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- Title
The resting-state fMRI arterial signal predicts differential blood transit time through the brain.
- Authors
Yunjie Tong; Jinxia (Fiona) Yao; Chen, J. Jean; deB Frederick, Blaise
- Abstract
Previous studies have found that aperiodic, systemic low-frequency oscillations (sLFOs) are present in blood-oxygenlevel-dependent (BOLD) data. These signals are in the same low frequency band as the ''resting state'' signal; however, they are distinct signals which represent non-neuronal, physiological oscillations. The same sLFOs are found in the periphery (i.e. finger tips) as changes in oxy/deoxy-hemoglobin concentration using concurrent near-infrared spectroscopy. Together, this evidence points toward an extra-cerebral origin of these sLFOs. If this is the case, it is expected that these sLFO signals would be found in the carotid arteries with time delays that precede the signals found in the brain. To test this hypothesis, we employed the publicly available MyConnectome dataset (a two-year longitudinal study of a single subject) to extract the sLFOs in the internal carotid arteries (ICAs) with the help of the T1/T2-weighted images. Significant, but negative, correlations were found between the LFO BOLD signals from the ICAs and (1) the global signal (GS), (2) the superior sagittal sinus, and (3) the jugulars. We found the consistent time delays between the sLFO signals from ICAs, GS and veins which coincide with the blood transit time through the cerebral vascular tree.
- Publication
Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 2019, Vol 39, Issue 6, p1148
- ISSN
0271-678X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0271678X17753329