Effects of changes in end‐tidal PO2 and PCO2 on neural responses during rest and sustained attention

Abstract Impairments of cognitive function during alterations in arterial blood gases (e.g., high‐altitude hypoxia) may result from the disruption of neurovascular coupling; however, the link between changes in arterial blood gases, cognition, and cerebral blood flow (CBF) is poorly understood. To i...

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Autores principales: Tom Bullock, Barry Giesbrecht, Andrew E. Beaudin, Bradley G. Goodyear, Marc J. Poulin
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:46c475b2f70e4462afe034b73e7927042021-11-15T09:54:40ZEffects of changes in end‐tidal PO2 and PCO2 on neural responses during rest and sustained attention2051-817X10.14814/phy2.15106https://doaj.org/article/46c475b2f70e4462afe034b73e7927042021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.15106https://doaj.org/toc/2051-817XAbstract Impairments of cognitive function during alterations in arterial blood gases (e.g., high‐altitude hypoxia) may result from the disruption of neurovascular coupling; however, the link between changes in arterial blood gases, cognition, and cerebral blood flow (CBF) is poorly understood. To interrogate this link, we developed a multimodal empirical strategy capable of monitoring neural correlates of cognition and CBF simultaneously. Human participants performed a sustained attention task during hypoxia, hypercapnia, hypocapnia, and normoxia while electroencephalographic (EEG) activity and CBF (middle and posterior cerebral arteries; transcranial Doppler ultrasound) were simultaneously measured. The protocol alternated between rest and engaging in a visual target detection task that required participants to monitor a sequence of brief‐duration colored circles and detect infrequent, longer duration circles (targets). The target detection task was overlaid on a large, circular checkerboard that provided robust visual stimulation. Spectral decomposition and event‐related potential (ERP) analyses were applied to the EEG data to investigate spontaneous and task‐specific fluctuations in neural activity. There were three main sets of findings: (1) spontaneous alpha oscillatory activity was modulated as a function of arterial CO2 (hypocapnia and hypercapnia), (2) task‐related neurovascular coupling was disrupted by all arterial blood gas manipulations, and (3) changes in task‐related alpha and theta band activity and attenuation of the P3 ERP component amplitude were observed during hypocapnia. Since alpha and theta are linked with suppression of visual processing and executive control and P3 amplitude with task difficulty, these data suggest that transient arterial blood gas changes can modulate multiple stages of cognitive information processing.Tom BullockBarry GiesbrechtAndrew E. BeaudinBradley G. GoodyearMarc J. PoulinWileyarticlearterial blood gassesattentionEEGneural oscillationsneurovascular couplingP3 ERPPhysiologyQP1-981ENPhysiological Reports, Vol 9, Iss 21, Pp n/a-n/a (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic arterial blood gasses
attention
EEG
neural oscillations
neurovascular coupling
P3 ERP
Physiology
QP1-981
spellingShingle arterial blood gasses
attention
EEG
neural oscillations
neurovascular coupling
P3 ERP
Physiology
QP1-981
Tom Bullock
Barry Giesbrecht
Andrew E. Beaudin
Bradley G. Goodyear
Marc J. Poulin
Effects of changes in end‐tidal PO2 and PCO2 on neural responses during rest and sustained attention
description Abstract Impairments of cognitive function during alterations in arterial blood gases (e.g., high‐altitude hypoxia) may result from the disruption of neurovascular coupling; however, the link between changes in arterial blood gases, cognition, and cerebral blood flow (CBF) is poorly understood. To interrogate this link, we developed a multimodal empirical strategy capable of monitoring neural correlates of cognition and CBF simultaneously. Human participants performed a sustained attention task during hypoxia, hypercapnia, hypocapnia, and normoxia while electroencephalographic (EEG) activity and CBF (middle and posterior cerebral arteries; transcranial Doppler ultrasound) were simultaneously measured. The protocol alternated between rest and engaging in a visual target detection task that required participants to monitor a sequence of brief‐duration colored circles and detect infrequent, longer duration circles (targets). The target detection task was overlaid on a large, circular checkerboard that provided robust visual stimulation. Spectral decomposition and event‐related potential (ERP) analyses were applied to the EEG data to investigate spontaneous and task‐specific fluctuations in neural activity. There were three main sets of findings: (1) spontaneous alpha oscillatory activity was modulated as a function of arterial CO2 (hypocapnia and hypercapnia), (2) task‐related neurovascular coupling was disrupted by all arterial blood gas manipulations, and (3) changes in task‐related alpha and theta band activity and attenuation of the P3 ERP component amplitude were observed during hypocapnia. Since alpha and theta are linked with suppression of visual processing and executive control and P3 amplitude with task difficulty, these data suggest that transient arterial blood gas changes can modulate multiple stages of cognitive information processing.
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author Tom Bullock
Barry Giesbrecht
Andrew E. Beaudin
Bradley G. Goodyear
Marc J. Poulin
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Barry Giesbrecht
Andrew E. Beaudin
Bradley G. Goodyear
Marc J. Poulin
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title Effects of changes in end‐tidal PO2 and PCO2 on neural responses during rest and sustained attention
title_short Effects of changes in end‐tidal PO2 and PCO2 on neural responses during rest and sustained attention
title_full Effects of changes in end‐tidal PO2 and PCO2 on neural responses during rest and sustained attention
title_fullStr Effects of changes in end‐tidal PO2 and PCO2 on neural responses during rest and sustained attention
title_full_unstemmed Effects of changes in end‐tidal PO2 and PCO2 on neural responses during rest and sustained attention
title_sort effects of changes in end‐tidal po2 and pco2 on neural responses during rest and sustained attention
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