1. The effect of global cerebral vasodilation on focal activation hemodynamics
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Karin M. Rylander, Bojana Stefanovic, Jan M. Warnking, G. Bruce Pike, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (MNI), Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada]-McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada], and Dojat, Michel
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Male ,genetic structures ,[SDV.IB.IMA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering/Imaging ,Hemodynamics ,MESH: Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,Basal (phylogenetics) ,0302 clinical medicine ,Visual Cortex ,Motor Cortex ,MESH: Cerebrovascular Circulation ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Vasodilation ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Neurology ,Cerebral blood flow ,Anesthesia ,Cerebrovascular Circulation ,Cardiology ,[SDV.NEU]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC] ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,Perfusion ,Hypercapnia ,MESH: Oxygen ,Adult ,MESH: Hemodynamics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Cognitive Neuroscience ,Cerebral vasodilation ,MESH: Motor Cortex ,MESH: Vasodilation ,03 medical and health sciences ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,[SDV.NEU] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC] ,MESH: Humans ,business.industry ,MESH: Visual Cortex ,MESH: Adult ,Blood flow ,MESH: Male ,Oxygen ,[SDV.IB.IMA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering/Imaging ,Visual cortex ,nervous system ,business ,MESH: Female ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
International audience; In view of the potential of global resting blood flow level to confound the interpretation of blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) fMRI studies, we investigated the effect of pronounced elevation in baseline cerebral blood flow (CBF) on BOLD and CBF responses to functional activation. Twelve healthy volunteers performed bilateral finger apposition while attending to a radial yellow/blue checkerboard. Three levels of global CBF increase were achieved by inhaling 5, 7.5 or 10% CO2. CBF and BOLD signals were simultaneously quantified using interleaved multi-slice pulsed arterial spin labeling (PASL) and T2*-weighted gradient echo sequences. Increasing basal CBF produced a significant decrease in the activation-induced BOLD response, with the slope of the optimal linear fit of activation versus basal BOLD signal changes of -0.32 +/- 0.01%/% for motor and visual cortex regions of interest (ROIs). While the modulation in basal flow level also produced a statistically significant effect on the activation-induced CBF change, the degree of relative attenuation of the flow response was slight, with a slope of -0.18 +/- 0.02%/% in the motor and -0.13 +/- 0.01%/% in the visual cortex ROI. The current findings describe a strong attenuation of the BOLD response at significantly elevated basal flow levels and call for independent quantification of resting CBF in BOLD fMRI studies that involve subjects and/or conditions with markedly elevated global perfusion.
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- 2005
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