We present an experimental procedure for measuring the partial pressure of oxygen (pO2) in cerebral vasculature based on oxygen-dependent quenching of phosphorescence. Animal preparation and imaging procedures were outlined for both large field of view CCD-based imaging of pO2 in rats and 2-photon excitation based imaging of pO2 in mice.
Sakadžić, S., Roussakis, E., Yaseen, M. A., Mandeville, E. T., Srinivasan, V. J., Arai, K., Ruvinskaya, S., Wu, W., Devor, A., Lo, E. H., Vinogradov, S. A., Boas, D. A. Cerebral Blood Oxygenation Measurement Based on Oxygen-dependent Quenching of Phosphorescence. J. Vis. Exp. (51), e1694, doi:10.3791/1694 (2011).