The capillary dysfunction hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease

L Østergaard, R Aamand, E Gutiérrez-Jiménez… - Neurobiology of …, 2013 - Elsevier
It is widely accepted that hypoperfusion and changes in capillary morphology are involved in
the etiopathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). This is difficult to reconcile with the …

'Go with the flow ': A review of methods and advancements in blood flow imaging

SM Daly, MJ Leahy - Journal of biophotonics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Physics has delivered extraordinary developments in almost every facet of modern life. From
the humble thermometer and stethoscope to X‐Ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound, PET and …

The roles of cerebral blood flow, capillary transit time heterogeneity, and oxygen tension in brain oxygenation and metabolism

SN Jespersen, L Østergaard - Journal of cerebral blood flow …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Normal brain function depends critically on moment-to-moment regulation of oxygen supply
by the bloodstream to meet changing metabolic needs. Neurovascular coupling, a range of …

Prolonged exercise induces angiogenesis and increases cerebral blood volume in primary motor cortex of the rat

RA Swain, AB Harris, EC Wiener, MV Dutka, HD Morris… - Neuroscience, 2003 - Elsevier
Plastic changes in motor cortex capillary structure and function were examined in three
separate experiments in adult rats following prolonged exercise. The first two experiments …

In vivo mammalian brain imaging using one-and two-photon fluorescence microendoscopy

JC Jung, AD Mehta, E Aksay… - Journal of …, 2004 - journals.physiology.org
One of the major limitations in the current set of techniques available to neuroscientists is a
dearth of methods for imaging individual cells deep within the brains of live animals. To …

Effect of basal conditions on the magnitude and dynamics of the blood oxygenation level-dependent fMRI response

ER Cohen, K Ugurbil, SG Kim - Journal of Cerebral Blood …, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
The effect of the basal cerebral blood flow (CBF) on both the magnitude and dynamics of the
functional hemodynamic response in humans has not been fully investigated. Thus, the …

The role of the cerebral capillaries in acute ischemic stroke: the extended penumbra model

L Østergaard, SN Jespersen… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
The pathophysiology of cerebral ischemia is traditionally understood in relation to reductions
in cerebral blood flow (CBF). However, a recent reanalysis of the flow-diffusion equation …

MRI measurement of the BOLD-specific flow–volume relationship during hypercapnia and hypocapnia in humans

JJ Chen, GB Pike - Neuroimage, 2010 - Elsevier
It is widely assumed in fMRI that the relationship between cerebral blood flow (CBF) and
volume (CBV) changes observed during end-tidal CO2 (PETCO2) perturbations is …

The need for mathematical modelling of spatial drug distribution within the brain

E Vendel, V Rottschäfer, ECM de Lange - Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, 2019 - Springer
The blood brain barrier (BBB) is the main barrier that separates the blood from the brain.
Because of the BBB, the drug concentration-time profile in the brain may be substantially …

The Effects of Capillary Transit Time Heterogeneity (CTH) on Brain Oxygenation

H Angleys, L Østergaard… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
We recently extended the classic flow–diffusion equation, which relates blood flow to tissue
oxygenation, to take capillary transit time heterogeneity (CTH) into account. Realizing that …