| Title: | In search of a marker of altered cerebrovascular function in hypertension: Analysis of the fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations in UK Biobank resting state fMRI data |
| Journal: | Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior |
| Published: | 19 Dec 2023 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38179182/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cccb.2023.100196 |
| URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cccb.2023.100196 |
Publication 9140
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Abstract
The selfish brain mechanism proposes that in some patients with impaired cerebral blood flow (CBF) or cerebrovascular function, hypertension may develop as a compensatory mechanism that aims to maintain CBF by increasing systemic blood pressure through an increase in cardiovascular sympathetic tone. The amplitude of low frequency fluctuations (ALFF) in the resting state blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) functional MRI signal has been previously posited as an index of cerebrovascular reactivity. We investigated whether regional fractional ALFF (fALFF) differs between 2054 hypertensives and 1724 normotensives using data from the UK Biobank dataset. Our primary hypothesis was that cerebrovascular function in the medulla and other regions involved in sympathetic regulation differs between hypertensives and normotensives, and that this is reflected by regional variations in fALFF. There is a significant regional variation in fALFF (F(14) =1126.17, p < 2 × 10-16, partial η2 = 0.22), but this regional variation does not differ between hypertensives and normotensives (F(14) = 0.23, p = 0.99, partial η2 = 8 × 10-5). Prospective longitudinal studies of cerebral haemodynamics in hypertensives and normotensives are required to further investigate the selfish brain mechanism.</p>
4 Authors
- Owen Bleddyn Woodward
- Ian Driver
- Emma Hart
- Richard Wise
1 Application
| Application ID | Title |
|---|---|
| 73771 | Amplitude of low frequency fluctuation in resting state MRI signal in hypertensives |
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