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Abstract #0998

Test-retest reliability of coupling between cerebrovascularoscillations and cerebrospinal fluid flow fluctuations

Weiwei Zhao1, Tianxin Mao1, Yao Deng1, and Hengyi Rao1
1Center for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research & Key Laboratory of Brain-Machine Intelligence for Information Behavior (Ministry of Education and Shanghai), Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China

Synopsis

Keywords: Neurofluids, Reproductive, gBOLD-CSF coupling, Glymphatics, Sleep deprivation

Motivation: The coupling strength of global blood-oxygen-level-dependent (gBOLD) signals and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) inflow have been suggested to be an indicator of glymphatic system function. However, few studies have validated its test-retest reproducibility.

Goal(s): To assess the reproducibility of gBOLD-CSF coupling.

Approach: Thirteen adults of the sleep deprivation (SD) group and 14 adults of the control group underwent three fMRI. The reliability of gBOLD-CSF coupling was evaluated by the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC).

Results: A higher ICC (0.525, P = 0.001) was observed in the control group compared with the SD group (0.137, P = 0.086).

Impact: The gBOLD-CSF coupling shows good reproducibility, but care should be taken when interpreting longitudinal changes of the gBOLD-CSF coupling that may be influenced by participants’ drowsiness. Sleep should be considered an important factor in future studies exploring the glymphatic system.

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