[The problem of information value in microvascular networks]

The methodology of quantitative estimation of information value in microvascular networks is proposed for the first time with the use of wavelet analysis of skin blood flow oscillations registrated by laser Doppler flowmetry at 30 healthy persons and 56 patients after hand injuries and diseases. It includes calculation of relative indices for the information preservation, the predomination of preserved information and the efficacy of information. The most deviation from multistable information regimen happened after formation of resonance oscillations: the general quantity of information decreased but the preservation of predominated information increased. The preservation of trophic myogenic information predominated after reduction of sympathetic influences. With the increase in the number of information channels the quantity of information increased but its preservation varied. Sensory peptidergic nerve fibres were activated during local heating to 34 degrees C at dorsal forearm skin. This information was the most effective at the beginning of heating during the growth of blood flow to the plateau level. Blood flow oscillations represented in wavelet spectrum serve as operators build on the basis of effective information. These oscillations play not only hemodynamic role but are the bearers of information in microvascular networks.