AUTHOR=Dang Yu-xue , Shi Kai-ning , Wang Xiao-ming 

TITLE=Early Changes in Glutamate Metabolism and Perfusion in Basal Ganglia following Hypoxia-Ischemia in Neonatal Piglets: A Multi-Sequence 3.0T MR Study

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Physiology

VOLUME=8

YEAR=2017

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2017.00237

DOI=10.3389/fphys.2017.00237

ISSN=1664-042X

ABSTRACT=<p>The excitotoxicity of glutamate metabolism as well as hemodynamic disorders of the brain are both risk factors for neonatal hypoxic–ischemic brain damage (HIBD). In the present study, changes in glutamate metabolism in the basal ganglia were detected by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (<sup>1</sup>H-MRS) at 0–6, 8–12, 24–30, and 48–60 h after the induction of hypoxia-ischemia (HI) in newborn piglets. Meanwhile, correlation analysis was performed by combining the microcirculatory perfusion informations acquired by intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) scan to explore their possible interaction mechanism. The results suggested that Glu level in the basal ganglia underwent a “two-phase” change after HI; perfusion fraction <italic>f</italic>, an IVIM-derived perfusion parameter, was clearly decreased in the early stage after HI, then demonstrated a transient and slight recovery process, and thereafter continued to decrease. The changes in <italic>f</italic> and Glu level were in a significant negative correlation (<italic>r</italic> = −0.643, <italic>P</italic> = 0.001). Our study results revealed that Glu level is closely associated with the microcirculatory perfusion changes in the acute stage of HIBD.</p>