QUANTITATIVE CAPILLARY TOPOGRAPHY AND BLOOD-FLOW IN THE CEREBRAL-CORTEX OF CATS - AN INVIVO MICROSCOPIC STUDY
QUANTITATIVE CAPILLARY TOPOGRAPHY AND BLOOD-FLOW IN THE CEREBRAL-CORTEX OF CATS - AN INVIVO MICROSCOPIC STUDY
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-8993(81)90619-3
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
BING, RJ
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PAWLIK, G;RACKL, A;BING, RJ
In 50 anesthetized cats the microcirculation in intermediate and deeper layers of the cerebral cortex was visualized in vivo by microtransillumination and documented by high-speed microcinephotography. The viability of the preparation was verified in a series of experiments demonstrating spontaneous vasomotion and responsiveness to chemical stimulation of pial arterioles and small arteries. Stereological methods for quantitative analysis of projected images of capillaries in a comparatively large tissue volume were employed to determine morphometric and topographical parameters of the asymmetric, highly tortuous intracortical capillary network. Capillary diameters (5.1 .+-. 0.84 .mu.m), radii of curvature (median 57 .mu.m), total capillary lengths per tissue volume (939 .+-. 338.2 mm/mm3), capillary volume fractions (2.1 .+-. 0.51%), total capillary surface areas per tissue volume (15.3 .+-. 4.85 mm2/mm3) and intercapillary distances (median 24.2 .mu.m) showed significant interregional differences. The frequency distribution of the lengths of capillary segments (median 108 .mu.m) was best described by a Weibull distribution. An average 90% of all capillaries were continuously perfused. Capillary red cell flow (median velocity 1500 .mu.m/s) was predominantly unidirectional and conspicuously irregular. The variance of capillary red cell velocities (CRCV) was significantly correlated (r = 0.48) with capillary tortuosity. An extreme value distribution best described the observed frequency distribution of CRCV. Flow irregularities represented white noise and a significant stochastic periodicity at frequencies between 40-90 Hz.