Hoshi Y, Onoe H, Watanabe Y, Andersson J, Bergström M, Lilja A, Långström B, Tamura M
Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Neurosci Lett. 1994 May 19;172(1-2):129-33. doi: 10.1016/0304-3940(94)90679-3.
In near-infrared spectroscopic studies during mental tasks such as problem solving and mental arithmetic, we found that 9 of 33 healthy volunteers showed decreases in both the regional cerebral blood flow (r-CBF) and oxygen consumption rate (CMRO2) in the frontal region of the dominant hemisphere. To confirm these unexpected observations, we performed simultaneous measurements by positron emission tomography (PET) and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in two such subjects. PET images also showed that CBF decreased within the presumptive area illuminated by near-infrared light during mental task. However, CBF decreased in almost all regions while the subject gave a correct answer. Thus, the questions arose: Are mental tasks always associated with increases in r-CBF and/or CMRO2?
在诸如解决问题和心算等思维任务期间进行的近红外光谱研究中,我们发现,33名健康志愿者中有9人在优势半球额叶区域的局部脑血流量(r-CBF)和氧消耗率(CMRO2)均出现下降。为了证实这些意外的观察结果,我们对两名此类受试者进行了正电子发射断层扫描(PET)和近红外光谱(NIRS)同步测量。PET图像还显示,在思维任务期间,近红外光照射的假定区域内CBF下降。然而,当受试者给出正确答案时,几乎所有区域的CBF都下降了。因此,出现了这样的问题:思维任务是否总是与r-CBF和/或CMRO2的增加相关?