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ArticleJournal of biomedical optics2020

Wave of single-impulse-stimulated fast initial dip in single vessels of mouse brains imaged by high-speed functional photoacoustic microscopy.

Yun He, Junhui Shi, Konstantin I Maslov, Rui Cao, Lihong V Wang

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Article in Journal of biomedical optics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yun HeWashington University in St. Louis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
Junhui ShiCalifornia Institute of Technology, Caltech Optical Imaging Laboratory, Andrew and Peggy Cherng Depa, United States.
Konstantin I MaslovCalifornia Institute of Technology, Caltech Optical Imaging Laboratory, Andrew and Peggy Cherng Depa, United States.
Rui CaoCalifornia Institute of Technology, Caltech Optical Imaging Laboratory, Andrew and Peggy Cherng Depa, United States.
Lihong V WangCalifornia Institute of Technology, Caltech Optical Imaging Laboratory, Andrew and Peggy Cherng Depa, United States.
California Institute of Technology · US

Funding

IN VIVO IMAGING OF SINGLE CIRCULATING CELLSR01CA186567 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, LIHONG · 2013 to 2017
$3.6M
Deep brain photoacoustic tomography at single-neuron resolution using arrays of photonic emitters and high-frequency ultrasound transducersU01NS099717 · NINDS · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ROUKES, MICHAEL L, SHEPARD, KENNETH L · 2016 to 2018
$3.0M
Safe, rapid & functional pediatric brain imaging using photoacoustic computed tomographyR01NS102213 · NINDS · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ANASTASIO, MARK A, WANG, LIHONG · 2017 to 2021
$3.0M
FAST HIGH-RESOLUTION DEEP PHOTOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY OF ACTION POTENTIALS IN BRAINSU01NS090579 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, LIHONG · 2014 to 2016
$2.7M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA186567NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS102213NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS090579NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS099717
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

significanceThe initial dip in hemoglobin-oxygenation response to stimulations is a spatially confined endogenous indicator that is faster than the blood flow response, making it a desired label-free contrast to map the neural activity. A fundamental question is whether a single-impulse stimulus, much shorter than the response delay, could produce an observable initial dip without repeated stimulation.

aimTo answer this question, we report high-speed functional photoacoustic (PA) microscopy to investigate the initial dip in mouse brains. APPROACH: We developed a Raman-laser-based dual-wavelength functional PA microscope that can image capillary-level blood oxygenation at a 1-MHz one-dimensional imaging rate. This technology was applied to monitor the hemodynamics of mouse cerebral vasculature after applying an impulse stimulus to the forepaw.

resultsWe observed a transient initial dip in cerebral microvessels starting as early as 0.13 s after the onset of the stimulus. The initial dip and the subsequent overshoot manifested a wave pattern propagating across different microvascular compartments.

conclusionsWe quantified both spatially and temporally the single-impulse-stimulated microvascular hemodynamics in mouse brains at single-vessel resolution. Fast label-free imaging of single-impulse response holds promise for real-time brain-computer interfaces.

Indexed as

Brain-Computer InterfacesPhotoacoustic TechniquesAnimalsHemodynamicsHemoglobinsMiceMicroscopyHemoglobinsblood oxygen saturationhemodynamicsphotoacoustic microscopy

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PMID32529816
PMCPMC7289453
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