| Autor: |
Rabut, Claire, Norman, Sumner L., Griggs, Whitney S., Russin, Jonathan J., Jann, Kay, Christopoulos, Vasileios, Liu, Charles, Andersen, Richard A., Shapiro, Mikhail G. |
| Předmět: |
|
| Zdroj: |
Science Translational Medicine; 5/29/2024, Vol. 16 Issue 749, p1-12, 12p |
| Abstrakt: |
Visualization of human brain activity is crucial for understanding normal and aberrant brain function. Currently available neural activity recording methods are highly invasive, have low sensitivity, and cannot be conducted outside of an operating room. Functional ultrasound imaging (fUSI) is an emerging technique that offers sensitive, large-scale, high-resolution neural imaging; however, fUSI cannot be performed through the adult human skull. Here, we used a polymeric skull replacement material to create an acoustic window compatible with fUSI to monitor adult human brain activity in a single individual. Using an in vitro cerebrovascular phantom to mimic brain vasculature and an in vivo rodent cranial defect model, first, we evaluated the fUSI signal intensity and signal-to-noise ratio through polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) cranial implants of different thicknesses or a titanium mesh implant. We found that rat brain neural activity could be recorded with high sensitivity through a PMMA implant using a dedicated fUSI pulse sequence. We then designed a custom ultrasound-transparent cranial window implant for an adult patient undergoing reconstructive skull surgery after traumatic brain injury. We showed that fUSI could record brain activity in an awake human outside of the operating room. In a video game "connect the dots" task, we demonstrated mapping and decoding of task-modulated cortical activity in this individual. In a guitar-strumming task, we mapped additional task-specific cortical responses. Our proof-of-principle study shows that fUSI can be used as a high-resolution (200 μm) functional imaging modality for measuring adult human brain activity through an acoustically transparent cranial window. Editor's summary: Imaging of human brain activity has the potential to unlock new ways to evaluate neurological function and disease. Despite substantial technological advances, the ability to sensitively and noninvasively record human brain activity in awake individuals has been difficult to achieve. Here, Rabut et al. report that a polymeric cranial window, implanted as part of skull reconstruction after traumatic brain injury in an adult individual, enabled the use of functional ultrasound imaging to measure brain activity in an adult human undertaking a task. This study provides proof of principle for the use of ultrasound imaging through transparent skull replacement materials to gain insight into human brain activity. —Molly Ogle [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
