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The Ins and Outs of the BCCAo Model for Chronic Hypoperfusion: A Multimodal and Longitudinal MRI Approach
Cerebral hypoperfusion induced by bilateral common carotid artery occlusion (BCCAo) in rodents has been proposed as an experimental model of white matter damage and vascular dementia. However, the histopathological and behavioral alterations reported in this model are variable and a full characteriz...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3776744/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24058609 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074631 |
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author | Soria, Guadalupe Tudela, Raúl Márquez-Martín, Ana Camón, Lluïsa Batalle, Dafnis Muñoz-Moreno, Emma Eixarch, Elisenda Puig, Josep Pedraza, Salvador Vila, Elisabet Prats-Galino, Alberto Planas, Anna M. |
author_facet | Soria, Guadalupe Tudela, Raúl Márquez-Martín, Ana Camón, Lluïsa Batalle, Dafnis Muñoz-Moreno, Emma Eixarch, Elisenda Puig, Josep Pedraza, Salvador Vila, Elisabet Prats-Galino, Alberto Planas, Anna M. |
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description | Cerebral hypoperfusion induced by bilateral common carotid artery occlusion (BCCAo) in rodents has been proposed as an experimental model of white matter damage and vascular dementia. However, the histopathological and behavioral alterations reported in this model are variable and a full characterization of the dynamic alterations is not available. Here we implemented a longitudinal multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) design, including time-of-flight angiography, high resolution T1-weighted images, T2 relaxometry mapping, diffusion tensor imaging, and cerebral blood flow measurements up to 12 weeks after BCCAo or sham-operation in Wistar rats. Changes in MRI were related to behavioral performance in executive function tasks and histopathological alterations in the same animals. MRI frequently (70%) showed various degrees of acute ischemic lesions, ranging from very small to large subcortical infarctions. Independently, delayed MRI changes were also apparent. The patterns of MRI alterations were related to either ischemic necrosis or gliosis. Progressive microstructural changes revealed by diffusion tensor imaging in white matter were confirmed by observation of myelinated fiber degeneration, including severe optic tract degeneration. The latter interfered with the visually cued learning paradigms used to test executive functions. Independently of brain damage, BCCAo induced progressive arteriogenesis in the vertebrobasilar tree, a process that was associated with blood flow recovery after 12 weeks. The structural alterations found in the basilar artery were compatible with compensatory adaptive changes driven by shear stress. In summary, BCCAo in rats induces specific signatures in multimodal MRI that are compatible with various types of histological lesion and with marked adaptive arteriogenesis. |
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spelling | pubmed-37767442013-09-20 The Ins and Outs of the BCCAo Model for Chronic Hypoperfusion: A Multimodal and Longitudinal MRI Approach Soria, Guadalupe Tudela, Raúl Márquez-Martín, Ana Camón, Lluïsa Batalle, Dafnis Muñoz-Moreno, Emma Eixarch, Elisenda Puig, Josep Pedraza, Salvador Vila, Elisabet Prats-Galino, Alberto Planas, Anna M. PLoS One Research Article Cerebral hypoperfusion induced by bilateral common carotid artery occlusion (BCCAo) in rodents has been proposed as an experimental model of white matter damage and vascular dementia. However, the histopathological and behavioral alterations reported in this model are variable and a full characterization of the dynamic alterations is not available. Here we implemented a longitudinal multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) design, including time-of-flight angiography, high resolution T1-weighted images, T2 relaxometry mapping, diffusion tensor imaging, and cerebral blood flow measurements up to 12 weeks after BCCAo or sham-operation in Wistar rats. Changes in MRI were related to behavioral performance in executive function tasks and histopathological alterations in the same animals. MRI frequently (70%) showed various degrees of acute ischemic lesions, ranging from very small to large subcortical infarctions. Independently, delayed MRI changes were also apparent. The patterns of MRI alterations were related to either ischemic necrosis or gliosis. Progressive microstructural changes revealed by diffusion tensor imaging in white matter were confirmed by observation of myelinated fiber degeneration, including severe optic tract degeneration. The latter interfered with the visually cued learning paradigms used to test executive functions. Independently of brain damage, BCCAo induced progressive arteriogenesis in the vertebrobasilar tree, a process that was associated with blood flow recovery after 12 weeks. The structural alterations found in the basilar artery were compatible with compensatory adaptive changes driven by shear stress. In summary, BCCAo in rats induces specific signatures in multimodal MRI that are compatible with various types of histological lesion and with marked adaptive arteriogenesis. Public Library of Science 2013-09-18 /pmc/articles/PMC3776744/ /pubmed/24058609 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074631 Text en © 2013 Soria et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Soria, Guadalupe Tudela, Raúl Márquez-Martín, Ana Camón, Lluïsa Batalle, Dafnis Muñoz-Moreno, Emma Eixarch, Elisenda Puig, Josep Pedraza, Salvador Vila, Elisabet Prats-Galino, Alberto Planas, Anna M. The Ins and Outs of the BCCAo Model for Chronic Hypoperfusion: A Multimodal and Longitudinal MRI Approach |
title | The Ins and Outs of the BCCAo Model for Chronic Hypoperfusion: A Multimodal and Longitudinal MRI Approach |
title_full | The Ins and Outs of the BCCAo Model for Chronic Hypoperfusion: A Multimodal and Longitudinal MRI Approach |
title_fullStr | The Ins and Outs of the BCCAo Model for Chronic Hypoperfusion: A Multimodal and Longitudinal MRI Approach |
title_full_unstemmed | The Ins and Outs of the BCCAo Model for Chronic Hypoperfusion: A Multimodal and Longitudinal MRI Approach |
title_short | The Ins and Outs of the BCCAo Model for Chronic Hypoperfusion: A Multimodal and Longitudinal MRI Approach |
title_sort | ins and outs of the bccao model for chronic hypoperfusion: a multimodal and longitudinal mri approach |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3776744/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24058609 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074631 |
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