Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38760449›Full record

ArticleScientific reports2024

Low frequency oscillations reflect neurovascular coupling and disappear after cerebral death.

Sven Schulthess, Susanne Friedl, Gagan Narula, Giovanna Brandi, Jan Folkard Willms, Emanuela Keller, Giulio Bicciato

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Sven SchulthessNeurocritical Care Unit, Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital, University of Zurich, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland. schulthess.sven@gmail.com.
Susanne FriedlNeurocritical Care Unit, Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital, University of Zurich, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland.
Gagan NarulaNeurocritical Care Unit, Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital, University of Zurich, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland.
Giovanna BrandiNeurocritical Care Unit, Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital, University of Zurich, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland.
Jan Folkard WillmsNeurocritical Care Unit, Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital, University of Zurich, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland.
Emanuela KellerNeurocritical Care Unit, Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital, University of Zurich, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland.
Giulio BicciatoDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spectrum power analysis in the low frequency oscillations (LFO) region of functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a promising method to deliver information about brain activation and therefore might be used for prognostication in patients with disorders of consciousness in the neurocritical care unit alongside with established methods. In this study, we measure the cortical hemodynamic response measured by fNIRS in the LFO region following auditory and somatosensory stimulation in healthy subjects. The significant hemodynamic reaction in the contralateral hemisphere correlation with the physiologic electric response suggests neurovascular coupling. In addition, we investigate power spectrum changes in steady state measurements of cerebral death patients and healthy subjects in the LFO region, the frequency of the heartbeat and respiration. The spectral power within the LFO region was lower in the patients with cerebral death compared to the healthy subjects, whereas there were no differences in spectral power for physiological activities such as heartbeat and respiration rate. This finding indicates the cerebral origin of our low frequency measurements. Therefore, LFO measurements are a potential method to detect brain activation in patients with disorders of consciousness and cerebral death. However, further studies in patients are needed to investigate its potential clinical use.

Indexed as

Brain DeathCerebrumNeurovascular CouplingAdultAgedFemaleHeart RateHemodynamicsHumansMalePrognosisRespiratory RateSpectroscopy, Near-Infrared

Identifiers

PMID38760449
PMCPMC11101423

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.