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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Satomura, Yasuhiko; | Seki, Junji; | Ooi, Yasuhiro | Yanagida, Toshio | Seiyama, Akitoshi
Affiliations: Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka 565‐8565, Japan | Division of Physiology and Biosignaling, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka 565‐0871, Japan | Division of Pathogenesis and Control of Oral Disease, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka 565‐0781, Japan
Note: [] Corresponding author: Dr. Junji Seki, Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, 5‐7‐1 Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka 565‐8565, Japan. Tel.: +81 6 6833 5012, ext. 2432; Fax: +81 6 6872 7485; E‐mail: sekij@ri.ncvc.go.jp.
Abstract: A technique called optical coherence tomography (OCT) was applied to in vivo observation of microcirculation in the rat cerebral cortex. The OCT system used in this study provided cross‐sectional images of the cerebral cortical tissue up to about 1 mm depth with longitudinal resolution up to 8 μm. It could visualize cross‐sectional structure of the dura, arachnoid membrane, cortical tissue, and pial microvessels through the cranial window. Pial microvessels with diameter larger than several 10 μm could be detected to observe their cross‐sectional shape, while the microvessels within the cortical tissue with smaller diameter were not discernible. The OCT observation revealed that the pial microvessels showed different spatial configurations depending on the cerebral preparations with intact dura and without dura. Stimulus responses of the somatosensory cortices were also different among the preparation methods; Delayed swelling of the cortical surface appeared in the somatosensory cortex following the electrical stimulation of the hind paw in the case of dura removal, which was restricted to a thin surface layer with less than several 10 μm. It is considered to reflect the reactive hyperemia accompanying the neuronal activation. Doppler frequency shift due to the blood flow was detected in pial arterioles. This phenomenon is promising to provide the velocity profile within microvessels and may be applicable to the functional imaging of the brain.
Keywords: Optical coherence tomography (OCT), somatosensory cortex, neuronal activation, reactive hyperemia, Doppler effect
Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 31-40, 2004
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