Affiliation:
1. Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. 27710.
Abstract
The aim of this study was to measure apparent diffusion coefficients in rat brain tissue exposed to ouabain, glutamate, and N-methyl-D-aspartate and to compare them with apparent diffusion coefficients found in acute cerebral ischemia.
The apparent diffusion coefficient was measured using magnetic resonance microscopy in four groups of Sprague-Dawley rats after occlusion of the right middle cerebral artery and ipsilateral common carotid artery (n = 7), after ouabain exposure (n = 6), during glutamate exposure (n = 7), or during N-methyl-D-aspartate exposure (n = 3). Ouabain, glutamate, and N-methyl-D-aspartate were applied via an intracerebrally implanted microdialysis membrane.
Three hours after the induction of focal cerebral ischemia, a 33% reduction in the apparent diffusion coefficient was observed in the right dorsolateral corpus striatum and olfactory cortex. After ouabain exposure, reductions in the apparent diffusion coefficient were observed within a 1,500-microns radius of the microdialysis membrane. Quantitative analysis revealed that apparent diffusion coefficient values in ischemic and ouabain-exposed tissue fell within the same range. Glutamate and N-methyl-D-aspartate reduced the brain tissue apparent diffusion coefficient by 35% and 40%, respectively.
On the basis of these findings, we conclude that ischemia-induced apparent diffusion coefficient reductions are likely caused by a shift of extracellular to intracellular water.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
Advanced and Specialised Nursing,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Clinical Neurology
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