title: Neurophysiological, metabolic and cellular compartments that drive neurovascular coupling and neuroimaging signals.
abstract: Complete understanding of the mechanisms that coordinate work and energy supply of the brain, the so called neurovascular coupling, is fundamental to interpreting brain energetics and their influence on neuronal coding strategies, but also to interpreting signals obtained from brain imaging techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging. Interactions between neuronal activity and cerebral blood flow regulation are largely compartmentalized. First, there exists a functional compartmentalization in which glutamatergic peri-synaptic activity and its electrophysiological events occur in close proximity to vascular responses. Second, the metabolic processes that fuel peri-synaptic activity are partially segregated between glycolytic and oxidative compartments. Finally, there is cellular segregation between astrocytic and neuronal compartments, which has potentially important implications on neurovascular coupling. Experimental data is progressively showing a tight interaction between the products of energy consumption and neurotransmission-driven signaling molecules that regulate blood flow. Here, we review some of these issues in light of recent findings with special attention to the neuron-glia interplay on the generation of neuroimaging signals.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Neurociencias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Miguel Hernández San Juan de Alicante, Spain.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: Pierrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jego
authors.forename: Feliberto
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: de la Cruz
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Canals
keywords: astrocytes; fMRI; glycolysis; neurophysiology; neurovascular coupling
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