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Lapi D, Mastantuono T, Di Maro M, Varanini M, Colantuoni A. Low-Frequency Components in Rat Pial Arteriolar Rhythmic Diameter Changes. J Vasc Res 2017; 54:344-358. [PMID: 29065409 DOI: 10.1159/000478984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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This study aimed to analyze the frequency components present in spontaneous rhythmic diameter changes in rat pial arterioles. Pial microcirculation was visualized by fluorescence microscopy. Rhythmic luminal variations were evaluated via computer-assisted methods. Spectral analysis was carried out on 30-min recordings under baseline conditions and after administration of acetylcholine (Ach), papaverine (Pap), Nω-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA) prior to Ach, indomethacin (INDO), INDO prior to Ach, charybdotoxin and apamin, and charybdotoxin and apamin prior to Ach. Under baseline conditions all arteriolar orders showed 3 frequency components in the ranges of 0.0095-0.02, 0.02-0.06, and 0.06-0.2 Hz, another 2 in the ranges of 0.2-2.0 and 2.5-4.5 Hz, and another ultra-low-frequency component in the range of 0.001-0.0095 Hz. Ach caused a significant increase in the spectral density of the frequency components in the range of 0.001-0.2 Hz. Pap was able to slightly increase spectral density in the ranges of 0.001-0.0095 and 0.0095-0.02 Hz. L-NNA mainly attenuated arteriolar responses to Ach. INDO prior to Ach did not affect the endothelial response to Ach. Charybdotoxin and apamin, suggested as endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor inhibitors, reduced spectral density in the range of 0.001-0.0095 Hz before and after Ach administration. In conclusion, regulation of the blood flow distribution is due to several mechanisms, one of which is affected by charibdotoxin and apamin, modulating the vascular tone.
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- Dominga Lapi
- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University Medical School, Naples, Italy
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Bergstrand S, Morales MA, Coppini G, Larsson M, Strömberg T. The relationship between forearm skin speed-resolved perfusion and oxygen saturation, and finger arterial pulsation amplitudes, as indirect measures of endothelial function. Microcirculation 2017; 25. [PMID: 29044805 DOI: 10.1111/micc.12422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Endothelial function is important for regulating peripheral blood flow to meet varying metabolic demands and can be measured indirectly during vascular provocations. In this study, we compared the PAT finger response (EndoPAT) after a 5-minutes arterial occlusion to that from forearm skin comprehensive microcirculation analysis (EPOS). METHODS Measurements in 16 subjects with varying cardiovascular risk factors were carried out concurrently with both methods during arterial occlusion, while forearm skin was also evaluated during local heating. RESULTS Peak values for EPOS skin Perfconv and speed-resolved total perfusion after the release of the occlusion were significantly correlated to the EndoPAT RHI (ρ = .68, P = .007 and ρ = .60, P = .025, respectively), mainly due to high-speed blood flow. During local heating, EPOS skin oxygen saturation, SO2, was significantly correlated to RHI (ρ = .62, P = .043). This indicates that SO2 may have diagnostic value regarding endothelial function. CONCLUSIONS We have demonstrated for the first time a significant relationship between forearm skin microcirculatory perfusion and oxygen saturation and finger PAT. Both local heating and reactive hyperemia are useful skin provocations. Further studies are needed to understand the precise regulation mechanisms of blood flow and oxygenation during these tests.
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- Sara Bergstrand
- Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Changes of Blood Flux at BL21 and Points along BL Meridian Resulted from Acupuncture or Moxibustion: Case Cross Design Study. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2017; 2017:8237580. [PMID: 28811830 PMCID: PMC5546059 DOI: 10.1155/2017/8237580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2017] [Revised: 06/12/2017] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Acupuncture (Acup) and moxibustion (Moxi) are commonly used interventions in clinical practice. However, the difference between Acup and moxibustion mechanisms is unclear. In current study, blood perfusion responses resulted from Acup or Moxi at Weishu acupoint (BL21) and control points were explored, respectively. The time series of blood flux signals at BL21 and control points were transformed with Morlet wavelet, and the differences in each frequency interval were observed. The results suggested that acupoint response to different stimulation is a comprehensive process which related to all components of blood perfusion signals. Whereas the different response at control points was not observed, there has been significant difference coherence value between Acup and Moxi stimulation. The results suggested the influence of Acup and Moxi not only on the level of blood perfusion at local area; the intrinsic relevance after stimulation which can be evaluated by coherence analysis is also an appropriate index to distinguish different stimulations.
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Response of Blood Perfusion at ST 36 Acupoint after Drinking Cold Glucose or Saline Injection. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2017; 2017:4212534. [PMID: 28465703 PMCID: PMC5390596 DOI: 10.1155/2017/4212534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2016] [Accepted: 03/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Skin blood flux (SkBF) changes caused by drinking cold water are generally associated with vagal tone and osmotic factors in digestive system. According to acupuncture theory, change of SkBF at ST 36 might reflect the functional changes of digestive system. The aim of this study is to analyze the changes of SkBF after drinking 3°C 0.9% saline or 5% glucose injection by monitor blood flux at bilateral ST 36. The results indicated that, after drinking different cold water, the change ratio of SkBF at right side ST 36 has been different. Because all solutions have the same temperature (3°C) and both saline and glucose solution have the same osmolality, suggesting that the SkBF changes resulting from drinking cold water are not regulated just by the vagal tone and osmolality, there must have been other factors. These results have not been consistent with the frequency domain results of heart rate variability (HRV) analysis. Coherence analysis of blood flux signals at bilateral ST 36 indicated that there have been different coherence-frequency curves among different groups in special frequency bands, which suggested that coherence analysis might provide a potential tool to evaluate different status.
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Silvani A, Calandra-Buonaura G, Johnson BD, van Helmond N, Barletta G, Cecere AG, Joyner MJ, Cortelli P. Physiological Mechanisms Mediating the Coupling between Heart Period and Arterial Pressure in Response to Postural Changes in Humans. Front Physiol 2017; 8:163. [PMID: 28396638 PMCID: PMC5366337 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 03/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The upright posture strengthens the coupling between heart period (HP) and systolic arterial pressure (SAP) consistently with a greater contribution of the arterial baroreflex to cardiac control, while paradoxically decreasing cardiac baroreflex sensitivity (cBRS). To investigate the physiological mechanisms that mediate the coupling between HP and SAP in response to different postures, we analyzed the cross-correlation functions between low-frequency HP and SAP fluctuations and estimated cBRS with the sequence technique in healthy male subjects during passive head-up tilt test (HUTT, n = 58), during supine wakefulness, supine slow-wave sleep (SWS), and in the seated and active standing positions (n = 8), and during progressive loss of 1 L blood (n = 8) to decrease central venous pressure in the supine position. HUTT, SWS, the seated, and the standing positions, but not blood loss, entailed significant increases in the positive correlation between HP and the previous SAP values, which is the expected result of arterial baroreflex control, compared with baseline recordings in the supine position during wakefulness. These increases were mirrored by increases in the low-frequency variability of SAP in each condition but SWS. cBRS decreased significantly during HUTT, in the seated and standing positions, and after blood loss compared with baseline during wakefulness. These decreases were mirrored by decreases in the RMSSD index, which reflects cardiac vagal modulation. These results support the view that the cBRS decrease associated with the upright posture is a byproduct of decreased cardiac vagal modulation, triggered by the arterial baroreflex in response to central hypovolemia. Conversely, the greater baroreflex contribution to cardiac control associated with upright posture may be explained, at least in part, by enhanced fluctuations of SAP, which elicit a more effective entrainment of HP fluctuations by the arterial baroreflex. These SAP fluctuations may result from enhanced fluctuations of vascular resistance specific to the upright posture, and not be driven by the accompanying central hypovolemia.
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- Alessandro Silvani
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of BolognaBologna, Italy; IRCCS Bologna Institute of Neurological SciencesBologna, Italy
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- Center for Research and Education in Special Environments, Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY, USA
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- IRCCS Bologna Institute of Neurological Sciences Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of BolognaBologna, Italy; IRCCS Bologna Institute of Neurological SciencesBologna, Italy
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Wang G, Tian Y, Jia S, Zhou W, Zhang W. Pilot study of blood perfusion coherence along the meridian in forearm. Altern Ther Health Med 2013; 13:327. [PMID: 24267384 PMCID: PMC3842661 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2013] [Accepted: 11/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Background Many studies have explored the relationship between skin microcirculation and meridian activation. However, few studies have examined blood perfusion coherence along the meridians, and other studies have suggested that the skin vasodilator response relates to age. This study investigated blood perfusion coherence characteristics along the meridian of the forearm in healthy volunteers. Methods A total of 15 young subjects (25.53 ± 2.20) and 15 middle-aged subjects (50.07 ± 3.37) were recruited for this study. Before experiments, each subject was placed in a temperature-controlled room for 60 min. Skin blood perfusion from five points was recorded simultaneously using a full-field laser perfusion imager before and after inflatable occlusion. The five points comprised three points located on the pericardium meridian, and two points from different locations. Coherence analysis between these points was performed at different frequency intervals from 0.0095 to 2 Hz. Results In young subjects, the coherence value was unchanged before and after occlusion, and there was no significant difference in coherence value between meridian-meridian points (M-M) and meridian-parameridian points (M-P). In middle-aged subjects, the coherence value increased significantly in both M-M and M-P at frequency intervals of 0.14-0.4 Hz, 0.4-1.6 Hz, and 1.6-2 Hz. However, there was no significant difference in coherence values between M-M and M-P. Conclusions Inflatable occlusion can increase middle-aged subjects’ blood perfusion coherence value of the forearm. However, there is no specificity in meridian location.
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Zhang R, Taucer AI, Gashev AA, Muthuchamy M, Zawieja DC, Davis MJ. Maximum shortening velocity of lymphatic muscle approaches that of striated muscle. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2013; 305:H1494-507. [PMID: 23997104 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00898.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Lymphatic muscle (LM) is widely considered to be a type of vascular smooth muscle, even though LM cells uniquely express contractile proteins from both smooth muscle and cardiac muscle. We tested the hypothesis that LM exhibits an unloaded maximum shortening velocity (Vmax) intermediate between that of smooth muscle and cardiac muscle. Single lymphatic vessels were dissected from the rat mesentery, mounted in a servo-controlled wire myograph, and subjected to isotonic quick release protocols during spontaneous or agonist-evoked contractions. After maximal activation, isotonic quick releases were performed at both the peak and plateau phases of contraction. Vmax was 0.48 ± 0.04 lengths (L)/s at the peak: 2.3 times higher than that of mesenteric arteries and 11.4 times higher than mesenteric veins. In cannulated, pressurized lymphatic vessels, shortening velocity was determined from the maximal rate of constriction [rate of change in internal diameter (-dD/dt)] during spontaneous contractions at optimal preload and minimal afterload; peak -dD/dt exceeded that obtained during any of the isotonic quick release protocols (2.14 ± 0.30 L/s). Peak -dD/dt declined with pressure elevation or activation using substance P. Thus, isotonic methods yielded Vmax values for LM in the mid to high end (0.48 L/s) of those the recorded for phasic smooth muscle (0.05-0.5 L/s), whereas isobaric measurements yielded values (>2.0 L/s) that overlapped the midrange of values for cardiac muscle (0.6-3.3 L/s). Our results challenge the dogma that LM is classical vascular smooth muscle, and its unusually high Vmax is consistent with the expression of cardiac muscle contractile proteins in the lymphatic vessel wall.
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- Rongzhen Zhang
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas
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Jan YK, Shen S, Foreman RD, Ennis WJ. Skin blood flow response to locally applied mechanical and thermal stresses in the diabetic foot. Microvasc Res 2013; 89:40-6. [PMID: 23727385 DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2013.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2013] [Revised: 04/29/2013] [Accepted: 05/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Diabetic foot ulcers are one of the most common complications in diabetics, causing significant disabilities and decreasing the quality of life. Impaired microvascular reactivity contributes to the development of diabetic foot ulcers. However, underlying physiological mechanisms responsible for the impaired microvascular reactivity in response to extrinsic causative factors of foot ulcers such as mechanical and thermal stresses have not been well investigated. A total of 26 participants were recruited into this study, including 18 type 2 diabetics with peripheral neuropathy and 8 healthy controls. Laser Doppler flowmetry was used to measure skin blood flow at the first metatarsal head in response to a mechanical stress at 300mmHg and a fast thermal stress at 42°C. Wavelet analysis of skin blood flow oscillations was used to assess metabolic, neurogenic and myogenic controls. Our results indicated that diabetics have significantly decreased metabolic, neurogenic and myogenic responses to thermal stress, especially in the neurogenic and myogenic controls during the first vasodilatory response and in the metabolic control during the second vasodilatory response. Diabetics have a significantly decreased myogenic response to mechanical stress during reactive hyperemia. Our findings demonstrate that locally applied mechanical and thermal stresses can be used to assess microvascular reactivity and risk of diabetic foot ulcers.
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- Yih-Kuen Jan
- Rehabilitation Research Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA.
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Li Z, Zhang M, Chen G, Luo S, Liu F, Li J. Wavelet analysis of lumbar muscle oxygenation signals during whole-body vibration: implications for the development of localized muscle fatigue. Eur J Appl Physiol 2012; 112:3109-17. [PMID: 22210560 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-011-2298-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2011] [Accepted: 12/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The objective of this study was to assess the effects of whole-body vibration (WBV) on lumbar muscle oxygenation oscillations in healthy men based on the wavelet transform of near-infrared spectroscopy signals. Twelve healthy participants were exposed to WBV at frequencies of 3, 4.5 and 6 Hz while muscle oxygenation signal was monitored before, during and recovery from WBV. With spectral analysis based on wavelet transform of NIR signal, six frequency intervals were identified (I, 0.005-0.0095 Hz; II, 0.0095-0.02 Hz; III, 0.02-0.06 Hz; IV, 0.06-0.16 Hz; V, 0.16-0.40 Hz and VI, 0.40-2.0 Hz). It was found that the muscle oxygenation oscillations at 4.5 Hz in the frequency intervals I, II and III was lower during WBV compared with that of at 3 Hz. Present results demonstrated WBV at 4.5 Hz induced lower oscillatory activities than that of at 3 Hz. The lower oscillatory activities might indicate a decrease in the efficiency of oxygen supply to the oxygenated tissue and such mechanism might contribute to the development of local muscle fatigue.
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- Zengyong Li
- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, People's Republic of China.
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Mathematical modeling of cardiovascular coupling: Central autonomic commands and baroreflex control. Auton Neurosci 2011; 162:66-71. [PMID: 21550860 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2011.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2010] [Revised: 04/01/2011] [Accepted: 04/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The cross-correlation function (CCF) yields the correlation coefficient between spontaneous fluctuations of heart period and blood pressure as a function of the time shift between these variables. Two CCF patterns occur in humans: I) positive correlation between heart period and previous pressure values; II) negative correlation between heart period and subsequent pressure values. These patterns may result from the baroreflex and central autonomic commands (CAC), respectively. The aim of this study was to test this interpretation with a non-linear mathematical model of the human cardiovascular system. CAC were modeled as either phasic changes or random fluctuations of vagal and sympathetic activities with opposite sign. CCF pattern I resulted from baroreflex buffering of blood pressure changes elicited by vascular resistance fluctuations. When cardiac baroreflex control was absent or outweighed by CAC to the heart, simulations resulted in CCF pattern II only. In intermediate conditions when cardiac baroreflex interacted with CAC to the heart, CCF patterns I and II coexisted because the coupling between heart period and blood pressure varied with time. CAC to the heart decreased in magnitude the correlation coefficient and lengthened the time shift of CCF pattern I, thus apparently slowing and blunting baroreflex effects. Conversely, the baroreflex decreased in magnitude the correlation coefficient of CCF pattern II, thus blunting CAC effects. These results provide theoretical evidence in favor of application of the CCF analysis to investigate the balance between central autonomic and baroreflex cardiac control.
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Arciero JC, Secomb TW. Spontaneous oscillations in a model for active control of microvessel diameters. MATHEMATICAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY-A JOURNAL OF THE IMA 2011; 29:163-80. [PMID: 21525236 DOI: 10.1093/imammb/dqr005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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A new theory is presented for the origin of spontaneous oscillations in blood vessel diameters that are observed experimentally in the microcirculation. These oscillations, known as vasomotion, involve timevarying contractions of the vascular smooth muscle in the walls of arterioles. It is shown that such oscillations can arise as a result of interactions between the mechanics of the vessel wall and the dynamics of the active contraction of smooth muscle cells in response to circumferential tension in the wall. A theoretical model is developed in which the diameter and the degree of activation in a vessel are dynamic variables. The model includes effects of wall shear stress and oxygen-dependent metabolic signals on smooth muscle activation and is applied to a single vessel and to simplified network structures. The model equations predict limit cycle oscillations for certain ranges of parameters such as wall shear stress, arterial pressure and oxygen consumption rate. Predicted characteristics of the oscillations, including their sensitivity to arterial pressure, are consistent with experimental observations.
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- J C Arciero
- Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
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Kislukhin VV. Stochasticity of flow through microcirculation as a regulator of oxygen delivery. Theor Biol Med Model 2010; 7:29. [PMID: 20618933 PMCID: PMC2914665 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-7-29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2010] [Accepted: 07/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Observations of microcirculation reveal that the blood flow is subject to interruptions and resumptions. Accepting that blood randomly stops and resumes, one can show that the randomness could be a powerful means to match oxygen delivery with oxygen demand. METHOD The ability of the randomness to regulate oxygen delivery is based on two suppositions: (a) the probability for flow to stop does not depend on the time of uninterrupted flow, thus the number of interruptions of flow follows a Poisson distribution; (b) the probability to resume the flow does not depend on the time for flow being interrupted; meaning that time spent by erythrocytes at rest follows an exponential distribution. Thus the distribution of the time to pass an organ is a compound Poisson distribution. The Laplace transform of the given distribution gives the fraction of oxygen that passes the organ. RESULT Oxygen delivery to the tissues directly depends on characteristics of the irregularity of the flow through microcirculation. CONCLUSION By variation of vasomotion activity it is possible to change delivery of oxygen to a tissue by up to 8 times.
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Mak AF, Zhang M, Tam EW. Biomechanics of Pressure Ulcer in Body Tissues Interacting with External Forces during Locomotion. Annu Rev Biomed Eng 2010; 12:29-53. [PMID: 20415590 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-070909-105223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Forces acting on the body via various external surfaces during locomotion are needed to support the body under gravity, control posture, and overcome inertia. Examples include the forces acting on the body via the seating surfaces during wheelchair propulsion, the forces acting on the plantar foot tissues via the insole during gait, and the forces acting on the residual-limb tissues via the prosthetic socket during various movement activities. Excessive exposure to unwarranted stresses at the body-support interfaces could lead to tissue breakdowns commonly known as pressure ulcers, often presented as deep-tissue injuries around bony prominences or as surface damage on the skin. In this article, we review the literature that describes how the involved tissues respond to epidermal loading, taking into account both experimental and computational findings from in vivo and in vitro studies. In particular, we discuss related literature about internal tissue deformation and stresses, microcirculatory responses, and histological, cellular, and molecular observations.
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- Arthur F.T. Mak
- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Post pressure response of skin blood flowmotions in anesthetized rats with spinal cord injury. Microvasc Res 2009; 78:20-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2008.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2008] [Accepted: 09/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Bergstrand S, Lindberg LG, Ek AC, Lindén M, Lindgren M. Blood flow measurements at different depths using photoplethysmography and laser Doppler techniques. Skin Res Technol 2009; 15:139-47. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2008.00337.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Razavi M, Eaton B, Paradiso S, Mina M, Hudetz AG, Bolinger L. Source of low-frequency fluctuations in functional MRI signal. J Magn Reson Imaging 2008; 27:891-7. [PMID: 18383250 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To investigate the source of native low-frequency fluctuations (LFF) in functional MRI (fMRI) signal. MATERIALS AND METHODS Phase analysis was performed on tissue-segmented fMRI data acquired at systematically varying sampling rates. RESULTS LFF in fMRI signal were both native and aliased in origin. Scanner instability did not contribute to native or aliased LFF. Aliased LFF arose from cardiorespiratory processes and head motion. Native LFF did not arise from cardiorespiratory processes, but did so, at least in part, from head motion. Motion correction reduced native LFF, but did not eliminate them. The residual native LFF in motion-corrected fMRI data showed a systematic phase difference among different tissue structures. The native LFF in fMRI signals of cerebral blood vessels and CSF were synchronous, and preceded those of gray and white matter, indicating that the vascular fluctuations lead the metabolic fluctuations. CONCLUSION The primary physiologic source of native LFF in fMRI signal is vasomotion.
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- Mehrdad Razavi
- Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
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Jan YK, Brienza DM, Geyer MJ, Karg P. Wavelet-based spectrum analysis of sacral skin blood flow response to alternating pressure. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2008; 89:137-45. [PMID: 18164343 DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.07.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2007] [Revised: 07/27/2007] [Accepted: 07/27/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To provide insight into the physiologic mechanisms associated with alternating pressure, using wavelet analysis of skin blood flow (SBF) oscillations, and to determine whether the application of alternating pressure induces myogenic responses, thereby enhancing SBF as compared with constant loading. DESIGN Repeated-measures design. SETTING University research laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Healthy, young adults (N=10; 5 men, 5 women; mean age +/- standard deviation, 30.0+/-3.1 y). INTERVENTION Alternating pressure for 20 minutes (four 5-min cycles with either 60 mmHg or 3 mmHg) and constant loading for 20 minutes at 30 mmHg on the skin over the sacrum. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES A laser Doppler flowmeter was used to measure sacral SBF response to both alternating pressure and constant loading. Wavelet-based spectrum analysis of SBF oscillations was used to assess underlying physiologic mechanisms including endothelium-related metabolic (.008-.02 Hz), neurogenic (.02-.05 Hz), and myogenic (.05-.15 Hz) controls. RESULTS Alternating pressure stimulated an increase in sacral SBF of compressed soft tissues as compared with constant loading (P<.01). SBF during the high-pressure phase of 4 alternating pressure cycles showed an increasing trend. An increase in power in metabolic frequency range and a decrease in power in the myogenic frequency range during alternating pressure were observed compared with SBF prior to loading. Power increased in the myogenic frequency range during the low-pressure phase of alternating pressure and decreased during the high-pressure phase. CONCLUSIONS SBF control mechanisms, as assessed by the characteristic frequencies embedded in SBF oscillations, show different responses to 2 loading pressures with the same average pressure but different patterns. Our study suggests that optimization of operating parameters and configurations of alternating pressure support surfaces to compensate for impaired SBF control mechanisms in pathologic populations may be possible using wavelet analysis of blood flow oscillations.
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- Yih-Kuen Jan
- Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, USA.
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Sakurai T, Terui N. Effects of sympathetically induced vasomotion on tissue-capillary fluid exchange. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 291:H1761-7. [PMID: 16731646 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00280.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The spontaneous and rhythmic constriction of peripheral arterioles, which is not associated with the cardiac or respiratory cycles, is called vasomotion. Vasomotion is observed in various tissues of various species, but the physiological role of vasomotion has not been clarified because of the difficulty in controlling the appearance of vasomotion in in vivo preparations. We developed a method of controlling vasomotion in in vivo experiments. The electrical stimulation of the cervical sympathetic nerve could reproducibly evoke vasomotion in rabbit ear skin. The frequencies of the evoked vasomotion were 0.04–0.07 Hz, which corresponded to spontaneously occurring vasomotion that has been reported before. Vasomotion was always evoked between 25 and 35°C. At lower than 17°C or higher than 37°C, vasomotion was not evoked. With the use of this method of evoking vasomotion in vivo, the role of vasomotion in tissue perfusion was examined. A tracer (Cr-EDTA) was injected into the ear tissue, and tracer fading was then measured by using a camera. The rates of fading (clearance) of the tracer with vasomotion were significantly greater (1.7 to 8.1 times) than those without vasomotion. These results provided evidence that vasomotion enhanced tissue perfusion.
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- Terumi Sakurai
- Dept. of Physiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Univ. of Tsukuba,. 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken 305-8575, Japan.
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Li Z, Leung JY, Tam EW, Mak AF. Wavelet analysis of skin blood oscillations in persons with spinal cord injury and able-bodied subjects. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2006; 87:1207-12; quiz 1287. [PMID: 16935056 DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2005] [Accepted: 05/29/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the blood oscillations in the skin over the ischial tuberosity (high-risk area for pressure ulcer) using spectral analysis of laser Doppler flowmetry signals based on wavelet transform. DESIGN Wavelet analysis of skin blood oscillations in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) and able-bodied subjects. SETTING Seating and body support interface laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Ten men were recruited for this study, of whom 5 were able-bodied subjects (age, 31.2+/-3.3 y) and 5 were persons with SCI (age, 37.2+/-7.3 y). INTERVENTIONS External pressure of 16.0 kPa (120 mmHg) was applied to the ischial tuberosity via 1 specifically designed pneumatic indentor. The loading duration was 30 minutes. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Skin blood flow was monitored for 10 minutes prior to loading and 20 minutes after the prescribed loading period. With spectral analysis based on wavelet transform, 5 frequency intervals were identified (.01-.02, .02-.06, .06-.15, .15-.40, .40-2.0 Hz) corresponding to endothelial related metabolic, neurogenic, myogenic, respiratory, and cardiac activities, respectively. RESULTS The relative amplitude of the metabolic component for persons with SCI was significantly lower (F=5.26, P=.032) during the resting conditions as compared with able-bodied subjects. During the postloading period, the response of oscillatory activities was evidently lower in the skin over the ischial tuberosity for persons with SCI when compared with able-bodied subjects. In addition, the relative amplitude of the neurogenic component (.02-.06 Hz) during postloading was significantly lower for persons with SCI (F=5.44, P=.029). CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that the contributions of endothelial related metabolic and neurogenic activities to the blood perfusion regulation become relatively less for persons with SCI during the resting and postloading periods, respectively.
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- Zengyong Li
- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Li Z, Tam EWC, Kwan MPC, Mak AFT, Lo SCL, Leung MCP. Effects of prolonged surface pressure on the skin blood flowmotions in anaesthetized rats—an assessment by spectral analysis of laser Doppler flowmetry signals. Phys Med Biol 2006; 51:2681-94. [PMID: 16675876 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/10/020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The objective of this study is to assess the effect of prolonged surface compression on the skin blood flowmotion in rats using spectral analysis based on wavelets transform of the periodic oscillations of the cutaneous laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) signal. An external pressure of 13.3 kPa (100 mmHg) was applied to the trochanter area and the distal lateral tibia of Sprague-Dawley rats via two specifically designed pneumatic indentors. The loading duration was 6 hours/day for 4 consecutive days. Five frequency intervals were identified (0.01-0.04 Hz, 0.04-0.15 Hz, 0.15-0.4 Hz, 0.4-2 Hz and 2-5 Hz) corresponding to endothelial related metabolic, neurogenic, myogenic, respiratory and cardiac origins. The absolute amplitude of oscillations of each particular frequency interval and the normalized amplitude were calculated for quantitative assessments. The results showed that (1) tissue compression following the above schedule induced significant decrease in the normalized amplitude in the frequency interval of 0.01-0.04 Hz both in the trochanter area (p < 0.001) and tibialis area (p = 0.023), (2) prolonged compression induced significant increase in the absolute amplitude (p = 0.004 for the trochanter area and p = 0.017 for the tibialis area) but significant decrease in the normalized amplitude (p = 0.023 for the trochanter area and p = 0.026 for the tibialis area) in the frequency interval of 0.15-0.4 Hz, and (3) at the tibialis area, the flowmotion amplitude (frequency interval 0.15-0.4 Hz) measured prior to the daily tissue compression schedule was found to be significantly higher on day 4 than the measurements obtained on day 1. However, this finding was not observed at the trochanter area. Our results suggested that prolonged compression might induce endothelial damage and affect the endothelial related metabolic activities.
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- Zengyong Li
- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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Brienza DM, Geyer MJ, Jan YK. A Comparison of Changes in Rhythms of Sacral Skin Blood Flow in Response to Heating and Indentation. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2005; 86:1245-51. [PMID: 15954067 DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.11.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To differentiate blood flow control mechanisms associated with indentation from those associated with heating and to discern heat-induced and pressure-induced changes by comparing the effect of externally applied stress on skin blood flow (SBF) to the response to externally applied heat. DESIGN Repeated-measures design. SETTING A university research laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Ten healthy, young adults (5 men, 5 women; mean age +/- standard deviation, 30.0+/-3.1y). Intervention Incremental heat (35 degrees -45 degrees C, 1 degrees step/min) and pressure (0-60 mmHg, 5 mmHg step/3 min) on the sacrum using a computer-controlled indenter. Sessions for heat and pressure protocols were separated by 7+/-2 days. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES We used a Laserflo Blood Perfusion Monitor 2 and Softip pencil probe to measure capillary blood perfusion and wavelet analysis to decompose the blood flow signal. The power spectrum was divided into 5 ranges corresponding to metabolic, neurogenic, myogenic, respiratory, and cardiac control mechanisms. The average relative (ie, normalized) power in each frequency range was computed to determine of the relative contribution of each control mechanism. RESULTS Power in the myogenic frequency range was higher after incremental pressure and lower after incremental heating, whereas power in the metabolic frequency range was lower after incremental pressure and higher after incremental heating ( P <.01). Mean blood flow decreased as pressure increased from 0 to 15 mmHg; mean blood flow increased as pressure increased from 15 to 60 mmHg. CONCLUSIONS SBF, as recorded by the laser Doppler, suggests that there may be a myogenic control mechanism mediating blood flow after incremental tissue loads and that a metabolic control mechanism may mediate blood flow after heat application to the tissue. The study of local blood flow control mechanisms and their response to pathomechanical perturbations may be possible using wavelet analysis of blood flow oscillations. More research is needed to establish the clinical utility of these findings in the development of support surfaces intended to reduce the risk of developing pressure ulcers.
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- David M Brienza
- Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, University of Pittsburgh, Forbes Tower Ste. 5044, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
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Schmitz CH, Graber HL, Luo H, Arif I, Hira J, Pei Y, Bluestone A, Zhong S, Andronica R, Soller I, Ramirez N, Barbour SL, Barbour RL. Instrumentation and calibration protocol for imaging dynamic features in dense-scattering media by optical tomography. APPLIED OPTICS 2000; 39:6466-86. [PMID: 18354661 DOI: 10.1364/ao.39.006466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Instrumentation is described that is suitable for acquiring multisource, multidetector, time-series optical data at high sampling rates (up to 150 Hz) from tissues having arbitrary geometries. The design rationale, calibration protocol, and measured performance features are given for both a currently used, CCD-camera-based instrument and a new silicon-photodiode-based system under construction. Also shown are representative images that we reconstructed from data acquired in laboratory studies using the described CCD-based instrument.
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- C H Schmitz
- Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, Box 25, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA
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Maver J, Strucl M. Microvascular reactivity in normotensive subjects with a familial predisposition to hypertension. Microvasc Res 2000; 60:241-8. [PMID: 11078640 DOI: 10.1006/mvre.2000.2279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Using the laser-Doppler method we measured blood flow on the nailfold skin to compare the reactivity of cutaneous microcirculation in three groups of normotensive subjects: 11 subjects with a familial predisposition to hypertension without a previous record of high blood pressure, 6 predisposed subjects with a previous record of high blood pressure, and 13 subjects with no predisposition to hypertension. The flow was measured after direct and indirect skin cooling and heating and during postocclusive reactive hyperemia (PRH) after a 10-min occlusion of digital arteries. The frequency of flow oscillations in the second part of the PRH was established. Heart rate spectral analysis was performed based on the monitoring of the peripheral pulse frequency by means of the finapres device. In comparison to the other two groups of subjects, the group with a predisposition and a previous record of high blood pressure displayed a larger surface area in the low frequency band (0.05 to 0.15 Hz) of the heart rate variability power spectrum (the Bonferroni test, P < 0.05). As compared to subjects without predisposition, both groups of predisposed subjects exhibited higher frequency of flow oscillations in the second part of the PRH (the Bonferroni test, P < 0.05). Our results indicate that there could be a change in cutaneous microvascular reactivity of local (most probably myogenic) origin even in normotensive subjects with a predisposition to hypertension, whereas in normotensives with a predisposition and a previous record of high blood pressure there could be also a different cutaneous microvascular reactivity of central (nonvascular) origin.
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- J Maver
- Medical Faculty, Institute of Physiology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Karkan DM, van Breemen C, Skarsgard PL, Lagaud GJ, Hardwick DF. A link between vasomotion and spontaneous oscillations of oxygen in rat brain. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2000; 471:111-6. [PMID: 10659137 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4717-4_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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- D M Karkan
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
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Bertuglia S, Colantuoni A. Venular oscillatory flow during hemorrhagic shock and NO inhibition in hamster cheek pouch microcirculation. Microvasc Res 1997; 54:233-42. [PMID: 9441894 DOI: 10.1006/mvre.1997.2042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Blood flow oscillations (flowmotion) during hemorrhagic shock (HS) were recorded with laser Doppler perfusion monitoring (LDPM) and red blood cell (RBC) velocimetry in arterioles and venules in hamster cheek pouch microcirculation. Experiments were carried out after baroceptor denervation or inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) synthesis with NG-monomethyl-L-arginine prior to and during HS. Flowmotion was characterized by spectral analysis with fast Fourier transform and autoregressive modeling. Low frequency flowmotion was detected in LDPM and RBC velocity tracings derived from arterioles while high frequency oscillations dominated in venules under baseline conditions. Venular blood flow was significantly higher compared with arteriolar flow during HS, while large amplitude low frequency flowmotion was found in venules but not in arterioles where dominated small amplitude high frequency oscillations coincident with respiratory or heart rates. Baroceptor denervation did not affect venular blood flow and low frequency flowmotion during HS. NO inhibition reduced significantly venular blood flow compared with control and abolished low frequency flowmotion in venules. High frequency oscillations remained in arterioles during HS. In conclusion, LDPM low frequency flowmotion was not originated by variations in the diameter of vessels, but corresponded to RBC velocity changes. A compensatory higher blood flow and concomitant low frequency flowmotion in venules appeared to be related to NO production during HS, independently of neural mechanism.
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- S Bertuglia
- CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy
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