Dynamic neurovascular coupling and uncoupling during ictal onset, propagation, and termination revealed by simultaneous in vivo optical imaging of neural activity and local blood volume

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 885-899

  Ma, Hongtao ^a   Zhao, Mingrui ^a   Schwartz, Theodore H ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebral blood volume; epilepsy; neurovascular coupling; optical imaging; voltage sensitive dye

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HYPEREMIA; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROVASCULAR COUPLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; VOLTAGE SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; OPTICAL IMAGING; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME FACTORS; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 84875139127     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs079     Document Type: Article

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