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MRI measurement of the BOLD-specific flow-volume relationship during hypercapnia and hypocapnia in humans.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20624474     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
It is widely assumed in fMRI that the relationship between cerebral blood flow (CBF) and volume (CBV) changes observed during end-tidal CO(2) (PETCO(2)) perturbations is equivalent to that elicited by neuronal activation. This assumption has been validated in PET studies insofar as relating total flow to total CBV changes, but remains unconfirmed for venous CBV changes, which pertains to the primary vascular compartment modulating the BOLD signal. In this study, we measured CBF and venous CBV changes in healthy subjects in response to graded hypercapnia and hypocapnia, induced using computerized end-tidal CO(2) targeting, with a DeltaPETCO(2) range of between -6 and +9 mm Hg. Hypercapnia was found to elicit robust increases in CBF and venous CBV, while hypocapnia produced decreases in both. We used steady-state flow and volume changes to estimate the power-law relationship for cortical and subcortical brain regions, and did not observe significant difference between the two. The combined fit resulted in a power coefficient of 0.18+/-0.02, substantially lower than Grubb's coefficient of 0.38, but comparable to previous observations during neuronal activation. These results confirm that the BOLD-specific flow-volume relationship during CO(2) challenges is similar to that characterizing neuronal activation.
Authors:
J Jean Chen; G Bruce Pike
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-07-17
Journal Detail:
Title:  NeuroImage     Volume:  53     ISSN:  1095-9572     ISO Abbreviation:  Neuroimage     Publication Date:  2010 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-30     Completed Date:  2010-12-16     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9215515     Medline TA:  Neuroimage     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  383-91     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. jjchen@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Bayes Theorem
Brain / anatomy & histology,  pathology*
Carbon Dioxide / blood
Cerebrovascular Circulation / physiology*
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Female
Humans
Hypercapnia / pathology*,  physiopathology*
Hypocapnia / pathology*,  physiopathology*
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Male
Oxygen / blood*
Young Adult
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
//Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
124-38-9/Carbon Dioxide; 7782-44-7/Oxygen

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