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Evaluating changes in brain vasculature of murine embryos in utero due to maternal alcohol consumption using optical coherence tomography

Raksha Raghunathan, Chen Wu, Manmohan Singh, Chih Hao Liu, Rajesh C. Miranda, Kirill V. Larin

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Abstract

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) refers to the broad spectrum of developmental and behavioral effects caused due to prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). Wide range of abnormalities vary depending on the amount of alcohol consumed and the period of consumption during gestation. PAE during early stages of pregnancy is very common. However a large number of women continue to consume alcohol even during the second trimester, a critical period for fetal neurogenesis and angiogenesis. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has shown to be extremely useful in embryonic imaging. Our previous work showed that OCT is capable of quantitative assessment of ventriculomegaly caused by maternal alcohol consumption. Although structural changes and changes in blood flow in the fetal brain after maternal alcohol consumption have been studied, acute vasculature changes are not well documented. Speckle variance OCT (SVOCT), is a functional extension of OCT that has been used to study vasculature development in embryos. We use SVOCT, to detect vasculature changes in the embryonic brain in utero, minutes after maternal alcohol consumption.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationInternational Conference on Biophotonics V
EditorsJurgen Popp, Brian C. Wilson, David D. Sampson, Dennis L. Matthews, Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510611252
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Event5th International Conference on Biophotonics, ICOB 2017 - Perth, Australia
Duration: Apr 30 2017May 1 2017

Publication series

NameProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
Volume10340
ISSN (Print)1605-7422

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Biophotonics, ICOB 2017
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityPerth
Period4/30/175/1/17

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Biomaterials
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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