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MRI of retinal and choroidal blood flow with laminar resolution.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20821409     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The retina is nourished by two distinct circulations: the retinal vessels within the inner retina and the choroidal vessels behind the neural retina. The outer nuclear layer and the inner and outer segments of the photoreceptors in between are avascular. The aim of this study was to determine whether arterial spin labeling MRI could provide sufficient resolution to differentiate between quantitative retinal blood flow (rBF) and choroidal blood flow (chBF), and whether this technique is sufficiently sensitive to detect vascular-specific blood flow (BF) changes modulated by anesthetics. Arterial spin labeling MRI was performed at 42 × 42 × 400 µm(3) in the mouse retina at 7 T, and was used to investigate the effects of isoflurane and ketamine/xylazine anesthesia on rBF and chBF. MRI yielded unambiguous differentiation of rBF, chBF and the avascular layer in between. Under isoflurane, chBF was 7.7 ± 2.1 mL/g/min and rBF was 1.3 ± 0.44 mL/g/min (mean ± SD, n = 7, p < 0.01). Under ketamine/xylazine anesthesia in the same animals, chBF was 4.3 ± 1.9 mL/g/min and rBF was 0.88 ± 0.22 mL/g/min (p < 0.01). Under ketamine/xylazine anesthesia, rBF was lower by 29% (P < 0.01) and chBF by 42% (P < 0.01) relative to isoflurane. This study demonstrates, for the first time, the quantitative imaging of rBF and chBF in vivo, providing a new method to study basal values and alterations of rBF and chBF.
Authors:
Eric R Muir; Timothy Q Duong
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.     Date:  2010-09-06
Journal Detail:
Title:  NMR in biomedicine     Volume:  24     ISSN:  1099-1492     ISO Abbreviation:  NMR Biomed     Publication Date:  2011 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-02-23     Completed Date:  2011-06-06     Revised Date:  2011-09-26    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8915233     Medline TA:  NMR Biomed     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  216-23     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Affiliation:
Research Imaging Center, Departments of Ophthalmology, Radiology and Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Choroid / blood supply*
Female
Isoflurane
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Regional Blood Flow / physiology*
Retina / physiology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
P30 EY006360-25/EY/NEI NIH HHS; R01 EY014211/EY/NEI NIH HHS; R01 EY014211-01A1/EY/NEI NIH HHS; R01 EY014211-02/EY/NEI NIH HHS; R01 EY014211-03/EY/NEI NIH HHS; R01 EY014211-04/EY/NEI NIH HHS; R01 EY014211-05/EY/NEI NIH HHS; R01 EY014211-06/EY/NEI NIH HHS; R01 EY014211-07/EY/NEI NIH HHS; R01 EY014211-08/EY/NEI NIH HHS; R01 EY014211-09/EY/NEI NIH HHS; R01 EY014211-10/EY/NEI NIH HHS; R01 EY018855/EY/NEI NIH HHS; R01 EY018855-01A1/EY/NEI NIH HHS; R01 EY018855-02/EY/NEI NIH HHS; R01 EY018855-03/EY/NEI NIH HHS; R01 EY018855-04/EY/NEI NIH HHS; T32EB005969/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
26675-46-7/Isoflurane
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