Effects on resting cerebral blood flow and functional connectivity induced by metoclopramide: a perfusion MRI study in healthy volunteers
Background and purpose: The substituted benzamide, metoclopramide, is a dopamine receptor anatagonist and is widely prescribed in the symptomatic treatment of nausea and vomiting, although it can cause adverse motor and non-motor side effects. The effects of metoclopramide on brain metabolism have n...
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| author | Fernández-Seara, M.A. (María A.) Aznárez-Sanado, M. (Maite) Mengual, E. (Elisa) Irigoyen, J. (Jaione) Heukamp, F. (F.) Pastor, M.A. (María A.) |
| author_facet | Fernández-Seara, M.A. (María A.) Aznárez-Sanado, M. (Maite) Mengual, E. (Elisa) Irigoyen, J. (Jaione) Heukamp, F. (F.) Pastor, M.A. (María A.) |
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| description | Background and purpose: The substituted benzamide, metoclopramide, is a dopamine receptor anatagonist and is widely prescribed in the symptomatic treatment of nausea and vomiting, although it can cause adverse motor and non-motor side effects. The effects of metoclopramide on brain metabolism have not been investigated to date. Experimental approach: To determine effects of metaclopramide on brain function, cerebral perfusion changes after a single oral dose were assessed in healthy volunteers using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques. Arterial spin labeling (ASL) perfusion MRI was used to measure cerebral blood flow before and after metoclopramide. Blood haemodynamics in the vertebral and internal carotid arteries were evaluated using phase-contrast MRI. Key results: Metoclopramide altered haemodynamics in the carotid arteries and the cerebral perfusion. Perfusion increased bilaterally in the putamen, consistent with antagonism of dopamine D(2) receptors by metoclopramide and possibly related to its motor side-effects. In contrast, reduced perfusion was observed in the insular cortices and anterior temporal lobes. In addition, functional connectivity between the insular cortex and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex was decreased. Conclusions and implications: These cortical changes affecting neural circuits between high-order association areas may underlie certain neuropsychiatric conditions occasionally reported after metoclopramide administration. The present results show the sensitivity of ASL to detect small changes in regional blood flow, closely related to brain function, after a single pharmacological challenge, highlighting the potential of this technique for human pharmacological studies. |
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| spelling | oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171-152632021-05-31T09:49:42Z Effects on resting cerebral blood flow and functional connectivity induced by metoclopramide: a perfusion MRI study in healthy volunteers Fernández-Seara, M.A. (María A.) Aznárez-Sanado, M. (Maite) Mengual, E. (Elisa) Irigoyen, J. (Jaione) Heukamp, F. (F.) Pastor, M.A. (María A.) Metoclopramide Functional connectivity Arterial spin labeling Antipsychotic Basal ganglia metabolism Cerebral perfusion Insula Background and purpose: The substituted benzamide, metoclopramide, is a dopamine receptor anatagonist and is widely prescribed in the symptomatic treatment of nausea and vomiting, although it can cause adverse motor and non-motor side effects. The effects of metoclopramide on brain metabolism have not been investigated to date. Experimental approach: To determine effects of metaclopramide on brain function, cerebral perfusion changes after a single oral dose were assessed in healthy volunteers using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques. Arterial spin labeling (ASL) perfusion MRI was used to measure cerebral blood flow before and after metoclopramide. Blood haemodynamics in the vertebral and internal carotid arteries were evaluated using phase-contrast MRI. Key results: Metoclopramide altered haemodynamics in the carotid arteries and the cerebral perfusion. Perfusion increased bilaterally in the putamen, consistent with antagonism of dopamine D(2) receptors by metoclopramide and possibly related to its motor side-effects. In contrast, reduced perfusion was observed in the insular cortices and anterior temporal lobes. In addition, functional connectivity between the insular cortex and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex was decreased. Conclusions and implications: These cortical changes affecting neural circuits between high-order association areas may underlie certain neuropsychiatric conditions occasionally reported after metoclopramide administration. The present results show the sensitivity of ASL to detect small changes in regional blood flow, closely related to brain function, after a single pharmacological challenge, highlighting the potential of this technique for human pharmacological studies. 2011-01-11T15:10:19Z 2011-01-11T15:10:19Z 2010-12-22 info:eu-repo/semantics/article https://hdl.handle.net/10171/15263 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Wiley-Blackwell |
| spellingShingle | Metoclopramide Functional connectivity Arterial spin labeling Antipsychotic Basal ganglia metabolism Cerebral perfusion Insula Fernández-Seara, M.A. (María A.) Aznárez-Sanado, M. (Maite) Mengual, E. (Elisa) Irigoyen, J. (Jaione) Heukamp, F. (F.) Pastor, M.A. (María A.) Effects on resting cerebral blood flow and functional connectivity induced by metoclopramide: a perfusion MRI study in healthy volunteers |
| title | Effects on resting cerebral blood flow and functional connectivity induced by metoclopramide: a perfusion MRI study in healthy volunteers |
| title_full | Effects on resting cerebral blood flow and functional connectivity induced by metoclopramide: a perfusion MRI study in healthy volunteers |
| title_fullStr | Effects on resting cerebral blood flow and functional connectivity induced by metoclopramide: a perfusion MRI study in healthy volunteers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects on resting cerebral blood flow and functional connectivity induced by metoclopramide: a perfusion MRI study in healthy volunteers |
| title_short | Effects on resting cerebral blood flow and functional connectivity induced by metoclopramide: a perfusion MRI study in healthy volunteers |
| title_sort | effects on resting cerebral blood flow and functional connectivity induced by metoclopramide: a perfusion mri study in healthy volunteers |
| topic | Metoclopramide Functional connectivity Arterial spin labeling Antipsychotic Basal ganglia metabolism Cerebral perfusion Insula |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10171/15263 |
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