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Absence of a significant extravascular contribution to the skeletal muscle BOLD effect at 3 T.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20665796     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) contrast in skeletal may reflect the contributions of both intravascular and extravascular relaxation effects. The purpose of this study was to determine the significance of the extravascular BOLD effect in skeletal muscle at 3 T. In experiments, R(2)* was measured before and during arterial occlusion under the following conditions: (1) the leg extended and rotated (to vary the capillary orientation with respect to the amplitude of static field) and (2) with the blood's signal nulled using a multiecho vascular space occupancy experiment. In the leg rotation protocol, 3 min of arterial occlusion decreased oxyhemoglobin saturation from 67% to 45% and increased R(2)* from 34.2 to 36.6 sec(-1), but there was no difference in the R(2)* response to occlusion between the extended and rotated positions. Numerical simulations of intra- and extravascular BOLD effects corresponding to these conditions predicted that the intravascular BOLD contribution to the R(2)* change was always > 50 times larger than the extravascular BOLD contribution. Blood signal nulling eliminated the change in R(2)* caused by arterial occlusion. These data indicate that under these experimental conditions, the contribution of the extravascular BOLD effect to skeletal muscle R(2)* was too small to be practically important.
Authors:
Otto A Sanchez; Elizabeth A Copenhaver; Christopher P Elder; Bruce M Damon
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Magnetic resonance in medicine : official journal of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine / Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine     Volume:  64     ISSN:  1522-2594     ISO Abbreviation:  Magn Reson Med     Publication Date:  2010 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-28     Completed Date:  2011-01-04     Revised Date:  2011-08-03    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8505245     Medline TA:  Magn Reson Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  527-35     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Blood Flow Velocity / physiology
Collateral Circulation / physiology*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Male
Muscle, Skeletal / blood supply,  physiology*
Oxygen Consumption / physiology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
AR050101/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS; M01 RR 00095/RR/NCRR NIH HHS; R01 AR050101-05/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS; UL1 RR024975/RR/NCRR NIH HHS
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