PMID- 29791320 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190329 LR - 20220129 IS - 1361-6579 (Electronic) IS - 0967-3334 (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 6 DP - 2018 Jun 19 TI - Modelling the cerebral haemodynamic response in the physiological range of PaCO(2). PG - 065001 LID - 10.1088/1361-6579/aac76b [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: Arterial CO(2) (PaCO(2)) has a strong effect on cerebral blood flow (CBF), but its influence on CBF regulatory mechanisms and circulatory systemic variables has not been fully described over the entire physiological range of PaCO(2). APPROACH: CBF velocity (CBFV, transcranial Doppler), blood pressure (BP, Finometer) and end-tidal CO(2) (EtCO(2), capnography) were measured in 45 healthy volunteers (19 male, mean age 37.5 years, range 21-71) at baseline, and in response to hypo- (-5 mm Hg and -10 mm Hg below baseline) and hypercapnia (5% and 8% CO(2)), applied in random order. MAIN RESULTS: CBFV, cerebral dynamic autoregulation index (ARI), heart rate (HR), arterial blood pressure (ABP), critical closing pressure (CrCP) and resistance-area product (RAP) changed significantly (all p < 0.0001) for hypo- and hyper-capnia. These parameters were shown to follow a logistic curve relationship representing a 'dose-response' curve for the effects of PaCO(2) on the cerebral and systemic circulations. The four logistic model parameters describing each 'dose-response' curve were specific to each of the modelled variables (ANOVA p < 0.0001). SIGNIFICANCE: The ability to model the CBFV, ARI, HR, ABP, CrCP and RAP dependency of PaCO(2) over its entire physiological range is a powerful tool for physiological and clinical studies, including the need to perform adjustments in disease populations with differing values of baseline PaCO(2). FAU - Minhas, J S AU - Minhas JS AD - Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Cerebral Haemodynamics in Ageing and Stroke Medicine (CHIASM) Research Group, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom. FAU - Panerai, R B AU - Panerai RB FAU - Robinson, T G AU - Robinson TG LA - eng GR - RTF97/0117/DMT_/The Dunhill Medical Trust/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180619 PL - England TA - Physiol Meas JT - Physiological measurement JID - 9306921 RN - 142M471B3J (Carbon Dioxide) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Arteries/*metabolism/physiology MH - Carbon Dioxide/*metabolism MH - *Cerebrovascular Circulation MH - Female MH - *Hemodynamics MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - *Models, Biological MH - Young Adult EDAT- 2018/05/24 06:00 MHDA- 2019/03/30 06:00 CRDT- 2018/05/24 06:00 PHST- 2018/05/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/03/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/05/24 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1088/1361-6579/aac76b [doi] PST - epublish SO - Physiol Meas. 2018 Jun 19;39(6):065001. doi: 10.1088/1361-6579/aac76b.