The effects of dehydration on brain volume - preliminary results

DICKSON, J. M., WEAVERS, H. M., MITCHELL, N., WINTER, E. M., WILKINSON, I. D., VAN BEEK, E. J. R., WILD, J. M. and GRIFFITHS, P. D. (2005). The effects of dehydration on brain volume - preliminary results. International journal of sports medicine, 26 (6), 481-485.

Full text not available from this repository.
Link to published version:: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2004-821318

Abstract

In adults the cranium is a rigid bony vault of fixed size and therefore the intra-cranial volume is a constant which equals the sum of the volume of the brain, the intra-cranial volume of CSF and the intra-cranial volume of blood. There can be marked changes in the volumes of these three intra-cranial compartments which may influence susceptibility to brain damage after head injury. This is the first study to investigate the relationship between dehydration and changes in the volume of the brain and the cerebral ventricles. Six healthy control subjects underwent magnetic resonance imaging of the brain before and after a period of exercise in an environmental chamber. The subjects lost between 2.1 % and 2.6 % of their body mass due to water loss through sweating. We found a correlation between the degree of dehydration and the change in ventricular volume (r = 0.932, p = 0.007). The changes in ventricular volume caused by dehydration were much larger than those seen in day-to-day fluctuations in a normally hydrated healthy control subject.

Item Type: Article
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Centre for Sport and Exercise Science
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2004-821318
Page Range: 481-485
Depositing User: Ann Betterton
Date Deposited: 18 Dec 2008
Last Modified: 19 Mar 2021 01:15
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/608

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

View more statistics