主动脉弓手术停循环与脑灌注期间脑区域氧饱和度监测

目的:明确深低温停循环(DHCA)与脑灌注相结合进行主动脉弓手术期间脑区域氧饱和度监测(rSO2)的价值.方法:28位病人的rSO2被监控,数据被统计分析.结果:DHCA的平均停循环时间是(59±17.1)min,外科手术的结果比较满意,住院期间死亡2例,死亡率(5.6%).虽然全部病人兼有脑灌注支持,rSO2在DHCA期间仍然逐渐下降,平均降到(47±9.7)%,在复温末期又恢复到它的最初水平.有2位病人rSO2降低最明显,在长达83和88min的DHCA之后rSO2分别从57%和56%下降到27%和29%,这2位病人最终发展永久的神经系统损害.我们同时考察了End-rSO2和△-rSO2两个参数,在DHCA期间,脑灌注的灌注流速和这两个参数都存在线性相关.结论:(1)尽管DHCA和一定方式脑灌注的结合能提供大脑更有效的保护,这种保护措施仍然有一个安全的时限;(2)NIRS能实时监控脑rSO2,可用于监测大脑保护是否充分,有利于DHCA下脑灌注参数的凋整.     

Hyperoxia management during deep hypothermia for cerebral protection in circulatory arrest rabbit model

As a brain protection strategy, antegrade selective cerebral perfusion (ASCP) is widely used in thoracic aorta surgery with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA), yet the oxygen management for ASCP has never been standardized. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible neuroprotective effects of hyperoxia management during deep hyperthermia for ASCP combined with DHCA in a rabbit model. Rabbits were assigned into four groups: sham group, without cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB); DHCA group, DHCA for 80 minutes; ASCP group, ASCP combined with DHCA; and SH group, hyperoxia management combined with ASCP and DHCA. Hyperoxia management was performed when the nasopharyngeal temperature was below 22°C. Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest was initiated when nasopharyngeal temperature reached 16-18°C. Blood samples were withdrawn to determine blood gas indexes and neurobiochemical markers of damage, and brain tissues were stored for biochemical analysis. Cerebral oxygen balance was performed better in the SH group compared with the DHCA group and the ASCP group. Hyperoxia management did not increase lipid peroxidation with lower malondialdehyde levels in the SH group compared with the DHCA group and the ASCP group (p < 0.05). S100 calcium binding protein B in the SH group was lower compared with the DHCA group and the ASCP group (p < 0.05). There was no significant difference of neuron-specific enolase in the SH group compared with the sham group. Hyperoxia management during deep hypothermia provided substantial dissolved oxygen and demonstrated better cerebral protection over normoxia management.     

小型幼猪体外循环模型灌注流量对脑血流灌注的影响

目的建立幼猪体外循环(cardiopulmonary bypass,CPB)模型,观察CPB灌注流量发生改变期间,脑灌注流量和局部脑氧饱和度(regional cerebral oxygen saturation,rSO_2)的变化,从而探索CPB灌注流量对脑血流量自我调节的影响,以期为婴幼儿CPB合理的灌注管理、预防脑缺血提供理论依据。方法 12只幼猪按照随机表分为3组,对照组、高流量组(H组)、低流量组(L组)。建立单泵双管CPB灌注模型,用血流检测仪直接检测灌注管路流量反映不同流量下脑动脉内血液灌注的变化,并采用近红外分光广度检测技术(near infrared reflectance spectroscopy,NIRS)监测幼猪CPB模型中rSO_2的变化。在CPB开始前10 min、CPB开始后10 min、升主动脉阻断后30 min和升主动脉开放后10 min 4个时间点检测血清S100钙结合蛋白B(S100 B)浓度。分别进行苏木精-伊红(HE)染色、尼氏染色观察海马CA区组织学变化。结果在主动脉阻断期间,H组脑灌注流量[(30.8±9.9)mL/(kg·min)]较L组[(19.0±7.4)mL/(kg·min)]有增高趋势但无统计学差异(P=0.072),且该时间点H组rSO_2值(52.65%±3.1%)显著高于L组(47.3%±3.3%)(P0.05)。海马组织学变化及血清S100 B蛋白水平无组间差异。结论在小型猪体外循环灌注模型中,脑动脉内流量及局部脑氧饱和度监测提示脑血流压力/血流自我调节减弱,高流量组脑灌注效果优于低流量灌注。     

Kinetics of exercise-induced neural activation; interpretive dilemma of altered cerebral perfusion

Neural activation decreases cerebral deoxyhaemoglobin (HHb(C)) and increases oxyhaemoglobin concentration (O(2)Hb(C)). In contrast, patients who present with restricted cerebral blood flow, such as those suffering from cerebral ischaemia or Alzheimer's disease, and during the course of ageing the converse occurs, in that HHb(C) increases and O(2)Hb(C) decreases during neural activation. In the present study, we examined the interpretive implications of altered exercise-induced cerebral blood flow for cortical oxygenation in healthy subjects. Both O(2)Hb(C) and HHb(C) (prefrontal cortex) were determined in 11 healthy men using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). Middle cerebral artery mean blood velocity (MCA V(mean)) was determined via transcranial Doppler ultrasonography. Measurements were performed during contralateral hand-grip exercise during suprasystolic bilateral thigh-cuff occlusion (Cuff+) and within 2 s of cuff release (Cuff-) for the acute manipulation of cerebral perfusion. During Cuff+, both MCA V(mean) and O(2)Hb(C) increased during exercise, whereas HHb(C) decreased. In contrast, the opposite occurred during the Cuff- manipulation. These findings highlight the inverse relationship between cerebral blood flow and cerebral oxygenation as determined by NIRS, which has interpretive implications for the kinetics underlying exercise-induced neural activation.     

不同疾病状态下新生儿脑组织氧合变化的对照研究

目的采用近红外光谱测定技术（NIRS）检测新生儿脑组织氧饱和度（rSO2）,探讨不同疾病状态下新生儿脑rSO2的变化规律,为临床应用提供依据。方法2007年4月至2008年10月以无特殊疾病的223名足月儿作为正常组足月儿亚组,于生后3d内测定脑rSO2;以196例患有可能影响脑氧合疾病的新生儿作为疾病组,在疾病急性期测定脑rSO2。疾病组分为呼吸系统疾病亚组（97例）,分析脑rSO2与PaO2的关系;循环系统疾病亚组（44例）,分析脑rSO2与心率的关系;脑损伤亚组（55例）,分析脑rSO2与脑血流的关系。结果①疾病组脑rSO2为（56±6）%,显著低于正常组足月儿亚组（P〈0.05）。②轻度与重度呼吸系统疾病亚组脑rSO2分别为（60±3）%和（54±6）%,轻度和重度循环系统疾病亚组脑rSO2分别为（59±3）%和（53±6）%,轻度和重度脑损伤亚组脑rSO2分别为（59±3）%和（54±4）%。3个疾病亚组中轻度与重度间脑rSO2差异均有统计学意义（P〈0.01）。③呼吸系统疾病亚组脑rSO2与PaO2呈三次方程曲线（y=-62.93＋4.75x-0.059x2＋0.00024x3）。PaO2≥60mmHg时,脑rSO2约为62%,脑氧合正常;PaO2〈50mmHg时,脑rSO2〈57%,脑组织缺氧。循环系统疾病亚组脑rSO2与心率呈二次方程曲线（y=1.11＋0.8241x-0.0027x2）。心率在105～200.min-1时,脑rSO2〉58%,脑氧合正常;心率低于105.min-1或高于200.min-1时,脑rSO2〈58%,脑组织缺氧。脑损伤亚组脑rSO2〈58%时,大脑前动脉血流平均速度代偿性增高,阻力指数偏低,脑损伤较重。结论严重疾病状态下可同时伴有脑组织缺氧。脑rSO2的变化与PaO2、心率及脑血流的变化密切相关。NIRS技术为临床提供了一种可靠的、有价值的脑氧合检测方法,有助于临床直观量化地发现脑组织的缺氧。     

Cerebral blood flow and metabolism during exercise

During exercise regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF), as blood velocity in major cerebral arteries and also blood flow in the internal carotid artery increase, suggesting an increase in blood flow to a large part of the brain. Such an increase in CBF is independent of the concomitant increase in blood pressure but is modified by the alteration in arterial carbon dioxide tension (PaCO(2)). Also, the increase in middle cerebral artery mean blood velocity (MCA V(mean)) reported with exercise appears to depend on the ability to increase cardiac output (CO), as demonstrated in response to beta-1 blockade and in patients with cardiac insufficiency or atrial fibrillation.Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) determined cerebral oxygenation supports the alterations in MCA V(mean) during exercise. Equally, the observation that the cerebrovascular CO(2)-reactivity appears to be smaller in the standing than in the sitting and especially in the supine position could relate to the progressively smaller CO.In contrast, during exercise "global" cerebral blood flow (gCBF), as determined by the Kety-Schmidt technique is regarded as being constant. One limitation of the Kety-Schmidt method for measuring CBF is that blood flow in the two internal jugular veins depends on the origin of drainage and it has not been defined which internal jugular venous flow is evaluated. Such a consideration is equally relevant for an evaluation of cerebral metabolism during exercise.While the regional cerebral uptake of oxygen (O(2)) increases during exercise, the global value is regarded as being constant. Yet, during high intensity exercise lactate is taken up by the brain and its O(2) uptake also increases. Furthermore, in the initial minutes of recovery immediately following exercise, brain glucose and O(2) uptake are elevated and lactate uptake remains high.A maintained substrate uptake by the brain after exercise suggests a role for brain glycogen in cerebral activation, but the fate of brain substrate uptake has not yet been determined.     

Influence of upper body position on middle cerebral artery blood velocity during continuous positive airway pressure breathing

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a treatment modality for pulmonary oxygenation difficulties. CPAP impairs venous return to the heart and, in turn, affects cerebral blood flow (CBF) and augments cerebral blood volume (CBV). We considered that during CPAP, elevation of the upper body would prevent a rise in CBV, while orthostasis would challenge CBF. To determine the body position least affecting indices of CBF and CBV, the middle cerebral artery mean blood velocity (MCA V _mean) and the near-infrared spectroscopy determined frontal cerebral hemoglobin content (cHbT) were evaluated in 11 healthy subjects during CPAP at different body positions (15° head-down tilt, supine, 15°, 30° and 45° upper body elevation). In the supine position, 10 cmH₂O of CPAP reduced MCA V _mean by 9 ± 3% and increased cHbT by 4 ± 2 μmol/L (mean ± SEM); (P < 0.05). In the head-down position, CPAP increased cHbT to 13 ± 2 μmol/L but left MCA V _mean unchanged. Upper body elevation by 15° attenuated the CPAP associated reduction in MCA V _mean (−7 ± 2%), while cHbT returned to baseline (1 ± 2 μmol/L). With larger elevation of the upper body MCA V _mean decreased progressively to −17 ± 3%, while cHbT remained unchanged from baseline. These results suggest that upper body elevation by ∼15° during 10 cmH₂O CPAP prevents an increase in cerebral blood volume with minimal effect on cerebral blood flow.     

Twenty-four-hour non-invasive monitoring of systemic haemodynamics and cerebral blood flow velocity in healthy humans

Acute short-term changes in blood pressure (BP) and cardiac output (CO) affect cerebral blood flow (CBF) in healthy subjects. As yet, however, we do not know how spontaneous fluctuations in BP and CO influence cerebral circulation throughout 24 h. We performed simultaneous monitoring of BP, systemic haemodynamic parameters and blood flow velocity in the middle cerebral artery (MCAV) in seven healthy subjects during a 24-h period. Finger BP was recorded continuously during 24 h by Portapres and bilateral MCAV was measured by transcranial Doppler (TCD) during the first 15 min of every hour. The subjects remained supine during TCD recordings and during the night, otherwise they were seated upright in bed. Stroke volume (SV), CO and total peripheral resistance (TPR) were determined by Modelflow analysis. The 15 min mean value of each parameter was assumed to represent the mean of the corresponding hour. There were no significant differences between right vs. left, nor between mean daytime vs. night time MCAV. Intrasubject comparison of the twenty-four 15-min MCAV recordings showed marked variations (P < 0.001). Within each single 15-min recording period, however, MCAV was stable whereas BP showed significant short-term variations (P < 0.01). A day-night difference in BP was only observed when daytime BP was evaluated from recordings in the seated position (P < 0.02), not in supine recordings. Throughout 24 h, MCAV was associated with SV and CO (P < 0.001), to a lesser extent with mean arterial pressure (MAP; P < 0.005), not with heart rate (HR) or TPR. These results indicate that in healthy subjects MCAV remains stable when measured under constant supine conditions but shows significant variations throughout 24 h because of activity. Moreover, changes in SV and CO, and to a lesser extent BP variations, affect MCAV throughout 24 h.     

Monitoring regional cerebral oxygen saturation using near-infrared spectroscopy during pulsatile hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass in a neonatal piglet model

Impairment of cerebral oxygenation in neonates and infants after hypothermic nonpulsatile cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) support is well documented. The objectives of this study were: 1) using a neonatal piglet model to continuously monitor the regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rSO2) by near-infrared spectroscopy during pulsatile hypothermic CPB; and 2) to quantify the pulsatile flow in terms of energy equivalent pressure (EEP). After initiation of CPB, all piglets (n = 5) were subjected to 15 minutes of core cooling, reducing the rectal temperature to 25 degrees C, followed by 60 minutes of hypothermic CPB, then 10 minutes of cold reperfusion, and 30 minutes of rewarming. During CPB, mean arterial pressures (MAPs) and pump flow rates were maintained at 40-45 mm Hg and 150 ml/kg/min, respectively. During normothermic CPB, the rSO2 was significantly increased, compared with the pre-CPB level (56.8 +/- 5.2% vs. 41.8 +/- 5.5%, p < 0.01). At the end of cooling, the rSO2 level was 76.8 +/- 8.6% (p < 0.001 vs. pre-CPB). After 60 minutes of hypothermic CPB and 30 minutes of rewarming, the rSO2 level was decreased to 38.6 +/- 4.2%, which was not significantly different compared with the pre-CPB level. The average increase in pressure (from MAP to EEP) was 5 +/- 1%, and the average increase in extracorporeal circuit pressure (from ECCP to EEP) was 13 +/- 2%. This extra pressure may help to provide better regional cerebral oxygen saturation. During pulsatile CPB, there was no rSO2 deficiency in this high flow model. Near-infrared spectroscopy responded well to changes in rSO2 during different stages of these experiments and might be a helpful tool for intraoperative monitoring.     

Skin blood flow influences cerebral oxygenation measured by near-infrared spectroscopy during dynamic exercise

Purpose

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is widely used to investigate cerebral oxygenation and/or neural activation during physiological conditions such as exercise. However, NIRS-determined cerebral oxygenated hemoglobin (O₂Hb) may not necessarily correspond to intracranial blood flow during dynamic exercise. To determine the selectivity of NIRS to assess cerebral oxygenation and neural activation during exercise, we examined the influence of changes in forehead skin blood flow (SkBF_head) on NIRS signals during dynamic exercise.

Methods

In ten healthy men (age: 20 ± 1 years), middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity (MCA V _mean, via transcranial Doppler ultrasonography), SkBF_head (via laser Doppler flowmetry), and cerebral O₂Hb (via NIRS) were continuously measured. Each subject performed 60 % maximum heart rate moderate-intensity steady-state cycling exercise. To manipulate SkBF_head, facial cooling using a mist of cold water (~4 °C) was applied for 3 min during steady-state cycling.

Results

MCA V _mean significantly increased during exercise and remained unchanged with facial cooling. O₂Hb and SkBF_head were also significantly increased during exercise; however, both of these signals were lowered with facial cooling and returned to pre-cooling values with the removal of facial cooling. The changes in O₂Hb correlated significantly with the relative percent changes in SkBF_head in each individual (r = 0.71–0.99).

Conclusions

These findings suggest that during dynamic exercise NIRS-derived O₂Hb signal can be influenced by thermoregulatory changes in SkBF_head and therefore, may not be completely reflective of cerebral oxygenation or neural activation.     

偏头痛患者脑动脉变异及脑血流动力学特征

目的:观察偏头痛患者脑动脉变异及脑血流动力学特征,探讨偏头痛的病因及可能的发病机制。方法:对68例偏头痛患者行全脑血管造影检查,观察其脑血管的发育、变异情况,并进行分类;经颅多谱勒检测双侧大脑前、中、后动脉血流速度。结果:大脑后动脉发育异常29例,大脑前动脉发育异常17例,颈内动脉发育异常2例;总变异率为70.59%。经颅多谱勒显示发育异常侧脑血流速度减慢。结论:脑动脉变异引起的脑血流动力学改变可能是导致偏头痛发生的主要机制。     

Changes in cerebral haemodynamics,regional oxygen saturation and amplitude-integrated continuous EEG during hypoxia-ischaemia and reperfusion in newborn piglets

Perinatal asphyxia models are necessary to obtain knowledge of the pathophysiology of hypoxia-ischaemia (HI) and to test potential neuroprotective strategies. The present study was performed in newborn piglets to obtain information about simultaneous changes in cerebral oxygenation and haemodynamics and electrocortical brain activity during a 60-min period of HI and up to 2 h of reperfusion using near infrared spectrophotometry (NIRS) and the amplitude-integrated EEG (aEEG). HI was induced by occluding both carotid arteries and decreasing the fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO(2)) to 0.08-0.12 for 60 min. The mean arterial blood pressure (MABP) and heart rate increased, the oxygenated haemoglobin (O(2)Hb) decreased, and the deoxygenated haemoglobin (HHb) increased, but total haemoglobin (tHb) remained stable during the 60-min HI period. The regional oxygen saturation (rSO(2)) was significantly decreased during the whole HI period, as was the electrocortical brain activity. Upon reperfusion and reoxygenation, the MABP normalised to baseline values but the heart rate remained increased. O(2)Hb and HHb recovered to baseline values and tHb remained unchanged. As indicated by the unchanged tHb values during the HI period, it was suggested that compensatory cerebral perfusion occurred during this period, probably via the vertebrobasilar arterial system. Furthermore, in this model a clear hyperperfusion period directly upon reperfusion and reoxygenation is not present. rSO(2) showed a quick recovery to baseline values, but the aEEG-measured electrocortical brain activity remained reduced following HI. In conclusion, the rSO(2) and aEEG showed a different time profile following perinatal asphyxia. The stable tHb during HI and reperfusion in this model differs from observations in human neonates.     

Reduction of local cerebral blood flow to pathological levels by endothelin-1 applied to the middle cerebral artery in the rat

Endothelin-1 (1 nmol) was applied to the exposed left middle cerebral artery (MCA) in anaesthetised adult male Sprague-Dawley rats. Local cerebral blood flow (1CBF), using [14C]iodoantipyrine and quantitative autoradiography, was measured in 27 anatomically defined structures, 10 min after topical application of endothelin-1. In those areas supplied by the MCA, 1CBF was markedly reduced beyond the threshold for ischaemic damage (e.g. dorsolateral caudate nucleus reduced from 131 +/- 3 to 29 +/- 25 ml.100 g-1.min-1, sensorimotor cortex from 109 +/- 5 to 31 +/- 21 ml.100 g-1.min-1). Distant areas were not affected.     

Early monitoring of cerebral hypoperfusion in rats by laser speckle imaging and functional photoacoustic microscopy

Because cerebral hypoperfusion brings damage to the brain, prevention of cerebrovascular diseases correlative to hypoperfusion by studying animal models makes great sense. Since complicated cerebrovascular adaptive changes in hypoperfusion could not be revealed only by cerebral blood flow (CBF) velocity imaging, we performed multi-parameter imaging by combining laser speckle imaging and functional photoacoustic microscopy. The changes in CBF, hemoglobin oxygen saturation (SO(2)), and total hemoglobin concentration (HbT) in single blood vessels of ipsilateral cortex were observed during transient cerebral hypoperfusion by ligating the unilateral common carotid artery in rats. CBF, SO(2), and HbT, respectively, decreased to 37 ± 3%, 71 ± 7.5%, and 92 ± 1.3% of baseline in 6 s immediately after occlusion, and then recovered to 77 ± 4.8%, 84 ± 8%, and 96 ± 2% of baseline in 60 s. These parameters presented the decrease with different degree and the following recovery over time after ligation, the recovery of SO(2) lagged behind those of CBF and HbT, which had the similar response. The results demonstrated that complete monitoring of both cerebral hemodynamic response and oxygen metabolic changes occurred at the earliest period of cerebral hypoperfusion was possible by using the two image modalities with high temporal and spatial resolution.     

正常人重复经颅磁刺激后脑血流速度的变化

目的 :探讨重复经颅磁刺激 (rTMS)对正常人脑血流速度的影响。方法 :对 12位健康受试者左额叶进行高频rTMS ,并用经颅多普勒超声仪 (TCD)观察其脑血流速度变化。结果 :正常人rTMS后 ,除左右大脑后动脉及椎动脉外 ,平均血流速度 (Vm)均有不同程度的增加 ,以左侧大脑前动脉及左侧大脑中动脉Vm的增加尤为明显 (P <0 0 5 ) ;刺激过程中无明显不适。结论 :rTMS能增加脑血流速度 ,且在一定的刺激强度和刺激频率范围内 ,具有安全性     

Structural MRI of carotid artery atherosclerotic lesion burden and characterization of hemispheric cerebral blood flow before and after carotid endarterectomy

Collateral circulation plays a major role in maintaining cerebral blood flow (CBF) in patients with internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis. CBF can remain normal despite severe ICA stenosis, making the benefit of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) or stenting difficult to assess. Before and after surgery, we assessed CBF supplied through the ipsilateral (stenotic) or contralateral ICA individually with a novel hemisphere-selective arterial spin-labeling (ASL) perfusion MR technique. We further explored the relationship between CBF and ICA obstruction ratio (OR) acquired with a multislice black-blood imaging sequence. For patients with unilateral ICA stenosis (n = 19), conventional bilateral labeling did not reveal interhemispheric differences. With unilateral labeling, CBF in the middle cerebral artery (MCA) territory on the surgical side from the ipsilateral supply (53.7 +/- 3.3 ml/100 g/min) was lower than CBF in the contralateral MCA territory from the contralateral supply (58.5 +/- 2.7 ml/100 g/min), although not statistically significant (p = 0.09). The ipsilateral MCA territory received significant (p = 0.02) contralateral supply (7.0 +/- 2.7 ml/100 g/min), while ipsilateral supply to the contralateral side was not reciprocated. After surgery (n = 11), ipsilateral supply to the MCA territory increased from 57.3 +/- 5.7 to 67.3 +/- 5.4 ml/100 g/min (p = 0.03), and contralateral supply to the ipsilateral MCA territory decreased. The best predictor of increased CBF on the side of surgery was normalized presurgical ipsilateral supply (r(2) = 0.62, p = 0.004). OR was less predictive of change, although the change in normalized contralateral supply was negatively correlated with OR(excess) (=OR(ipsilateral) - OR(contralateral)) (r(2) = 0.58, p = 0.006). The results demonstrate the effect of carotid artery stenosis on blood supply to the cerebral hemispheres, as well as the relative role of collateral pathways before surgery and redistribution of blood flow through these pathways after surgery. Unilateral ASL may better predict hemodynamic surgical outcome (measured by improved perfusion) than ICA OR.     

Sympathetic influence on cerebral blood flow and metabolism during exercise in humans

This review focuses on the possibility that autonomic activity influences cerebral blood flow (CBF) and metabolism during exercise in humans. Apart from cerebral autoregulation, the arterial carbon dioxide tension, and neuronal activation, it may be that the autonomic nervous system influences CBF as evidenced by pharmacological manipulation of adrenergic and cholinergic receptors. Cholinergic blockade by glycopyrrolate blocks the exercise-induced increase in the transcranial Doppler determined mean flow velocity (MCA Vmean). Conversely, alpha-adrenergic activation increases that expression of cerebral perfusion and reduces the near-infrared determined cerebral oxygenation at rest, but not during exercise associated with an increased cerebral metabolic rate for oxygen (CMRO(2)), suggesting competition between CMRO(2) and sympathetic control of CBF. CMRO(2) does not change during even intense handgrip, but increases during cycling exercise. The increase in CMRO(2) is unaffected by beta-adrenergic blockade even though CBF is reduced suggesting that cerebral oxygenation becomes critical and a limited cerebral mitochondrial oxygen tension may induce fatigue. Also, sympathetic activity may drive cerebral non-oxidative carbohydrate uptake during exercise. Adrenaline appears to accelerate cerebral glycolysis through a beta2-adrenergic receptor mechanism since noradrenaline is without such an effect. In addition, the exercise-induced cerebral non-oxidative carbohydrate uptake is blocked by combined beta 1/2-adrenergic blockade, but not by beta1-adrenergic blockade. Furthermore, endurance training appears to lower the cerebral non-oxidative carbohydrate uptake and preserve cerebral oxygenation during submaximal exercise. This is possibly related to an attenuated catecholamine response. Finally, exercise promotes brain health as evidenced by increased release of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) from the brain.     

Deficient adjustment of cerebral blood flow to cognitive activity due to chronically low blood pressure

The present study aimed to investigate aberrances in the adjustment of cerebral blood flow to cognitive activity due to chronically low blood pressure. By means of transcranial Doppler sonography blood flow velocities in both middle cerebral arteries (MCA) were recorded during the execution of a serial subtraction task in 40 subjects with constitutional hypotension and 40 normotensive control persons. Additionally, blood pressure was continuously monitored. As a main result significant correlations between the task-induced changes in blood pressure and those in MCA blood flow velocities were found in hypotensives, but not in control subjects. The dependence of the regulation of cerebral blood flow on blood pressure points towards deficits in cerebral autoregulation in hypotension. Over the total sample the extent of the task-induced MCA flow velocity increase was positively related to cognitive performance. This underlines the importance of the adjustment of cerebral blood flow to current demands for optimal cognitive functioning.     

2260米以上地区经颅多普勒超声脑血流正常值研究

目的：测定２２６０米地区健康人群ＴＣＤ正常参考值。方法：采用ＴＣＤ测定４６１例不同年龄性别世居或移居２２６０￣３８００米地区５年以上健康人颅底动脉血流速度。结果：各动脉血流速度以ＭＣＡ为最高，顺序ＭＣＡ〉ＡＣＡ〉ＢＡ〉ＶＡ〉ＰＣＡ。各动脉血流速度随年龄递减（Ｐ〈０．０１），其差率与国内外报告基本相同。脑血流速度ＭＣＡ的Ｖｄ，ＢＡ、ＶＡ的各期血流速度女性高于男性；ＰＩ偏低，ＰＩ、ＲＩ６０岁前男高于女     

Hemodynamic Effect of Cerebral Vasospasm in Humans: A Modeling Study

A mathematical model of cerebral hemodynamics during vasospasm is presented. The model divides arterial hemodynamics into two cerebral territories: with and without spasm. It also includes collateral circulation between the two territories, cerebral venous hemodynamics, cerebrospinal fluid circulation, intracranial pressure (ICP) and the craniospinal storage capacity. Moreover, the pial artery circulation in both territories is affected by cerebral blood flow (CBF) autoregulation mechanisms. In this work, a numerical value to model parameters was given assuming that vasospasm affects only a single middle cerebral artery (MCA). In a first stage, the model is used to simulate some clinical results reported in the literature, concerning the patterns of MCA velocity, CBF and pressure losses during vasospasm. The agreement with clinical data turns out fairly good. In a second stage, a sensitivity analysis on some model parameters is performed (severity of caliber reduction, longitudinal extension of the spasm, autoregulation gain, ICP, resistance of the collateral circulation, and mean systemic arterial pressure) to clarify their influence on hemodynamics in the spastic territory. The results suggest that the clinical impact of vasospasm depends on several concomitant factors, which should be simultaneously taken into account to reach a proper diagnosis. In particular, while a negative correlation between MCA velocity and cross sectional area can be found until CBF is well preserved, a positive correlation may occur when CBF starts to decrease significantly. This might induce false-negative results if vasospasm is assessed merely through velocity measurements performed by the transcranial Doppler technique. © 1999 Biomedical Engineering Society. PAC99: 8719Uv, 8719La, 8710+e