Energetics of 3.5 s neural activation in humans: a 31P MR spectroscopy study
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Energetics of 3.5 s neural activation in humans: a 31P MR spectroscopy study
Abstract
No direct information on brain energetics and energy-related compounds in the first seconds of physiological activation has been reported to date. In this study visual cortex high energy phosphate changes were monitored in 11 normal subjects during 3.5 s activation and the following 23.5 s by a simple 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopic method. An intraactivation decrease of phosphocreatine (PCr) was observed in all subjects, with changes in pH in three, one of them also presenting a change in adenosine triphosphate (ATP). In the subgroup of eight subjects without changes in pH, the mean rate of mean PCr decrease (D(PCr)) was 7.24 +/- 0.78%/s, and the postactivation mean rate of mean PCr recovery was <1/2 D(PCr). Short phasic neural activity requires a large amount of energy, i.e., at least three times basal consumption, in agreement with theoretical calculations. Additional energy demands in the visual cortex are several times those measured by positron emission tomography during prolonged stimulation studies, implying that mean energy requirements decrease with increases in duration of stimulation. During short activation, the vascular responses as detected by brain-mapping techniques (BMT) are preceded by an important reduction of the intracellular high-energy phosphate content, which returns to resting values during an interval that corresponds to the poststimulation return of BMT signals to baseline.
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