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Time-dependent effects of isoflurane and dexmedetomidine on functional connectivity, spectral characteristics, and spatial distribution of spontaneous BOLD fluctuations.

ABSTRACT: Anesthesia is often necessary to perform fMRI experiments in the rodent model; however, commonly used anesthetic protocols may manifest changing brain conditions over the duration of the study. This possibility was explored in the current work. Eleven rats were anesthetized with 2% isoflurane anesthesia; four rats were anesthetized for a short period (30?min, simulating induction and fMRI setup) and seven rats were anesthetized for a long period (3?h, simulating surgical preparation). Following the initial anesthetic period, isoflurane was discontinued, and a dexmedetomidine bolus (0.025?mg/kg) and continuous subcutaneous infusion (0.05?mg/kg/h) were administered. Blood-oxygen-level dependent resting state imaging was performed every 30?min from 0.75?h post dexmedetomidine bolus until 5.75?h post-bolus. Evaluation of power spectra obtained from time courses in the primary somatosensory cortex revealed, in general, a monotonic increase in low-frequency power (0.05-0.3?Hz) in both groups over the duration of resting state imaging. Greater low-band spectral power (0.05-0.15?Hz) is present in the short isoflurane group for the first 2.75?h, but the spectra become highly uniform at 3.25?h. The emergence of a ~0.18?Hz peak, beginning at the 3.75?h time point, exists in both groups and evolves similarly, increasing in strength as the duration of dexmedetomidine sedation (and time since isoflurane cessation) extends. In the long isoflurane group only, bilateral functional connectivity strengthens with anesthetic duration, and correlation is linearly linked to low-band spectral power. Convergence of connectivity and spectral metrics between the short and long isoflurane groups occurs at ~3.25?h, suggesting the effects of isoflurane have subsided. Researchers using dexmedetomidine following isoflurane for functional studies should be aware of the duration specific effects of the pre-scan isoflurane durations as well as the continuing influences of long-term imaging under dexmedetomidine.

SUBMITTER: Magnuson ME

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4465547 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Time-dependent effects of isoflurane and dexmedetomidine on functional connectivity, spectral characteristics, and spatial distribution of spontaneous BOLD fluctuations.

Magnuson Matthew Evan ME Thompson Garth John GJ Pan Wen-Ju WJ Keilholz Shella Dawn SD

NMR in biomedicine 20140121 3

Anesthesia is often necessary to perform fMRI experiments in the rodent model; however, commonly used anesthetic protocols may manifest changing brain conditions over the duration of the study. This possibility was explored in the current work. Eleven rats were anesthetized with 2% isoflurane anesthesia; four rats were anesthetized for a short period (30 min, simulating induction and fMRI setup) and seven rats were anesthetized for a long period (3 h, simulating surgical preparation). Following ...[more]

PMID: 24449532

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