A novel method of quantifying hemodynamic delays to improve hemodynamic response, and CVR estimates in CO2 challenge fMRI

J Yao, HC Yang, JH Wang, Z Liang… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) in breathing air is widely used as a vasoactive stimulus to
assess cerebrovascular functions under hypercapnia (ie,“stress test” for the brain). Blood …

Quantitative mapping of cerebrovascular reactivity using resting-state BOLD fMRI: validation in healthy adults

AM Golestani, LL Wei, JJ Chen - Neuroimage, 2016 - Elsevier
In conventional neuroimaging, cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) is quantified primarily using
the blood-oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) functional MRI (fMRI) signal, specifically, as …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing end-tidal CO2, respiration volume per time (RVT), and average gray matter signal for mapping cerebrovascular reactivity amplitude and delay with …

KM Zvolanek, S Moia, JN Dean, RC Stickland… - NeuroImage, 2023 - Elsevier
Cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR), defined as the cerebral blood flow response to a
vasoactive stimulus, is an imaging biomarker with demonstrated utility in a range of diseases …

Mapping the end-tidal CO2 response function in the resting-state BOLD fMRI signal: Spatial specificity, test–retest reliability and effect of fMRI sampling rate

AM Golestani, C Chang, JB Kwinta, YB Khatamian… - Neuroimage, 2015 - Elsevier
The blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) signal measures brain function indirectly
through physiological processes and hence is susceptible to global physiological changes …

Resting fluctuations in arterial carbon dioxide induce significant low frequency variations in BOLD signal

RG Wise, K Ide, MJ Poulin, I Tracey - Neuroimage, 2004 - Elsevier
Carbon dioxide is a potent cerebral vasodilator. We have identified a significant source of
low-frequency variation in blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) magnetic resonance …

Reproducibility of BOLD signal change induced by breath holding

S Magon, G Basso, P Farace, GK Ricciardi… - Neuroimage, 2009 - Elsevier
Blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) contrast is influenced by some physiological factors
such as blood flow and blood volume that can be a source of variability in fMRI analysis …

[HTML][HTML] A practical modification to a resting state fMRI protocol for improved characterization of cerebrovascular function

RC Stickland, KM Zvolanek, S Moia, A Ayyagari… - Neuroimage, 2021 - Elsevier
Cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR), defined here as the Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent
(BOLD) response to a CO 2 pressure change, is a useful metric of cerebrovascular function …

Modeling of dynamic cerebrovascular reactivity to spontaneous and externally induced CO2 fluctuations in the human brain using BOLD-fMRI

PC Prokopiou, KTS Pattinson, RG Wise, GD Mitsis - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, we investigate the regional characteristics of the dynamic interactions between
arterial CO 2 and BOLD (dynamic cerebrovascular reactivity-dCVR) during normal breathing …

Global cerebral oxidative metabolism during hypercapnia and hypocapnia in humans: implications for BOLD fMRI

JJ Chen, GB Pike - Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
The effect of carbon dioxide (CO2) on cerebral metabolism is of tremendous interest to
functional imaging. In particular, mild-to-moderate hypercapnia is routinely used in …

Dynamic forcing of end-tidal carbon dioxide and oxygen applied to functional magnetic resonance imaging

RG Wise, KTS Pattinson, DP Bulte… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Investigations into the blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) functional MRI signal
have used respiratory challenges with the aim of probing cerebrovascular physiology. Such …