Outer skull landmark-based coordinates for measurement of cerebral blood flow and intracranial pressure in rabbits

Marbacher, Serge; Milavec, Helena; Neuschmelting, Volker; Andereggen, Lukas; Erhardt, Salome; Fandino, Javier (2011). Outer skull landmark-based coordinates for measurement of cerebral blood flow and intracranial pressure in rabbits. Journal of neuroscience methods, 201(2), pp. 322-326. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.08.009

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Despite the increased use of intracranial neuromonitoring during experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), coordinates for probe placement in rabbits are lacking. This study evaluates the safety and reliability of using outer skull landmarks to identify locations for placement of cerebral blood flow (CBF) and intraparenchymal intracranial pressure (ICP) probes. Experimental SAH was performed in 17 rabbits using an extracranial-intracranial shunt model. ICP probes were placed in the frontal lobe and compared to measurements recorded from the olfactory bulb. CBF probes were placed in various locations in the frontal cortex anterior to the coronary suture. Insertion depth, relation to the ventricular system, and ideal placement location were determined by post-mortem examination. ICP recordings at the time of SAH from the frontal lobe did not differ significantly from those obtained from the right olfactory bulb. Ideal coordinates for intraparenchymal CBF probes in the left and right frontal lobe were found to be located 4.6±0.9 and 4.5±1.2 anterior to the bregma, 4.7±0.7mm and 4.7±0.5mm parasagittal, and at depths of 4±0.5mm and 3.9±0.5mm, respectively. The results demonstrate that the presented coordinates based on skull landmarks allow reliable placement of intraparenchymal ICP and CBF probes in rabbit brains without the use of a stereotactic frame.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesiology (DINA) > Clinic of Intensive Care
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurosurgery
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > Forschungsbereich Mu50 > Forschungsgruppe Neurochirurgie

UniBE Contributor:

Marbacher, Serge, Andereggen, Lukas, Erhardt, Salome Aglaia, Fandino, Javier

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0165-0270

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Factscience Import

Date Deposited:

04 Oct 2013 14:21

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:06

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.08.009

PubMed ID:

21864572

Web of Science ID:

000295998900006

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/6929

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/6929 (FactScience: 212011)

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