期刊
NEUROIMAGE
卷 30, 期 4, 页码 1149-1160出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.11.013
关键词
fMRI; hemodynamic response; BOLD; CBV; cortical layers; microvessels
资金
- NCRR NIH HHS [RR08079] Funding Source: Medline
- NIBIB NIH HHS [EB03324, EB03375, EB02013] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS44589] Funding Source: Medline
Spatial specificity of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) signals to sub-millimeter functional architecture remains controversial. To investigate this issue, high-resolution fMRI in response to visual stimulus was obtained in isoflurane-anesthetized cats at 9.4 T using conventional gradient-echo (GE) and spin-echo (SE) techniques; blood oxygenation-level dependent (BOLD) and cerebral blood volume (CBV)-weighted data were acquired without and with injection of 10 mg Fe/kg monocrystalline iron oxide nanoparticles (MION), respectively. Studies after MION injection at two SE times show that the T-2' contribution to SE fMRI is minimal. GE and SE BOLD changes were spread across the cortical layers. GE and SE CBV-weighted fMRI responses peaked at the middle cortical layer, which has the highest experimentally-determined microvascular volume; full-width at half-maximum was < 1.0 mm. Parenchymal sensitivity of GE CBV-weighted fMRI was similar to 3 times higher than that of SE CBV-weighted fMRI and similar to 1.5 times higher than that of BOLD fMRI. It is well known that GE CBV-weighted fMRI detects a volume change in vessels of all sizes, while SE CBV-weighted fMRI is heavily weighted toward microvascular changes. Peak CBV change of 10% at the middle of the cortex in GE measurements was 1.8 times higher than that in SE measurements, indicating that CBV changes occur predominantly for vasculature connecting the intracortical vessels and capillaries. Our data supports the notion of laminar-dependent CBV regulation at a sub-millimeter scale. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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