ArticleAPL bioengineering2024
Exploring the translational impact of type 1 diabetes on cerebral neurovascular function through ECoG-LSCI.
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- Prognostic value of triglyceride-glucose index combined with stress hyperglycemia ratio for all-cause mortality in critically ill patients with stroke.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2025Article
- Glucose Extremes and Cognitive Function: A Review of the Neurological Impacts of Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia in Type 1 Diabetes.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2025Article
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Abstract
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) can result in complications such as retinopathy, nephropathy, and peripheral neuropathy, which can lead to brain dysfunction. In this study, we investigated the effects of T1DM on cerebral neurovascular function in mice. Streptozotocin (STZ) is known to induce T1DM in animals; thus, we used an STZ-induced diabetes model to evaluate the effects of hyperglycemia on brain morphology and neurovascular tissue. Neurovascular coupling is the connection between neuronal activity and cerebral blood flow that maintains brain function. The ECoG-LSCI technique combines electrocorticography (ECoG) and laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) to detect cortical spreading depression (CSD) as a marker of neurovascular coupling and measure corresponding neurovascular function. Our results suggested that in the STZ group, hyperglycemia affected excitatory neurotransmission and metabolism, leading to reductions in intercellular signaling, somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) amplitudes, and CSD transmission rates. Western blot data further revealed that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and neuronal nuclear antigen levels were reduced in the STZ group. Abnormalities in glucose metabolism in the brain and increased phosphorylation of AKT and GSK3 are hypothesized to be responsible for these decreases. Overall, this study highlights the importance of glucose metabolism in normal brain physiology and demonstrates that hyperglycemia disrupts neurovascular coupling and affects cerebral neurovascular function and that the degree of CSD is positively correlated with the extent of brain tissue damage. Further research is essential to gain a complete understanding of the related mechanisms and the implications of these findings.
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