任务激活导致人类大脑中区域C-乳酸盐信号的增加
Biranavan Uthayakumar1,2, Nicole Ic Cappelletto1,2, Nadia D Bragagnolo2
1Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
概括
超极化13CMRI在视觉任务期间检测到在激活的大脑区域中增加的13C-乳酸盐. 该技术测量了代谢变化,显示了因神经活动而产生的乳酸.
科学领域:
- 神经成像是一种神经成像.
- 代谢成像 - 代谢成像
- 生物化学 生物化学
背景情况:
- 超极化13CMRI (HP-13C MRI) 提供了一种非侵入性方法来研究大脑新陈代谢.
- 了解大脑对功能激活的代谢反应对于神经科学研究至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 使用HP-13CMRI在视觉刺激期间调查13C-乳酸盐,13C-酸盐和13C-二碳酸盐的变化.
- 为了比较激活的大脑区域与大脑其余部分的代谢活动.
主要方法:
- 在视觉刺激和闭眼条件下,使用HP-13CMRI对健康志愿者 (N=6) 的代谢物产生图像.
- BOLD-fMRI确定了功能激活区域,13C代谢物信号正常化为脑干信号.
主要成果:
- 与大脑其余部分相比,在激活的大脑区域观察到13C-乳酸盐信号的显著增加 (p <0.05).
- 在条件之间没有检测到13C-pyruvate或13C-bicarbonate信号的显著变化.
结论:
- 通过HP-13CMRI,可以在代谢活跃的大脑区域成功测量增加的13C-乳酸盐产量.
- 乳酸积累是功能任务期间神经活动和能量代谢的可测量指标.
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