Elsevier

Microvascular Research

Volume 52, Issue 3, November 1996, Pages 235-244
Microvascular Research

Regular Article
Dynamic Coherence Analysis of Vasomotion and Flow Motion in Skeletal Muscle Microcirculation

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Abstract

The aim of our study was to determine the cause of fluctuations in microvascular blood flow measured by laser Doppler perfusion monitoring (LDPM) in microvessels of the hamster skin fold preparation. LDPM flow fluctuations (flow motion) were compared to simultaneous records of diameter changes obtained from arterioles and venules. Time-varying coherence analysis was used to quantify the frequency of flow and diameter changes in awake hamsters in control conditions and during sodium nitroprusside-induced vasodilation. Power spectrum analysis of LDPM signals of order 4 and 3 arterioles indicated frequencies of 0.06 ± 0.01 and 0.08 ± 0.02 Hz, respectively. Order 3 arterioles exhibited significant temporal coherence between flow motion and vasomotion signals at a frequency of the order of 0.1 Hz. There was lack of coherence when vasomotion was absent in arterioles. Order 4 arterioles had several coherent frequencies in addition to that around 0.1 Hz. In conclusion, time-variant coherence analysis indicated that spontaneous fluctuations in flow are caused by vasomotion of order 3 arterioles with frequency around 0.1 Hz that appears to coordinate local control processes in the microcirculation. Additional frequency components present in LDPM signals are unrelated to vasomotion.

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