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The search for reversibility of Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus [Elektronisk resurs] Aspects on intracranial pressure measurments and CSF volume alteration

Lenfeldt, Niklas, 1972- (författare)
Malm, Jan (preses)
Eklund, Anders (preses)
Riklund-Åhlström, Katrine (preses)
Pickard, John D. (opponent)
Umeå universitet Medicinska fakulteten (utgivare)
Publicerad: Umeå : Farmakologi och klinisk neurovetenskap, 2007
Engelska 74
Serie: Umeå University medical dissertations, 0346-6612 0346-6612 ; 1133
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  • E-bokAvhandling(Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Umeå universitet, 2007)
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  • BACKGROUND: Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH) is still a syndrome generating more questions than answers. Today, research focuses mainly on two areas: understanding the pathophysiology – especially how the malfunctioning CSF system affects the brain parenchyma – and finding better methods to select patients benefiting from a shunt operation. This thesis targets the aspect of finding better selection methods by investigating the measurability of intracranial pressure via lumbar space, and determining if intraparenchymal measurement of long-term ICP-oscillations (B-waves) could be replaced by short-term measurements of CSF pulse pressure waves via lumbar space. Furthermore, I look into the interaction between the CSF system and the parenchyma itself by investigating how the cortical activity of the brain changes after long-term CSF drainage, and if there is any regress in the suggested ischemia after this intervention. Finally, I examine if the neuronal integrity in the INPH brain is impaired, and if this feature is relevant for the likeliness of improvement after CSF diversion. METHODS: The comparison of intracranial and lumbar pressure was made over a vast pressure interval using our unique CSF infusion technique, and it included ten INPH patients. Pressure was measured via lumbar space and in brain tissue, and the pressures were compared using a general linear model. Short-term lumbar pressure waves were quantified by determining the slope between CSF pulse pressure and mean pressure, defined as the relative pulse pressure coefficient (RPPC). The correlation between RPPC, B-waves and CSF outflow resistance was investigated. In a prospective study, functional MRI was used to assess brain activity before and after long-term CSF drainage of 400 ml of CSF in eleven INPH patients. The functionalities tested included finger movement, memory, and attention. The results were benchmarked against the activity in ten healthy controls to identify the brain areas improving after drainage. The ischemia (Lactate) and neuronal integrity (NAA and Choline) were measured in a similar manner in 16 patients using proton MR spectroscopy, and the improvement of the patients after CSF drainage was based on assessment of their gait. RESULTS: There was excellent agreement between ICP measured in brain tissue and via lumbar space (regression coefficient = 0.98, absolute difference < 1 mm Hg). Adjusting for the separation distance between the measuring devices slightly worsened the agreement, indicating other factors influencing the measured difference as well. RPPC measured via lumbar space significantly correlated to the presence of B-waves, but not to outflow resistance. In the prospective study, controls outperformed patients on clinical tests as well as tasks related to the experiments. Improved behaviour after CSF drainage was found for motor function only, and it was accompanied by increased activation in the supplementary motor area (SMA). No lactate was detected, either before or after CSF drainage. NAA was decreased in INPH patients compared to controls, and the NAA levels were higher in the patients improving after drainage. CONCLUSIONS: ICP can be accurately measured via lumbar space in patients with communicating CSF systems. The close relation between RPPC and B-waves indicates that B-waves are primarily related to intracranial compliance, and that measurement of RPPC via lumbar space could possibly substitute B-wave assessment as selection method for finding suitable patients for shunt surgery. Improvement in motor function after CSF drainage was associated to enhanced activity in SMA, supporting the involvement of the cortico-basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical loop in the pathophysiology of INPH. There was no evidence indicating a widespread low-graded ischemia in INPH; however, there was a neuronal dysfunction in frontal white matter as indicated by the reduced levels of NAA. In addition, the level of neuronal dysfunction was related to the likeliness of improvement after CSF removal, normal levels of NAA predisposing for recovery. 

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Medical and Health Sciences  (hsv)
Clinical Medicine  (hsv)
Neurology  (hsv)
Medicin och hälsovetenskap  (hsv)
Klinisk medicin  (hsv)
Neurologi  (hsv)
MEDICINE  (svep)
Dermatology and venerology,clinical genetics, internal medicine  (svep)
Internal medicine  (svep)
Neurology  (svep)
MEDICIN  (svep)
Dermatologi och venerologi, klinisk genetik, invärtesmedicin  (svep)
Invärtesmedicin  (svep)
Neurologi  (svep)

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Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus
intracranial pressure
subcortical ischemia
neuronal integrity
cortical activation.
infusion test
cerebrospinal fluid dynamics
outflow resistance
compliance
elastance
proton spectroscopy
functional MRI
external lumbar drainage
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