Natalizumab and regulation of cerebral blood flow: results from an observational study
M Reinhard, B Rosengarten, L Kirchhoff, A Hetzel, S Rauer · Klinische Neurophysiologie · 2010 · Heft 03
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Aims: Natalizumab inhibits adherence of leukocytes to the cerebral endothelium. Leukocytes play a role in regulating the vascular tone. Natalizumab may thus also affect cerebral vasoregulation. This observational study investigates whether neurovascular coupling and cerebral autoregulation are altered after routine clinical infusion of natalizumab in patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis. Methods: In eighteen patients receiving a regular infusion of 300mg natalizumab, neurovascular coupling to visual stimulation (control system approach) and dynamic cerebral autoregulation (phase and gain of 0.1Hz…