerobic exercise has shown to improve PFC function and cognitive performance, however, its effects on SUD individuals remain unclear. PURPOSE To verify the cognitive performance and oxygenation of the PFC during an incremental exercise in SUD individuals. METHODS Fourteen individuals under SUD treatment performed a maximum graded exercise test on a cycle ergometer with continuous measurements of oxygen consumption, PFC oxygenation, and inhibitory control (Stroop test) every two minutes of exercise at different intensities. Fifteen non-SUD individuals performed the same protocol and were used as control group. RESULTS Exercise increased oxyhemoglobin (O2Hb) and total hemoglobin (tHb) by 9% and 7%, respectively. However, when compared to a non-SUD group, this increase was lower at high intensities (p<0.001), and the inhibitory cognitive control was lower at rest and during exercise (p<0.007). In addition, PFC hemodynamics during exercise was inversely correlated with inhibitory cognitive performance (reaction time) (r = -0.62, p = 0.001), and a lower craving perception for the specific abused substance (p = 0.0189) was reported immediately after exercise. CONCLUSION Despite SUD individuals having their PFC cerebral oxygenation increased during exercise, they presented lower cognition and oxygenation when compared to controls, especially at elevated intensities. These results may reinforce the role of exercise as an adjuvant treatment to improve PFC function and cognitive control in individuals with SUD.
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- Kell Grandjean da Costa
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Department of Physical Education, NEUROEX–Research Group in Physical Activity, Cognition and Behavior, Natal, RN, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Biophysics and Pharmacology Department, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Department of Physical Education, NEUROEX–Research Group in Physical Activity, Cognition and Behavior, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Department of Physical Education, NEUROEX–Research Group in Physical Activity, Cognition and Behavior, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Department of Physical Education, NEUROEX–Research Group in Physical Activity, Cognition and Behavior, Natal, RN, Brazil
- Londrina State University, Center of Physical Education and Sports, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Department of Physical Education, NEUROEX–Research Group in Physical Activity, Cognition and Behavior, Natal, RN, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Institute of Physics, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
- Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Physics, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
- Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Department of Physical Education, NEUROEX–Research Group in Physical Activity, Cognition and Behavior, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Londrina State University, Center of Physical Education and Sports, Londrina, PR, Brazil
- Center of Mathematics Computation and Cognition, Federal University of ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
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- Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Department of Physical Education, NEUROEX–Research Group in Physical Activity, Cognition and Behavior, Natal, RN, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
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da Silva WQA, Fontes EB, Forti RM, Lima ZL, Machado DGDS, Deslandes AC, Hussey E, Ward N, Mesquita RC, Okano AH, Elsangedy HM. Affect during incremental exercise: The role of inhibitory cognition, autonomic cardiac function, and cerebral oxygenation. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0186926. [PMID: 29091915 PMCID: PMC5665513 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 10/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Pleasure is a key factor for physical activity behavior in sedentary individuals. Inhibitory cognitive control may play an important role in pleasure perception while exercising, especially at high intensities. In addition, separate work suggests that autonomic regulation and cerebral hemodynamics influence the affective and cognitive responses during exercise. Purpose We investigated the effects of exercise intensity on affect, inhibitory control, cardiac autonomic function, and prefrontal cortex (PFC) oxygenation. Methods Thirty-seven sedentary young adults performed two experimental conditions (exercise and control) in separate sessions in a repeated-measures design. In the exercise condition, participants performed a maximum graded exercise test on a cycle ergometer as we continuously measured oxygen consumption, heart rate variability (HRV), and PFC oxygenation. At each of 8 intensity levels we also measured inhibitory control (Stroop test), associative and dissociative thoughts (ADT), and affective/pleasure ratings. In the control condition, participants sat motionless on a cycle ergometer without active pedaling, and we collected the same measures at the same points in time as the exercise condition. We evaluated the main effects and interactions of exercise condition and intensity level for each measure using two-way repeated measures ANOVAs. Additionally, we evaluated the relationship between affect and inhibitory control, ADT, HRV, and PFC oxygenation using Pearson’s correlation coefficients. Results For exercise intensities below and at the ventilatory threshold (VT), participants reported feeling neutral, with preservation of inhibitory control, while intensities above the VT were associated with displeasure (p<0.001), decreased inhibitory control and HRV (p<0.001), and increased PFC oxygenation (p<0.001). At the highest exercise intensity, pleasure was correlated with the low-frequency index of HRV (r = -0.34; p<0.05) and the low-frequency/high-frequency HRV ratio (r = -0.33; p<0.05). PFC deoxyhemoglobin was correlated with pleasure two stages above the VT (r = -0.37; p<0.05). Conclusion Our results support the notion that exercise at high intensities influences inhibitory control and one’s perception of pleasure, which are linked to changes in cardiac autonomic control and cerebral hemodynamics. These findings strengthen the existence of an integrated brain-heart-body system and highlight the importance of exercise intensity in exercise-related behavior in sedentary individuals.
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- Weslley Quirino Alves da Silva
- Department of Physical Education, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
- Graduation Program on Physical Education, Natalense Faculty of Education and Culture, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Institute of Physics “Gleb Wataghin”, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
- Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology (BRAINN), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Physical Education, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
- Graduation Program on Physical Education, Natalense Faculty of Education and Culture, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Department of Physical Education, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
- Center of Physical Education and Sport, Londrina State University, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Institute of Physical Education and Sport, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Center for Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Tufts University, Medford, MA, United States of America
- Cognitive Science Team, Natick Soldier Research, Development, and Engineering Center, Natick, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA, United States of America
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- Institute of Physics “Gleb Wataghin”, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
- Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology (BRAINN), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Physical Education, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
- Center of Physical Education and Sport, Londrina State University, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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The existence of a coupling between changes in neuronal activity, cerebral blood flow and blood oxygenation is well known. The explicit relationship between these systems, however, is complex and remains a subject of intense research. Here, we use direct electrophysiological recordings to predict blood flow and oxygenation changes measured with optical methods during parametric stimulation applied to the somatosensory cortex in rat brain. Using a multimodal model of the cerebral functional unit, we estimate a neuro-vascular and a neuro-metabolic transfer function relating the experimentally measured neural responses with the inputs to a vascular model predicting hemodynamic and blood oxygenation changes. We show that our model can accurately predict experimentally measured parametric hemodynamic evoked responses by using a single linear transfer function relationship with a reduced number of state parameters to relate the level of neural activity to evoked cerebral blood flow and oxygen metabolism changes. At the same time, we characterize the metabolic and vascular neural response functions and interpret their physiological significance.
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- R C Mesquita
- Athinoula A Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
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Mesquita RC, Reis ERD, Nicola JH, Nicola EMD. Construction and evaluation of a non-laser optical system for photodynamic process excitation. Acta Cir Bras 2004. [DOI: 10.1590/s0102-86502004000600004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Purpose: To show that a non-laser light source can be constructed, using a 500 W Tungsten lamp and optical filters, and that this light source produces photodynamic effect via protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) similar to the effect produced by HeNe laser light. Methods: The broad band spectrum from a Tungsten lamp was filtered. Infrared and blue part of the spectrum was discarded by absorption process and the fraction of the spectrum, centered at the red portion, was filtered by an interference filter. Photodynamic effect was studied by the activity on endogenous PpIX of Harderian glands of Wistar rats. Twenty rats were used for the experiment. Each animal had its two Harderian gland surgically exposed, so one of them was treated with the system while the other was kept as control. After a 30 minutes period of treatment, the animals were sacrificed and their glands were removed for histological analysis. This analysis was compared to earlier published results obtained with HeNe laser light. Results: The resultant light source emission was centered around (636 ± 6.5) nm and gives up to 11.3 mW/cm² power density. It produces photodynamic effect in Harderian gland, observed either by fluorescence spectroscopy or by histological microscopy. Conclusion: There is no noticeable difference in Photodynamic effect results if activated by HeNe laser or by the proposed non-laser light source emitting at the red portion of the spectrum.
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Mesquita RC, Leite-Mor MM, Parise ER. Fibronectin in the ascitic fluid of cirrhotic patients: correlation with biochemical risk factors for the development of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Braz J Med Biol Res 1997; 30:843-7. [PMID: 9361707 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x1997000700004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Cirrhotic patients (23 with alcoholic cirrhosis, 5 with posthepatitic cirrhosis and 2 with cryptogenic cirrhosis) with ascites and portal hypertension were studied and divided into two groups corresponding to high or low risk to develop spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) related to the concentration of total protein in the ascitic fluid (A-TP): group I (high risk): A-TP < or = 1.5 g/dl and group II (low risk): A-TP > 1.5 g/dl. Fibronectin (FN), C3 and C4 concentrations were measured by radial immunodiffusion while total protein was measured by the biuret method. The mean values (group I vs group II) of C3 (12.59 +/- 4.72 vs 24.53 +/- 15.58 mg/dl), C4 (4.26 +/- 3.87 vs 7.26 +/- 4.14 mg/dl) and FN (50.47 +/- 12.49 vs 75.89 +/- 24.70 mg/dl) in the ascitic fluid were significantly lower (P < 0.05) in the group considered to be at high risk for SBP. No significant difference was observed in the plasma/ascites fibronectin ratio (3.91 +/- 1.21 vs 3.80 +/- 1.26) or gradient (131.46 +/- 64.01 vs 196.96 +/- 57.38) between groups. Fibronectin in ascites was significantly correlated to C3 (r = 0.76), C4 (r = 0.58), total protein (r = 0.73) and plasma FN (r = 0.58) (P < 0.05). The data suggest that the FN concentration in ascites is related to the opsonic capacity of this fluid, and that its concentration in the ascitic fluid may be a biochemical risk factor indicator for the development of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
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Affiliation(s)
- R C Mesquita
- Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brasil
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