5 results on '"Cerebral vascular network"'
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2. Her4.3 + radial glial cells maintain the brain vascular network through activation of Wnt signaling.
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Wang P, Luo L, and Chen J
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- Animals, Mice, Blood-Brain Barrier metabolism, Neovascularization, Physiologic, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Wnt Signaling Pathway, Wnt Proteins metabolism, Wnt Proteins genetics, Ependymoglial Cells metabolism, Ependymoglial Cells cytology, Mice, Transgenic, Brain metabolism, Brain blood supply
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During vascular development, radial glial cells (RGCs) regulate vascular patterning in the trunk and contribute to the early differentiation of the blood-brain barrier. Ablation of RGCs results in excessive sprouting vessels or the absence of bilateral vertebral arteries. However, interactions of RGCs with later brain vascular networks after pattern formation remain unknown. Here, we generated a her4.3 transgenic line to label RGCs and applied the metronidazole/nitroreductase system to ablate her4.3
+ RGCs. The ablation of her4.3+ RGCs led to the collapse of the cerebral vascular network, disruption of the blood-brain barrier, and downregulation of Wnt signaling. The inhibition of Wnt signaling resulted in the collapse of cerebral vasculature, similar to that caused by her4.3+ RGC ablation. The defects in the maintenance of brain vasculature resulting from the absence of her4.3+ RGCs were partially rescued by the activation of Wnt signaling or overexpression of Wnt7aa or Wnt7bb. Together, our study suggests that her4.3+ RGCs maintain the cerebral vascular network through Wnt signaling., Competing Interests: Conflict of interest The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest with the contents of this article., (Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2024
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3. Dynamics of the cerebral microvasculature during the course of memory consolidation in the rat : physiological and altered conditions induced by hypertension and hypergravity
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Pulga, Alice, Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, CNRS UMR 5293, University of Bordeaux Victor Segalen, Université de Bordeaux, Jean-Luc Morel, and STAR, ABES
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Arterial hypertension ,Plasticité cérébrale ,Retrieval ,Réseau vasculaire cérébral ,Cerebral vascular network ,Consolidation mnésique ,Hypergravity ,Hypertension artérielle ,Rappel ,Angiogenèse ,Rat ,[SDV.NEU]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC] ,[SDV.NEU] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC] ,Angiogenesis ,Hypergravité ,Cerebral plasticity ,Memory consolidation - Abstract
While the cerebral microvasculature is known to adapt its activity according to the metabolic demand of surrounding neurons, the functional contribution of vascular networks to memory consolidation, the process by which memory traces acquire stability over time, remains elusive. By using an associative olfactory memory task in rats coupled to biochemical and imaging techniques, we investigated the dynamics of vascular changes during memory consolidation which requires a transitory interaction between the hippocampus and distributed cortical regions that ultimately support storage of enduring memories. We found that remote memory formation was associated, upon encoding, with a hypoxic signal that triggered transitory angiogenesis in specific cortical regions which support memory storage and retrieval only weeks later. Manipulating early cortical angiogenesis (ECA) by selectively blocking or stimulating the angiopoietin-2 signaling pathway impaired or improved remote memory retrieval, respectively. Enhancing ECA in spontaneously hypertensive rats, which exhibit reduced angiopoietin- 2 expression when cognitively challenged and are unable to properly stabilize and/or retrieve remotely acquired information, was efficient in rescuing the observed memory deficit, thus confirming the functional importance of ECA as a prerequisite for the formation of remote memories. Hypergravity, known to impair vascular functions, failed to alter the organization of recent and remote memory. Altogether, our findings identify ECA as a crucial neurobiological process underlying the formation and stabilization of remote memory. They highlight the importance of vascular plasticity in modulating cognitive functions and suggest that the early structural changes within vascular networks constitute a permissive mechanism for the regulation of neuronal plasticity within cortical networks which support the formation and storage of enduring memories., Les réseaux vasculaires cérébraux adaptent leur activité à la demande métabolique des neurones environnants, mais leur contribution fonctionnelle à la consolidation de la mémoire, processus par lequel les traces mnésiques se stabilisent dans le temps, reste inconnue. A l’aide d’un test de mémoire olfactif associatif couplé à des approches biochimiques et d’imagerie cérébrale chez le rat, nous avons étudié la dynamique des changements vasculaires au cours de la consolidation mnésique qui nécessite une interaction transitoire entre l'hippocampe et les régions corticales constituant les sites dépositaires des souvenirs. Nous montrons que la formation d’une mémoire durable est associée, dès l’encodage, à un signal hypoxique qui déclenche une angiogenèse transitoire dans des régions corticales spécifiques impliquées plus tard dans le stockage des souvenirs. Manipuler cette angiogenèse corticale précoce (ACP) par blocage ou stimulation spécifique de la voie de signalisation de l'angiopoïétine-2 perturbe, ou améliore, le rappel des informations anciennement acquises. Stimuler l’ACP chez un modèle de rats hypertendus présentant des déficits d’activation de la voie de l’angiopoïetine-2 et de formation de la mémoire pallie le déficit mnésique observé, confirmant l'importance fonctionnelle de l’ACP comme un prérequis à la formation des souvenirs. L'hypergravité, connue pour altérer les fonctions vasculaires, n’a pas modifié l'organisation de la mémoire. Nos résultats identifient l’ACP comme un processus neurobiologique crucial sous-tendant la formation et la stabilisation des souvenirs. Ils révèlent l'importance de la plasticité vasculaire dans la modulation des fonctions cognitives et suggèrent que les changements structurels précoces du réseau vasculaire cérébral constituent un mécanisme permissif pour la régulation de la plasticité neuronale au sein des réseaux corticaux impliqués dans la formation progressive et le stockage des souvenirs.
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4. Symbolic representation of brain vascular network with Arteriovenous Malformations from 3DRA images
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Fan Li, Raphael Blanc, Eric Petit, Olena Tankyevych, Yasmina Chenoune, SIMO, Laboratoire Images, Signaux et Systèmes Intelligents ( LISSI ), Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 ( UPEC UP12 ) -Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 ( UPEC UP12 ), Laboratoire Images, Signaux et Systèmes Intelligents (LISSI), Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12), and Amirat, Yacine
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Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations ,Symbolic representation ,[ INFO.INFO-TS ] Computer Science [cs]/Signal and Image Processing ,3DRA ,[INFO.INFO-TS] Computer Science [cs]/Signal and Image Processing ,medicine.medical_treatment ,[INFO.INFO-IM] Computer Science [cs]/Medical Imaging ,Neuroradiologist ,Imaging, Three-Dimensional ,Arteriovenous malformations ,[INFO.INFO-TS]Computer Science [cs]/Signal and Image Processing ,medicine ,[INFO.INFO-IM]Computer Science [cs]/Medical Imaging ,Segmentation ,Computer vision ,Embolization ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,[ INFO.INFO-IM ] Computer Science [cs]/Medical Imaging ,business.industry ,Angiography ,Representation (systemics) ,Cerebral vascular network ,Brain ,Arteriovenous malformation ,medicine.disease ,Embolization, Therapeutic ,Vascular network ,Artificial intelligence ,business - Abstract
International audience; Vascular imaging is crucial in the treatment of many diseases. In the case of cerebral ArterioVenous Malformation (AVM), where the vascular network can be deeply altered, an accurate knowledge of its topology is required. For this purpose, after a vessels segmentation and skeletization applied on 3D rotational angiographic images (3DRA), we build a symbolic tree representation of the vascular network thanks to topological descriptors, such as end points, junctions and branches. This leads to an efficient tool to assist the neuroradiologist to understand the feeding and the draining of the AVM and to apprehend its complex architecture in order to determine the best therapeutic strategy before and during embolization interventions.
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- 2015
5. Implication fonctionnelle des vaisseaux sanguins cérébraux dans le processus de consolidation mnésique
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Giacinti, Anaïs and STAR, ABES
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Signalisation calcique ,Angiogenèse ,Réseau vasculaire cérébral ,Cerebral vascular network ,Calcium signaling ,Consolidation mnésique ,Angiogenesis ,[SDV.NEU] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC] ,Memory consolidation - Abstract
While there is consensus that cerebral blood flow is distributed according to themetabolic demand of neurons, the contribution of vascular networks to memoryconsolidation, the process by which memories acquire stability over time, remainsunknown. This process requires a transitory hippocampal-cortical interaction allowingthe progressive remodeling of cortical neuronal networks supporting the remotememory trace.By using a behavioral task requiring an associative olfactory memory coupled to cellularimaging techniques, we first reveal, in adult healthy rats, a functional dissociationbetween the reactivity and the architecture of cerebral vascular networks. We identifycalcium signaling changes that occur in specific cerebral arteries, pointing to theirability to adapt their dynamics upon retrieval to enable the successful expression ofeither recent or remote memories. Moreover, we show that vascular networks undergo atime-dependent densification via an angiogenesis mechanism as early as one day afterlearning, including in cortical regions which will only support memory storage andretrieval weeks later. By specifically stimulating this early cortical angiogenesis, we wereable to improve the performance of rats tested for remote memory.Taken together, our results highlight the importance of vascular plasticity inmodulating neuronal plasticity and cognitive functions. They also suggest that the earlystructural changes within vascular networks could constitute a permissive mechanismwhich regulates the development of cortical dendritic spines thought to support theprogressive formation and storage of enduring memories., S’il est bien établi que le flux sanguin cérébral est distribué en fonction de la demandemétabolique des neurones, aucune étude n’a exploré la contribution du réseauvasculaire au processus de consolidation mnésique qui requiert un dialoguehippocampo-cortical permettant le remodelage progressif des réseaux neuronauxcorticaux sous-tendant la trace mnésique ancienne stabilisée.Utilisant un test comportemental induisant une mémoire olfactive associative chez lerat couplé à des techniques d’imagerie cellulaire ex vivo, nous montrons pour lapremière fois, chez le rat adulte sain, une dissociation fonctionnelle entre réactivité etarchitecture du réseau vasculaire cérébral. Nous mettons en évidence des modificationsde signalisation calcique des artères cérébrales qui suggèrent que leur dynamiques’adapte pour permettre l’expression du souvenir. De plus, suivant une cinétiquedifférente, le réseau vasculaire se densifie par angiogenèse dès le lendemain del’apprentissage, y compris dans les régions du cortex ne prenant en charge le souvenirque plusieurs semaines plus tard. En stimulant spécifiquement cette angiogenèse parinjection d’agents pharmacologiques dans le cortex, nous améliorons les performancesdes rats lors du rappel de mémoire ancienne.Pris dans leur ensemble, nos résultats soulignent l’importance de la plasticitévasculaire dans la modulation de la plasticité neuronale et des fonctions cognitives. Ilssuggèrent en outre que les changements structuraux précoces du réseau vasculairepourraient constituer un mécanisme permissif à l’origine de la régulation des épinesdendritiques corticales impliquées dans la formation et le stockage à long terme dessouvenirs.Mots
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- 2014
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