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Cerebrospinal fluid volumetric net flow rate and direction in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus.


ABSTRACT: The aim of the present study was to examine cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) volumetric net flow rate and direction at the cranio-cervical junction (CCJ) and cerebral aqueduct in individuals with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) using cardiac-gated phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging (PC-MRI). An in-depth, pixel-by-pixel analysis of regions of interest from the CCJ and cerebral aqueduct, respectively, was done in 26 iNPH individuals, and in 4 healthy subjects for validation purposes. Results from patients were compared with over-night measurements of static and pulsatile intracranial pressure (ICP). In iNPH, CSF net flow at CCJ was cranially directed in 17/22 as well as in 4/4 healthy subjects. Estimated daily CSF volumetric net flow rate at CCJ was 6.9?±?9.9?L/24?h in iNPH patients and 4.5?±?5.0?L/24?h in healthy individuals. Within the cerebral aqueduct, the CSF net flow was antegrade in 7/21 iNPH patients and in 4/4 healthy subjects, while it was retrograde (i.e. towards ventricles) in 14/21 iNPH patients. Estimated daily CSF volumetric net flow rate in cerebral aqueduct was 1.1?±?2.2?L/24?h in iNPH while 295?±?53?mL/24?h in healthy individuals. Magnitude of cranially directed CSF net flow in cerebral aqueduct was highest in iNPH individuals with signs of impaired intracranial compliance. The study results indicate CSF flow volumes and direction that are profoundly different from previously assumed. We hypothesize that spinal CSF formation may serve to buffer increased demand for CSF flow through the glymphatic system during sleep and during deep inspiration to compensate for venous outflow.

SUBMITTER: Lindstrom EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6154456 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cerebrospinal fluid volumetric net flow rate and direction in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus.

Lindstrøm Erika Kristina EK   Ringstad Geir G   Mardal Kent-Andre KA   Eide Per Kristian PK  

NeuroImage. Clinical 20180914


The aim of the present study was to examine cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) volumetric net flow rate and direction at the cranio-cervical junction (CCJ) and cerebral aqueduct in individuals with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) using cardiac-gated phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging (PC-MRI). An in-depth, pixel-by-pixel analysis of regions of interest from the CCJ and cerebral aqueduct, respectively, was done in 26 iNPH individuals, and in 4 healthy subjects for validation purpose  ...[more]

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