Influence of interaction of cerebral fluids on ventricular deformation: A mathematical approach

PLoS One. 2022 Feb 28;17(2):e0264395. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264395. eCollection 2022.

Abstract

This paper describes the effects of the interaction of cerebral fluids (arterial, capillary and venous blood, cerebrospinal fluid) on ventricular wall displacement and periventricular pressure using a mathematical multiphase poroelasticity model for the cerebral parenchyma. The interaction of cerebral fluids is given by a set of four numerical coefficients. A multiple linear regression with interaction is constructed that allows us to quantify the effect of these coefficients on the average ventricular wall displacement. The prevailing influence of an arterial-liquor component was observed. The sets of coefficients associated with such pathological conditions were found: normal pressure hydrocephalus, intracranial hypertension, and replacement ventriculomegaly under a prolonged hypoperfusion.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cerebral Ventricles* / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Ventricles* / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure* / diagnostic imaging
  • Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure* / physiopathology
  • Models, Neurological*

Grants and funding

The research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation project No. 20–71-10034 (https://www.rscf.ru/). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.