RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Absolute Changes in Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Association with Upright Posture in Humans: An Orthostatic PET Study
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine
JO J Nucl Med
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 707
OP 712
VO 42
IS 5
A1 Yasuomi Ouchi
A1 Hiroyuki Okada
A1 Etsuji Yoshikawa
A1 Masami Futatsubashi
A1 Shuji Nobezawa
YR 2001
UL http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/42/5/707.abstract
AB To determine whether hemodynamic parameters are changed by upright posture in healthy middle-aged humans, absolute values of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) were investigated for three different orthostatic conditions. Methods: PET with [15O]H2O and arterial blood sampling were performed on eight middle-aged healthy volunteers while they were sitting passively or standing actively. Absolute rCBF values estimated by the autoradiographic method in regions of interest were compared using ANOVA, and relative changes in rCBF were also analyzed voxel by voxel using statistical parametric mapping (SPM). Results: Physiologic data remained unchanged for different conditions. ANOVA and SPM showed that absolute and relative rCBF levels were significantly elevated in the cerebellar vermis in the standing position compared with those in the supine and sitting positions. In contrast, ANOVA showed that rCBF in the frontal and parietal cortices tended to be lower in the sitting and standing positions than in the supine position. Regression analysis showed that the frontal rCBF measured during standing tended to be inversely correlated with age. Conclusion: The results showed that cerebellar vermis activation was more marked in the standing position than in the sitting or supine positions, indicating that the vermis is a neural substrate for controlling voluntary upright posture. Brain perfusion in the distal internal carotid artery region may be subject to orthostatic postural changes in healthy middle-aged humans.