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Effects of indomethacin on cerebral blood flow at rest and during hypercapnia: An arterial spin tagging study in humans
Author(s) -
St. Lawrence Keith S.,
Ye Frank Q.,
Lewis Bobbi K.,
Weinberger Daniel R.,
Frank Joseph A.,
McLaughlin Alan C.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of magnetic resonance imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.563
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1522-2586
pISSN - 1053-1807
DOI - 10.1002/jmri.10111
Subject(s) - hypercapnia , cerebral blood flow , arterial spin labeling , anesthesia , medicine , arterial blood , white matter , blood flow , cardiology , magnetic resonance imaging , acidosis , radiology
Purpose To investigate using an arterial spin tagging (AST) approach the effect of indomethacin on the cerebral blood flow (CBF) response to hypercapnia. Materials and Methods Subjects inhaled a gas mixture containing 6% CO 2 for two 5‐minute periods, which were separated by a 10‐minute interval, in which subjects inhaled room air. In six subjects, indomethacin (i.v., 0.2 mg/kg) was infused in the normocapnic interval between the two hypercapnic periods. Results Indomethacin reduced normocapnic gray matter CBF by 36 ± 5% and reduced the CBF increase during hypercapnia from 43 ± 9% to 16 ± 5% in gray matter (P < 0.001) and from 48 ± 11% to 35 ± 9% in white matter (P < 0.025). Conclusion The results demonstrate that an AST approach can measure the effects of indomethacin on global CBF increases during hypercapnia and suggest that an AST approach could be used to investigate pharmacological effects on focal CBF increases during functional activation. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2002;15:628–635. Published 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.