Bedside tools are needed to alert clinicians to the onset of ischemic stroke. Resting-state hemodynamics with optical intrinsic signal imaging (OIS) were assessed in mice before and after middle cerebral artery (MCA) stroke. OIS analysis included resting-state functional connectivity (FC), low frequency power (LFP, local brain activity), and temporal-shift delay (impaired perfusion). Immediately after stroke, there is a decrease in homotopic connectivity and an absence of LFP in stroke-affected hemisphere; perfusion deficits were more localized. Over 24 hours, LFP and delayed perfusion localized in the core MCA territory (matching TTC staining). Such biomarker development could translate to optical bedside technologies.
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