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  • Title: Induced Dynamic Intracranial Pressure and Cerebrovascular Reactivity Assessment of Cerebrovascular Autoregulation After Traumatic Brain Injury with High Intracranial Pressure in Rats.
    Author: Bragin DE, Statom GL, Nemoto EM.
    Journal: Acta Neurochir Suppl; 2018; 126():309-312. PubMed ID: 29492580.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: In previous work we showed that high intracranial pressure (ICP) in the rat brain induces a transition from capillary (CAP) to pathological microvascular shunt (MVS) flow, resulting in brain hypoxia, edema, and blood-brain barrier (BBB) damage. This transition was correlated with a loss of cerebral blood flow (CBF) autoregulation undetected by static autoregulatory curves but identified by induced dynamic ICP (iPRx) and cerebrovascular (iCVRx) reactivity. We hypothesized that loss of CBF autoregulation as correlated with MVS flow would be identified by iPRx and iCVRx in traumatic brain injury (TBI) with elevated ICP. METHODS: TBI was induced by lateral fluid percussion (LFP) using a gas-driven device in rats. Using in vivo two-photon laser scanning microscopy, cortical microcirculation, tissue oxygenation (NADH autofluoresence), and BBB permeability (fluorescein dye extravasation) were measured before and for 4 h after TBI. Laser Doppler cortical flux, rectal and brain temperature, ICP and mean arterial pressure (MAP), blood gases, and electrolytes were monitored. Every 30 min, a transient 10 mmHg rise in MAP was induced by i.v. bolus of dopamine. iPRx = ΔICP/ΔMAP and iCVRx = ΔCBF/ΔMAP. RESULTS: We demonstrated that iPRx and iCVRx correctly identified more severe loss of CBF autoregulation correlated with a transition of blood flow to MVS after TBI with high ICP compared to TBI without an increase in ICP. CONCLUSIONS: In TBI with high ICP, high-velocity MVS flow is responsible for the loss of CBF autoregulation identified by iPRx and iCVRx.
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