TY - JOUR
T1 - Regional cerebral plasma volume response to carbon dioxide using magnetic resonance imaging
AU - Payen, Jean François
AU - Väth, Albert
AU - Koenigsberg, Blanche
AU - Bourlier, Virginie
AU - Decorps, Michel
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Background: Noninvasive techniques used to determine the changes in cerebral blood volume in response to carbon dioxide are hampered by their limited spatial or temporal resolution or both. Using steady state contrast- enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, the authors determined regional changes in cerebral plasma volume (CPV) induced by hypercapnia in halothane- anesthetized rats. Methods: Cerebral plasma volume was determined during normocapnia, hypercapnia and recovery in the dorsoparietal neocortex and striatum of each hemisphere, in cerebellum, and in extracerebral tissue of rats with either intact carotid arteries (group 1) or unilateral common carotid ligation (group 2). Another group was studied without injection of a contrast agent (group 3). Results: Hypercapnia (partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood [PaCO2] ≃65 mmHg) resulted in a significant increase in CPV in the striatum (+42 ± 8%), neocortex (+34 ± 6%), and cerebellum (+49 ± 12%) compared with normocapnic CPV values (group 1). Carotid ligation (group 2) led to a marked reduction of the CPV response to hypercapnia in the ipsilateral striatum (+23 ± 14%) and neocortex (+27 ± 17%) compared with the unclamped side (+34 ± 15% and +38 ± 16%, respectively). No significant changes in CPV were found in extracerebral tissue. In both groups, the CPV changes were reversed by the carbon dioxide washout period. Negligible changes in contrast imaging were detected during hypercapnia without administration of the contrast agent (group 3). Conclusions: The contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging technique is sensitive to detect noninvasively regional CPV changes induced by hypercapnia in rat brain. This could be of clinical interest for determining the cerebrovascular reactivity among different brain regions.
AB - Background: Noninvasive techniques used to determine the changes in cerebral blood volume in response to carbon dioxide are hampered by their limited spatial or temporal resolution or both. Using steady state contrast- enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, the authors determined regional changes in cerebral plasma volume (CPV) induced by hypercapnia in halothane- anesthetized rats. Methods: Cerebral plasma volume was determined during normocapnia, hypercapnia and recovery in the dorsoparietal neocortex and striatum of each hemisphere, in cerebellum, and in extracerebral tissue of rats with either intact carotid arteries (group 1) or unilateral common carotid ligation (group 2). Another group was studied without injection of a contrast agent (group 3). Results: Hypercapnia (partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood [PaCO2] ≃65 mmHg) resulted in a significant increase in CPV in the striatum (+42 ± 8%), neocortex (+34 ± 6%), and cerebellum (+49 ± 12%) compared with normocapnic CPV values (group 1). Carotid ligation (group 2) led to a marked reduction of the CPV response to hypercapnia in the ipsilateral striatum (+23 ± 14%) and neocortex (+27 ± 17%) compared with the unclamped side (+34 ± 15% and +38 ± 16%, respectively). No significant changes in CPV were found in extracerebral tissue. In both groups, the CPV changes were reversed by the carbon dioxide washout period. Negligible changes in contrast imaging were detected during hypercapnia without administration of the contrast agent (group 3). Conclusions: The contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging technique is sensitive to detect noninvasively regional CPV changes induced by hypercapnia in rat brain. This could be of clinical interest for determining the cerebrovascular reactivity among different brain regions.
KW - Contrast agent
KW - Hypercapnia
KW - Regional cerebral plasma volume
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U2 - 10.1097/00000542-199804000-00019
DO - 10.1097/00000542-199804000-00019
M3 - Article
C2 - 9579508
AN - SCOPUS:0345487001
SN - 0003-3022
VL - 88
SP - 984
EP - 992
JO - Anesthesiology
JF - Anesthesiology
IS - 4
ER -