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ArticleNeuroImage2010

Dynamic in vivo imaging of cerebral blood flow and blood-brain barrier permeability.

Ofer Prager, Yoash Chassidim, Chen Klein, Haviv Levi, Ilan Shelef, Alon Friedman

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Article in NeuroImage, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02474966 (Effects of Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on the Permeability of the Blood-brain Barrier in Patients With Glioblastoma Multiforme), which is not on this map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02474966 phase2completednot on this mapstarted 2014, after this paper: background citation

Effects of Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on the Permeability of the Blood-brain Barrier in Patients With Glioblastoma Multiforme: a Pilot Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Roma La SapienzaRan2014 to 2015Enrolled15ConditionsGlioblastoma Multiforme of BrainArmsDeep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (dTMS)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. The role of spreading depolarizations and electrographic seizures in early injury progression of the rat photothrombosis stroke model.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ofer PragerDepartment of Physiology, Soroka University Medical Center and Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Yoash Chassidim
Chen Klein
Haviv Levi
Ilan Shelef
Alon Friedman
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev · IL

Funding

TGF-beta Mediated Inflammatory Signaling: a Critical Role in EpileptogenesisR01NS066005 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI KAUFER, DANIELA · 2009 to 2012
$1.2M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS066005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The brain is characterized by an extremely rich blood supply, regulated by changes in blood vessel diameter and blood flow, depending on metabolic demands. The blood-brain barrier (BBB)-a functional and structural barrier separating the intravascular and neuropil compartments-characterizes the brain's vascular bed and is essential for normal brain functions. Disruptions to the regional cerebral blood supply, to blood drainage and to BBB properties have been described in most common neurological disorders, but there is a lack of quantitative methods for assessing blood flow dynamics and BBB permeability in small blood vessels under both physiological and pathological conditions. Here, we present a quantitative image analysis approach that allows the characterization of relative changes in the regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) and BBB properties in small surface cortical vessels. In experiments conducted using the open window technique in rats, a fluorescent tracer was injected into the tail vein, and images of the small vessels at the surface of the cortex were taken using a fast CCD camera. Pixel-based image analysis included registration and characterization of the changes in fluorescent intensity, followed by cluster analysis. This analysis enabled the characterization of rCBF in small arterioles and venules and changes in BBB permeability. The method was implemented successfully under experimental conditions, including increased rCBF induced by neural stimulation, bile salt-induced BBB breakdown, and photothrombosis-mediated local ischemia. The new approach may be used to study changes in rCBF, neurovascular coupling and BBB permeability under normal and pathological brain conditions.

Indexed as

AnimalsBlood-Brain BarrierBrainBrain IschemiaCerebral ArteriesCerebral CortexCerebral VeinsCerebrovascular CirculationFluorescent DyesImage Processing, Computer-AssistedIsoquinolinesMalePermeabilityRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyFluorescent DyesIsoquinolineslucifer yellow

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PMID19682584
PMCPMC3646266
OpenAlexW2049851384

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