Detecting tissue deterioration after brain injury: regional blood flow level versus capacity to raise blood flow.

ABSTRACT: Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) is spatially and temporally adjusted to local energy needs. This coupling involves dilation of vessels both at the site of metabolite exchange and upstream of the activated region. Deficits in upstream blood supply limit the 'capacity to raise rCBF' in response to functional activation and therefore compromise brain function. We here demonstrate in rats that the 'capacity to raise rCBF' can be determined from real-time measurements of rCBF using laser speckle imaging during an energy challenge induced by cortical spreading depolarizations (CSDs). Cortical spreading depolarizations (CSDs) occur with high incidence in stroke and various other brain injuries and cause large metabolic changes. Various conditions of cerebral perfusion were induced, either by

SUBMITTER: Feuerstein D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4083373 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature