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Articles by Emiri T. Mandeville in JoVE

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Cerebral Blood Oxygenation Measurement Based on Oxygen-dependent Quenching of Phosphorescence


JoVE 1694 5/04/2011

1Optics Division, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 2Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, 3Neuroprotection Research Laboratory, Departments of Radiology and Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 4Departments of Neurosciences and Radiology, University of California

We present an experimental procedure for measuring the partial pressure of oxygen (pO2) in cerebral vasculature based on oxygen-dependent quenching of phosphorescence. Animal preparation and imaging procedures were outlined for both large field of view CCD-based imaging of pO2 in rats and 2-photon excitation based imaging of pO2 in mice.

Other articles by Emiri T. Mandeville on PubMed

Two-photon High-resolution Measurement of Partial Pressure of Oxygen in Cerebral Vasculature and Tissue

Measurements of oxygen partial pressure (pO(2)) with high temporal and spatial resolution in three dimensions is crucial for understanding oxygen delivery and consumption in normal and diseased brain. Among existing pO(2) measurement methods, phosphorescence quenching is optimally suited for the task. However, previous attempts to couple phosphorescence with two-photon laser scanning microscopy have faced substantial difficulties because of extremely low two-photon absorption cross-sections of conventional phosphorescent probes. Here we report to our knowledge the first practical in vivo two-photon high-resolution pO(2) measurements in small rodents' cortical microvasculature and tissue, made possible by combining an optimized imaging system with a two-photon-enhanced phosphorescent nanoprobe. The method features a measurement depth of up to 250 microm, sub-second temporal resolution and requires low probe concentration. The properties of the probe allowed for direct high-resolution measurement of cortical extravascular (tissue) pO(2), opening many possibilities for functional metabolic brain studies.

Effect of Normobaric Oxygen Therapy in a Rat Model of Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Normobaric oxygen (NBO) therapy may be neuroprotective in acute ischemic stroke. However, how NBO may affect intracerebral hemorrhage is unclear. We tested NBO in a rat model of striatal intracerebral hemorrhage.

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