Cerebral MR elastography paired with arterial spin labelling was applied to a group of healthy male subjects during a hypercapnia challenge to analyze the interrelation between cerebral blood flow and mechanical properties of brain tissue in vivo. Hypercapnia-induced vasodilation and the associated increase in blood perfusion was accompanied by a highly significant increase in global cerebral stiffness by 3% (p<0.0001).
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