First implementation of dynamic oxygen-17 (17O) magnetic resonance imaging at 7 Tesla during neuronal stimulation in the human brain.

Ebersberger, Louise; Kratzer, Fabian J; Franke, Vanessa L; Nagel, Armin M; Niesporek, Sebastian C; Korzowski, Andreas; Ladd, Mark E; Schlemmer, Heinz-Peter; Paech, Daniel; Platt, Tanja (2024). First implementation of dynamic oxygen-17 (17O) magnetic resonance imaging at 7 Tesla during neuronal stimulation in the human brain. Magma, 37(1), pp. 27-38. Springer 10.1007/s10334-023-01119-6

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OBJECTIVE

First implementation of dynamic oxygen-17 (17O) MRI at 7 Tesla (T) during neuronal stimulation in the human brain.

METHODS

Five healthy volunteers underwent a three-phase 17O gas (17O2) inhalation experiment. Combined right-side visual stimulus and right-hand finger tapping were used to achieve neuronal stimulation in the left cerebral hemisphere. Data analysis included the evaluation of the relative partial volume (PV)-corrected time evolution of absolute 17O water (H217O) concentration and of the relative signal evolution without PV correction. Statistical analysis was performed using a one-tailed paired t test. Blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) experiments were performed to validate the stimulation paradigm.

RESULTS

The BOLD maps showed significant activity in the stimulated left visual and sensorimotor cortex compared to the non-stimulated right side. PV correction of 17O MR data resulted in high signal fluctuations with a noise level of 10% due to small regions of interest (ROI), impeding further quantitative analysis. Statistical evaluation of the relative H217O signal with PV correction (p = 0.168) and without (p = 0.382) did not show significant difference between the stimulated left and non-stimulated right sensorimotor ROI.

DISCUSSION

The change of cerebral oxygen metabolism induced by sensorimotor and visual stimulation is not large enough to be reliably detected with the current setup and methodology of dynamic 17O MRI at 7 T.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine

UniBE Contributor:

Ebersberger, Anna Louise Sophie

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1352-8661

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

25 Sep 2023 10:51

Last Modified:

21 Feb 2024 00:12

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/s10334-023-01119-6

PubMed ID:

37737942

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Cerebral oxygen metabolism Dynamic oxygen-17 imaging Neuronal activity Ultrahigh field MRI fMRI

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/186527

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/186527

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