Nonlinear coupling between cerebral blood flow, oxygen consumption, and ATP production in human visual cortex.
The purpose of this study was to investigate activation-induced hypermetabolism and hyperemia by using a multifrequency (4, 8, and 16 Hz) reversing-checkerboard visual stimulation paradigm. Specifically, we sought to (i) quantify the relative contributions of the oxidative and nonoxidative metabolic pathways in meeting the increased energy demands [i.e., ATP production (J(ATP))] of task-induced neuronal activation and (ii) determine whether task-induced cerebral blood flow (CBF) augmentation was driven by oxidative or nonoxidative metabolic pathways. Focal increases in CBF, cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRO(2); i.e., index of aerobic metabolism), and lactate production (J(Lac); i.e., index of anaerobic metabolism) were measured by using physiologically quantitative MRI and spectroscopy methods. Task-induced increases in J(ATP) were small (12.2-16.7%) at all stimulation frequencies and were generated by aerobic metabolism (approximately 98%), with %DeltaJ(ATP) being linearly correlated with the percentage change in CMRO(2) (r = 1.00, P < 0.001). In contrast, task-induced increases in CBF were large (51.7-65.1%) and negatively correlated with the percentage change in CMRO(2) (r = -0.64, P = 0.024), but positively correlated with %DeltaJ(Lac) (r = 0.91, P < 0.001). These results indicate that (i) the energy demand of task-induced brain activation is small (approximately 15%) relative to the hyperemic response (approximately 60%), (ii) this energy demand is met through oxidative metabolism, and (iii) the CBF response is mediated by factors other than oxygen demand.
Lin
Ai-Ling
AL
Department of Psychiatry, Research Imaging Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX 78229, USA. lina3@uthscsa.edu
Fox
Peter T
PT
Hardies
Jean
J
Duong
Timothy Q
TQ
Gao
Jia-Hong
JH
D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000328:Adult; D000332:Aerobiosis; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000378:metabolism*; D055815:Young Adult
D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate
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