KCl-induced cortical spreading depression waves more heterogeneously propagate than optogenetically-induced waves in lissencephalic brain: an analysis with optical flow tools

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2020-07-01

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Donmez-Demir, Buket
ERDENER, ŞEFİK EVREN
KARATAŞ KURŞUN, HÜLYA
Kaya, Zeynep
Ulusoy, İlkay
DALKARA, TURGAY

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Although cortical spreading depolarizations (CSD) were originally assumed to be homogeneously and concentrically propagating waves, evidence obtained first in gyrencephalic brains and later in lissencephalic brains suggested a rather non-uniform propagation, shaped heterogeneously by factors like cortical region differences, vascular anatomy, wave recurrences and refractory periods. Understanding this heterogeneity is important to better evaluate the experimental models on the mechanistics of CSD and to make appropriate clinical estimations on neurological disorders like migraine, stroke, and traumatic brain injury. This study demonstrates the application of optical flow analysis tools for systematic and objective evaluation of spatiotemporal CSD propagation patterns in anesthetized mice and compares the propagation profile in different CSD induction models. Our findings confirm the asymmetric angular CSD propagation in lissencephalic brains and suggest a strong dependency on induction-method, such that continuous potassium chloride application leads to significantly higher angular propagation variability compared to optogenetically-induced CSDs.

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Multidisciplinary, SPATIOTEMPORAL DYNAMICS, DEPOLARIZATION, CORTEX

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/47997

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Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Article