Investigation of the neurovascular coupling in positive and negative BOLD responses in human brain at 7T.

L. Huber*, J. Goense, A.J. Kennerley, D.V. Ivanov, S.N. Krieger, J. Lepsien, R. Trampel, R. Turner, H.E. Möller

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Abstract

Decreases in stimulus-dependent blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) signal and their underlying neurovascular origins have recently gained considerable interest. In this study a multi-echo, BOLD-corrected vascular space occupancy (VASO) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technique was used to investigate neurovascular responses during stimuli that elicit positive and negative BOLD responses in human brain at 7 T. Stimulus-induced BOLD, cerebral blood volume (CBV), and cerebral blood flow (CBF) changes were measured and analyzed in 'arterial' and 'venous' blood compartments in macro-and microvasculature. We found that the overall interplay of mean CBV, CBF and BOLD responses is similar for tasks inducing positive and negative BOLD responses. Some aspects of the neurovascular coupling however, such as the temporal response, cortical depth dependence, and the weighting between 'arterial' and 'venous' contributions, are significantly different for the different task conditions. Namely, while for excitatory tasks the BOLD response peaks at the cortical surface, and the CBV change is similar in cortex and pial vasculature, inhibitory tasks are associated with a maximum negative BOLD response in deeper layers, with CBV showing strong constriction of surface arteries and a faster return to baseline. The different interplays of CBV, CBF and BOLD during excitatory and inhibitory responses suggests different underlying hemodynamic mechanisms. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)349-362
Number of pages14
JournalNeuroimage
Volume97
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 2014

Keywords

  • 7 Tesla MRI
  • CEREBRAL-BLOOD-FLOW
  • Cerebral blood volume
  • DEPENDENT FMRI SIGNALS
  • MRI
  • NEURONAL-ACTIVITY
  • Negative BOLD response
  • OPTICAL IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY
  • OXYGENATION CHANGES
  • PRIMARY VISUAL-CORTEX
  • SPIN-ECHO
  • SS-SI-VASO
  • VASCULAR-SPACE-OCCUPANCY
  • VOLUME CHANGES
  • Vascular compartments
  • Vascular space occupancy

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