12 results on '"Vallet, Alexandra"'
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2. Sleep cycle-dependent vascular dynamics in male mice and the predicted effects on perivascular cerebrospinal fluid flow and solute transport
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Bojarskaite, Laura, Vallet, Alexandra, Bjørnstad, Daniel M., Gullestad Binder, Kristin M., Cunen, Céline, Heuser, Kjell, Kuchta, Miroslav, Mardal, Kent-Andre, and Enger, Rune
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- 2023
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3. Assessment of Pressure-Volume Index During Lumbar Infusion Study: What Is the Optimal Method?
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Vallet, Alexandra, Gergelé, Laurent, Jouanneau, Emmanuel, Schmidt, Eric A., Manet, Romain, Steiger, Hans-Jakob, Series Editor, Depreitere, Bart, editor, Meyfroidt, Geert, editor, and Güiza, Fabian, editor
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- 2021
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4. Cerebrospinal fluid proteomic profile of frailty: Results from the PROLIPHYC cohort.
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Guillotin, Sophie, Fulzele, Amit, Vallet, Alexandra, de Peredo, Anne Gonzalez, Mouton‐Barbosa, Emmanuelle, Cestac, Philippe, Andrieu, Sandrine, Burlet‐Schiltz, Odile, Delcourt, Nicolas, and Schmidt, Eric
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CEREBROSPINAL fluid examination ,CEREBROSPINAL fluid ,FRAILTY ,PROTEOMICS ,CENTRAL nervous system ,PROTEIN expression ,AGE - Abstract
Frailty is a clinical state reflecting a decrease in physiological reserve capacities, known to affect numerous biological pathways and is associated with health issues, including neurodegenerative diseases. However, how global protein expression is affected in the central nervous system in frail subject remains underexplored. In this post hoc cross‐sectional biomarker analysis, we included 90 adults (52–85 years) suspected of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) and presenting with markers of neurodegenerative diseases. We investigated the human proteomic profile of cerebrospinal fluid associated with frailty defined by an established cumulated frailty index (FI, average = 0.32), not enriched for neurology clinical features. Using a label‐free quantitative proteomic approach, we identified and quantified 999 proteins of which 13 were positively associated with frailty. Pathway analysis with the top positively frailty‐associated proteins revealed enrichment for proteins related to inflammation and immune response. Among the 60 proteins negatively associated with frailty, functional pathways enriched included neurogenesis, synaptogenesis and neuronal guidance. We constructed a frailty prediction model using ridge regression with 932 standardized proteins. Our results showed that the "proteomic model" could become an equivalent predictor of FI in order to study chronological age. This study represents the first comprehensive exploration of the proteomic profile of frailty within cerebrospinal fluid. It sheds light on the physiopathology of frailty, particularly highlighting processes of neuroinflammation and inhibition of neurogenesis. Our findings unveil a range of biological mechanisms that are dysregulated in frailty, in NPH subjects at risk of neurodegenerative impairment, offering new perspectives on frailty phenotyping and prediction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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5. Analysis of intracranial pressure pulse waveform in studies on cerebrospinal compliance: a narrative review
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Kazimierska, Agnieszka, primary, Manet, Romain, additional, Vallet, Alexandra, additional, Schmidt, Eric, additional, Czosnyka, Zofia, additional, Czosnyka, Marek, additional, and Kasprowicz, Magdalena, additional
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- 2023
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6. Sleep cycle-dependent vascular dynamics enhance perivascular cerebrospinal fluid flow and solute transport
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Bojarskaite, Laura, primary, Bjørnstad, Daniel M., additional, Vallet, Alexandra, additional, Binder, Kristin M. Gullestad, additional, Cunen, Céline, additional, Heuser, Kjell, additional, Kuchta, Miroslav, additional, Mardal, Kent-Andre, additional, and Enger, Rune, additional
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- 2022
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7. Association Between Homocysteine, Frailty and Biomechanical Response of the CNS in NPH-Suspected Patients
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Guillotin, Sophie, primary, Vallet, Alexandra, additional, Lorthois, Sylvie, additional, Cestac, Philippe, additional, Schmidt, Eric, additional, and Delcourt, Nicolas, additional
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- 2022
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8. Modélisation biomécanique des mobilités des organes pelviens : vers une médecine personnalisée
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Cosson, Michel, Rubod, Chrystèle, Vallet, Alexandra, Witz, Jean-François, and Brieu, Mathias
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- 2011
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9. Intracranial fluids dynamics alterations and cortical thickness
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Vallet, Alexandra, Lorthois, Sylvie, Chauveau, Nicolas, del Campo, Natalia, Balardy, Laurent, Péran, Patrice, Lokossou, Armelle, Balédent, Olivier, Payoux, Pierre, Schmidt, Eric, Institut de mécanique des fluides de Toulouse (IMFT), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, CHU Toulouse [Toulouse], European Project: 615102,EC:FP7:ERC,ERC-2013-CoG,BRAINMICROFLOW(2014), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS (FRANCE), Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - Toulouse INP (FRANCE), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale - INSERM (FRANCE), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - UT3 (FRANCE), Université de Picardie Jules Verne (FRANCE), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse - CHU Toulouse (FRANCE), Chirurgie et extrémité céphalique, caractérisation morphologique et fonctionnelle - CHIMERE (FRANCE), Lorthois, Sylvie, Brain Microcirculation : Numerical simulation for inter-species translation with applications in human health - BRAINMICROFLOW - - EC:FP7:ERC2014-06-01 - 2019-05-31 - 615102 - VALID, Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT), and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse)
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[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio] ,[SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics] ,[SPI] Engineering Sciences [physics] ,[SPI.MECA.BIOM] Engineering Sciences [physics]/Mechanics [physics.med-ph]/Biomechanics [physics.med-ph] ,Biomécanique ,Cortical atrophy ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,[SPI.MECA.BIOM]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Mechanics [physics.med-ph]/Biomechanics [physics.med-ph] ,Cerebro-spinal fluid ,Infusion test ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS - Abstract
Objectives: The issue of cortical atrophy is important in normal aging and disease since it is associated with cognitive and physical impairments. Cortical atrophy is potentially a relevant biomarker for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The vascular component is also an integral part of AD and other late-life neurodegenerative diseases. Abnormalities in blood flow appear before accumulation of abnormal proteins in AD. The occlusion of capillaries by neutrophils are significantly higher in AD animal models than control and reduction of those occlusions with an antibody increases both blood flow and cognitive capacities. Vascular alterations lead to hypoperfusion, oxidative stress and inflammation, which in turn lead to damage of neurons, glia and myelin, predominantly in the white mater. Implication of vascular pathologies for gray matter remains unclear. A recent study showed that altered cerebral hemodyamics in asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis is associated with cortical thinning. However there is no proven link between vascular pathologies and cortical thinning. We propose to explore brain aging with a combined biomechanical and imaging approach in order to assess both fluid dynamics alterations and brain structural modifications. We hypothesize that there is a link between altered cerebral hemodynamics and loss of cortical thickness during brain aging. Methods: 80 patients suspected of hydrocephalus were prospectively involved. All patients complain of gait alteration, urinary difficulties, mild apathy and ventriculomegaly on brain imaging. They all underwent brain MRI with T1 weighted images to quantify cortical thickness and phase contrast images to measure arterial, venous and CSF velocities. Lumbar infusion test was also performed to gauge lumbar pressure, a surrogate marker of intracranial pressure (ICP), and CSF dynamics. The cortical volumetric segmentation was done by an automatic post-processing analysis with FREESURFER and local thicknesses were assessed with CorThiZon. Venous, arterial and CSF velocities were measured from PCMRI with BIOFLOWIMAGE software. ICP and CSF dynamics were extracted form infusion tests. Pearson correlations were calculated between cortical thickness and arterial, venous and CSF velocities, but also ICP and derived indices. Results: Mean cortical thickness is positively correlated with mean ICP (r=0.48, p=0.001), ICP pulse amplitude (r=0.43, p=0.001), arterial flow (r=0.44, p=0.001), aqueductal CSF flow(r=046, p=0.001), but negatively correlates with venous flow (r=-0.44, p=0.001). Conclusions: We demonstrate that cortical thickness is correlated with arterial and CSF pulsatility. The causality is more complex since it involves local microcirculation that could not be directly measured. However the association between intracranial pulsatility and gray matter thickness suggests that there is a relationship between vascular alterations at the macroscale level and the pathobiology of cortical atrophy.
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- 2019
10. Simulation des mobilités pelviennes : optimisation topologique du système ligamentaire
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Vallet, Alexandra, WITZ, J.F., BRIEU, Mathias, Rubod, Chrystèle, Cosson, Michel, Service irevues, irevues, and Association Française de Mécanique
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[PHYS.MECA]Physics [physics]/Mechanics [physics] ,[PHYS.MECA] Physics [physics]/Mechanics [physics] - Abstract
Colloque avec actes et comité de lecture. Internationale.; International audience; Le prolapsus génital féminin est un phénomène encore mal compris avec un taux d'échec des techniques chirurgicales élevé (de 10 à 40%). Nous proposons un modèle 3D de la cavité pelvienne construit à partir d'images IRM d'une patiente saine. Les résultats numériques sont comparés avec des analyses de champs de déplacements issus d images IRM dynamiques de la même patiente en effort de poussée. L'introduction progressive des ligaments et des conditions aux limites tout en quantifiant l'écart à la réalité nous mène vers un modèle cohérent permettant une étude de sensibilité.
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- 2011
11. Modélisation hydrodynamique du schéma d'allumage par choc pour la fusion par confinement inertiel
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VALLET, Alexandra, Vladimir Tikhonchuk, Xavier Ribeyre, Dimitri Batani [Président], Serge Bouquet [Rapporteur], Stefano Atzeni [Rapporteur], Erik Lefebvre, Peter Norreys, Centre d'Etudes Lasers Intenses et Applications (CELIA), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Bordeaux, Tikhonchuk, Vladimir, Ribeyre, Xavier, Lefebvre, Erik, Norreys, Peter, Batani, Dimitri, Bouquet, Serge, and Atzeni, Stefano
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Ablation pressure ,Fusion par confinement inertiel ,Eléctrons chauds ,Shock dynamics ,Shock ignition ,Inertial confinement fusion ,Self-similar solution ,Hot-electrons ,Solution auto-semblable ,Allumage par choc ,[SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM] ,Perturbative approach ,Pression d'ablation ,Dynamique du choc ,Spherical shock wave ,Choc sphérique - Abstract
The shock ignition concept in inertial confinement fusion uses an intense power spike at the end of an assembly laser pulse. the key feature of shock ignition are the generation of a high ablation pressure, the shock pressure amplification by at least a factor of a hundred in the cold fuel shell and the shock coupling to the hot-spot. in this theses, new semi-analytical hydrodynamic models are developed to describe the ignitor shock from its generation up to the moment of fuel ignition. A model is developed to describe a spherical concerging shock wave in a pre-heated hotspot. The self-similar solution developed by Guderley is perturbed over the shock Mach number Ms >>1. The first order correction accounts for the effects of the shock strength. An analytical ignition criterion is defined in terms of the shock strength ans th hot-spot areal density. The ignition threshold is higher when the initial Mach number of the shock is lower. A minimal shock pressure of 20 Gbar is needed when it enters the hot-spot. The shock dynamics in the imploding shell is the analyzed. The shock is propagating into a non inertial medium with a high radial pressure gradient and an averall pressure increase with time. The collision with a returning shock coming from the assembly phase enhances further the ignitor shock pressure. The analytica theory allows to des cribe the shock pressure and strength evolution in a typical shock ignition implosion. It is demonstrated that, in the case of the HiPER target design, a generation shock pressure near the ablation zone on the order of 300-400 Mbar is needed. An analysis of experiments on the strong shock generation performed on the OMEGA laser facility is presented. It is sown that a shock presssure close to 300 Mbar near the ablation zone has been reached with an absorbed laser intensity up to 2 x 10(15) W:cm-2 and a laser wavelength of 351 nm. This value is two times higher than the one expected from collisional laser absorption only. That significant pressure enhancement is explained by contribution of hot-electrons generated by non-linear laser/plasma interaction in the corona. The proposed analytical models allow to optimize the shock ignition scheme, including the inuence of the implosion parameters. Analytical, numerical and experimental results are mutualy consistent.; Le schéma d'allumage par choc pour la fusion par confinement inertiel utilise une impulsion laser intense à la fin d'une phase d'assemblage de combustible. Les paramètres clefs de ce schéma sont la génération d'une haute pression d'ablation, l'amplification de la pression du choc généré par un facteur supérieur à cent et le couplage du choc avec le point chaud de la cible. Dans cette thèse, de nouveaux modèles semi-analytiques sont développés afin de décrire le choc d'allumage depuis sa génération jusqu'à l'allumage du combustible. Tout d'abord, un choc sphérique convergent dans le coeur pré-chauffé de la cible est décrit. Le modèle est obtenu par perturbation de la solution auto-semblable de Guderley en tenant compte du nombre de Mach du choc élevé mais fini. La correction d'ordre un tient compte de l'effet de la force du choc. Un critère d'allumage analytique est exprimé en fonction de la densité surfacique du point chaud et de la pression du choc d'allumage. Le seuil d'allumage est plus élevé pour un nombre de Mach faible. Il est montré que la pression minimale du choc, lorsqu'il entre dans le coeur de la cible, est de 20Gbar. La dynamique du choc dans la coquille en implosion est ensuite analysée. Le choc se propage dans un milieu non inertiel avec un fort gradient de pression et une augmentation temporelle générale de la pression. La pression du choc est amplifiée plus encore durant la collision avec une onde de choc divergente provenant de la phase d'assemblage. Les modèles analytiques développés permettent une description de la pression et de la force du choc dans une simulation typique de l'allumage par choc. Il est démontré que, dans le cas d'une cible HiPER, une pression initiale du choc de l'ordre de 300 Mbar dans la zone d'ablation est nécessaire. Il est proposé une analyse des expériences sur la génération de chocs forts avec l'installation laser OMEGA. Il est montré qu'une pression du choc proche de 300Mbar est atteinte près de la zone d'ablation avec une intensité laser absorbée de l'ordre de 2 X 10(15) W.cm-2 et une longueur d'onde de 351 nm. Cette valeur de la pression est deux fois plus importante que la valeur attendue en considérant une absorption collisionnelle de l'énergie laser. Cette importante différence est expliquée par la contribution d'électrons supra-thermiques générés durant l'interaction laser/plasma dans la couronne. Les modèles analytiques proposés permettent une optimisation de l'allumage par choc lorsque les paramètres de la phase d'assemblage, sont pris en compte. Les diverses approches analytiques, numériques et expérimentales sont cohérentes entre-elles.
12. [Biomechanical modeling of pelvic organ mobility: towards personalized medicine].
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Cosson M, Rubod C, Vallet A, Witz JF, and Brieu M
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- Biomechanical Phenomena, Female, Humans, Ligaments anatomy & histology, Ligaments physiology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Computer Simulation, Models, Biological, Pelvis anatomy & histology, Pelvis physiology
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Female pelvic mobility is crucial for urinary, bowel and sexual function and for vaginal delivery. This mobility is ensured by a complex organ suspension system composed of ligaments, fascia and muscles. Impaired pelvic mobility affects one in three women of all ages and can be incapacitating. Surgical management has a high failure rate, largely owing to poor knowledge of the organ support system, including the barely discernible ligamentous system. We propose a 3D digital model of the pelvic cavity based on MRI images and quantitative tools, designed to locate the pelvic ligaments. We thus obtain a coherent anatomical and functional model which can be used to analyze pelvic pathophysiology. This work represents a first step towards creating a tool for localizing and characterizing the source of pelvic imbalance. We examine possible future applications of this model, in terms of personalized therapy and prevention.
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- 2011
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