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Kato S, Kurokawa R, Suzuki F, Amemiya S, Shinozaki T, Takanezawa D, Kohashi R, Abe O. White and Gray Matter Abnormality in Burning Mouth Syndrome Evaluated with Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging. Magn Reson Med Sci 2024; 23:204-213. [PMID: 36990741 PMCID: PMC11024709 DOI: 10.2463/mrms.mp.2022-0099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is defined by a burning sensation or pain in the tongue or other oral sites despite the presence of normal mucosa on inspection. Both psychiatric and neuroimaging investigations have examined BMS; however, there have been no analyses using the neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) model, which provides detailed information of intra- and extracellular microstructures. Therefore, we performed voxel-wise analyses using both NODDI and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) models and compared the results to better comprehend the pathology of BMS. METHODS Fourteen patients with BMS and 11 age- and sex-matched healthy control subjects were prospectively scanned using a 3T-MRI machine using 2-shell diffusion imaging. Diffusion tensor metrics (fractional anisotropy [FA], mean diffusivity [MD], axial diffusivity [AD], and radial diffusivity [RD]) and neurite orientation and dispersion index metrics (intracellular volume fraction [ICVF], isotropic volume fraction [ISO], and orientation dispersion index [ODI]) were retrieved from diffusion MRI data. These data were analyzed using tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) and gray matter-based spatial statistics (GBSS). RESULTS TBSS analysis showed that patients with BMS had significantly higher FA and ICVF and lower MD and RD than the healthy control subjects (family-wise error [FWE] corrected P < 0.05). Changes in ICVF, MD, and RD were observed in widespread white matter areas. Fairly small areas with different FA were included. GBSS analysis showed that patients with BMS had significantly higher ISO and lower MD and RD than the healthy control subjects (FWE-corrected P < 0.05), mainly limited to the amygdala. CONCLUSION The increased ICVF in the BMS group may represent myelination and/or astrocytic hypertrophy, and microstructural changes in the amygdala in GBSS analysis indicate the emotional-affective profile of BMS.
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- Shimpei Kato
- Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Cao Y, Wu Y, Dong Q, Huang N, Zou Z, Chen H. Neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging quantifies microstructural impairment in the thalamus and its connectivity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. CNS Neurosci Ther 2024; 30:e14616. [PMID: 38334027 PMCID: PMC10853891 DOI: 10.1111/cns.14616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
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AIMS To evaluate microstructural impairment in the thalamus and thalamocortical connectivity using neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS This study included 47 healthy controls and 43 ALS patients, whose structural and diffusion-weighted data were collected. We used state-of-the-art parallel transport tractography to identify thalamocortical pathways in individual spaces. Thalamus was then parcellated into six subregions based on its connectivity pattern with the priori defined cortical (i.e., prefrontal/motor/somatosensory/temporal/posterior-parietal/occipital) regions. For each of the thalamic and cortical subregions and thalamo-cortical tracts, we compared the following NODDI metrics between groups: orientation dispersion index (ODI), neurite density index (NDI), and isotropic volume fraction (ISO). We also used these metrics to conduct receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analyses and Spearman correlation. RESULTS In ALS patients, we found decreased ODI and increased ISO in the thalamic subregion connecting the left motor cortex and other extramotor (e.g., somatosensory and occipital) cortex (Bonferroni-corrected p < 0.05). NDI decreased in the bilateral thalamo-motor and thalamo-somatosensory tracts and in the right thalamo-posterior-parietal and thalamo-occipital tracts (Bonferroni-corrected p < 0.05). NDI reduction in the bilateral thalamo-motor tract (p = 0.017 and 0.009) and left thalamo-somatosensory tract (p = 0.029) was correlated with disease severity. In thalamo-cortical tracts, NDI yielded a higher effect size during between-group comparisons and a greater area under ROC (p < 0.05) compared with conventional diffusion tensor imaging metrics. CONCLUSIONS Microstructural impairment in the thalamus and thalamocortical connectivity is the hallmark of ALS. NODDI improved the detection of disrupted thalamo-cortical connectivity in ALS.
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- Yun‐Bin Cao
- Department of RadiologyFujian Medical University Union HospitalFuzhouChina
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- School of Computer Science and EngineeringNanjing University of Science and TechnologyNanjingChina
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- Department of RadiologyFujian Medical University Union HospitalFuzhouChina
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- Department of RadiologyFujian Medical University Union HospitalFuzhouChina
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- Department of NeurologyFujian Medical University Union HospitalFuzhouChina
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- Department of RadiologyFujian Medical University Union HospitalFuzhouChina
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Zhou W, Xie X, Hu J, Wang M, Hu X, Shi L, Zhou C, Sun X. Relationship Between Microstructural Alterations and Cognitive Decline After Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases: An Exploratory Whole-Brain MR Analysis Based on Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging. J Magn Reson Imaging 2024; 59:242-252. [PMID: 37183807 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.28781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cognitive impairment frequently occurs in patients with brain metastases (BM) after whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT). It is crucial to explore the underlying mechanisms of cognitive impairment in BM patients receiving WBRT. PURPOSE To detect brain microstructural alterations in patients after WBRT by neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI), and evaluate the performance of microstructural alterations in predicting cognitive impairment. STUDY TYPE Prospective. POPULATION Twenty-six patients (seven female; mean age, 60.9 years). FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE 3-T, multi-shell diffusion-weighted single-shot echo-planar sequence. Three-dimensional magnetization-prepared rapid acquisition with gradient echo sequence. ASSESSMENT Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) evaluations were conducted prior to, following, 1 and 3 months after WBRT. The diffusion data were collected twice, 1 week before and 1 week after WBRT. NODDI analysis was conducted to assess microstructural alterations in whole brain (orientation dispersion index, neurite density index, volume fraction of isotropic water molecules). Reliable change indices (RCI) of MMSE were used to measure cognitive decline. The performance of support vector machine models based on NODDI parameters and clinical features (prednisone usage, tumor volume, etc.) in predicting MMSE-RCI was evaluated. STATISTICAL TESTS Paired t-test to assess alterations of NODDI measures and MMSE during follow-up. Statistical significance level of P-value <0.05. RESULTS Significantly decreased MMSE score was found at 3 months after WBRT. After WBRT, corpus callosum, medial prefrontal cortex, limbic lobe, occipital lobe, parietal lobe, putamen, globus pallidus lentiform, and thalamus demonstrated damage in NODDI parameters. The predicted MMSE-RCI based on NODDI features was significantly associated with the measured MMSE-RCI at 1 month (R = 0.573; P = 0.003) and 3 months (R = 0.687; P < 0.0001) after WBRT. DATA CONCLUSION Microstructural alterations in several brain regions including the middle prefrontal and limbic cortexes were observed in patients with BM following WBRT, which may contribute to subsequent cognitive decline. EVIDENCE LEVEL 2 TECHNICAL EFFICACY: Stage 2.
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- Weiwen Zhou
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Guan Y, Cheng CH, Bellomo LI, Narain S, Bigornia SJ, Garelnabi MO, Scott T, Ordovás JM, Tucker KL, Bhadelia R, Koo BB. Corrigendum: APOE4 allele-specific associations between diet, multimodal biomarkers, and cognition among Puerto Rican adults in Massachusetts. Front Aging Neurosci 2023; 15:1343591. [PMID: 38149171 PMCID: PMC10750253 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2023.1343591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023] Open
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2023.1285333.].
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- Yi Guan
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
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- Department of Public Health, Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, United States
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- School of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Nutrition and Genomics Laboratory, J.M.-US Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA, United States
- IMDEA Alimentacion, Madrid, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatologia de la Obesidad y la Nutricion (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences, Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, United States
- Center for Population Health, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, United States
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- Neuroradiology Section, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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Xu R, Wang X, Zhu S, Jiang B, Wan J, Ma J, Yu Y, Yu L, Fang Q, Hu C, Zhu M. Assessment of Cerebral White Matter Involvement in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients With Disease Progression and Cognitive Impairment by Fixel-Based Analysis and Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging. J Magn Reson Imaging 2023. [PMID: 38059522 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.29171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Previous studies using emerging diffusion MRI techniques have revealed damage to the white matter (WM) microstructure in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), particularly the influence of crossed fibers, but there is a lack of subgroup analyses. PURPOSE To detect WM microstructural changes in ALS patients using fixel-based analysis (FBA) and neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) MRI. STUDY TYPE Prospective. POPULATION Thirty-six ALS patients (aged 60.50 ± 9.5 years) and 25 healthy controls (HCs) (aged 58.90 ± 8.1 years). FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE 3 T; NODDI and FBA (b-values = 0, 1000, and 2500 seconds/mm2 ). ASSESSMENT Subgroups were performed according to progression rate and cognition, including fast and slow progression (FP/SP), ALS with and without cognitive impairment (ALS-ci/ALS-nci). Fiber density (FD), fiber-bundle cross-section (FC), combined fiber density and cross-section (FDC), neurite density index (NDI), orientation dispersion index (ODI), isotropic volume fraction (ISO), and fractional anisotropy (FA) were calculated and their correlation with clinical variables examined. STATISTICAL TESTING Chi-square test, Mann-Whitney U test, two-sample t test, partial correlation analysis, and false discovery rate (FDR) corrected. A P-value <0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS ALS patients had lower FD and FDC values predominantly in the corticospinal tract (CST) and corpus callosum (CC) regions, as well as lower NDI value in the CC, radial crown, and internal capsule compared to HCs. Subgroup analysis based on progression rate and cognitive function showed significant differences in FBA results. The FC in the right CST region was significantly lower in the FP than SP, and the FD in the CC region was significantly lower in the ALS-ci than ALS-nci. Furthermore, a negative correlation was found between the mean FC value and the rate of progression in ALS patients (r = -0.408). DATA CONCLUSION FBA is a powerful tool for detecting complex cerebral WM microstructural damage for evaluating ALS cognition and disease progression.
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- Rui Xu
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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Guan Y, Cheng CH, Bellomo LI, Narain S, Bigornia SJ, Garelnabi MO, Scott T, Ordovás JM, Tucker KL, Bhadelia R, Koo BB. APOE4 allele-specific associations between diet, multimodal biomarkers, and cognition among Puerto Rican adults in Massachusetts. Front Aging Neurosci 2023; 15:1285333. [PMID: 38035273 PMCID: PMC10684694 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2023.1285333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023] Open
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Background Apolipoprotein E (APOE) is the strongest genetic risk factor for sporadic Alzheimer's Disease (AD), and the ε4 allele (APOE4) may interact with lifestyle factors that relate to brain structural changes, underlying the increased risk of AD. However, the exact role of APOE4 in mediating interactions between the peripheral circulatory system and the central nervous system, and how it may link to brain and cognitive aging requires further elucidation. In this analysis, we investigated the association between APOE4 carrier status and multimodal biomarkers (diet, blood markers, clinical diagnosis, brain structure, and cognition) in the context of gene-environment interactions. Methods Participants were older adults from a longitudinal observational study, the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study (BPRHS), who self-identified as of Puerto Rican descent. Demographics, APOE genotype, diet, blood, and clinical data were collected at baseline and at approximately 12th year, with the addition of multimodal brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (T1-weighted and diffusion) and cognitive testing acquired at 12-year. Measures were compared between APOE4 carriers and non-carriers, and associations between multimodal variables were examined using correlation and multivariate network analyses within each group. Results A total of 156 BPRHS participants (mean age at imaging = 68 years, 77% female, mean follow-up 12.7 years) with complete multimodal data were included in the current analysis. APOE4 carriers (n = 43) showed reduced medial temporal lobe (MTL) white matter (WM) microstructural integrity and lower mini-mental state examination (MMSE) score than non-carriers (n = 113). This pattern was consistent with an independent sample from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) of n = 283 non-Hispanic White adults without dementia (mean age = 75, 40% female). Within BPRHS, carriers showed distinct connectivity patterns between multimodal biomarkers, characterized by stronger direct network connections between baseline diet/blood markers with 12-year blood/clinical measures, and between blood markers (especially lipids and cytokines) and WM. Cardiovascular burden (i.e., hypertension and diabetes status) was associated with WM integrity for both carriers and non-carriers. Conclusion APOE4 carrier status affects interactions between dietary factors, multimodal blood biomarkers, and MTL WM integrity across ~12 years of follow-up, which may reflect increased peripheral-central systems crosstalk following blood-brain barrier breakdown in carriers.
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- Yi Guan
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
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- Department of Public Health, Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, United States
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- School of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Nutrition and Genomics Laboratory, J.M.-US Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA, United States
- IMDEA Alimentacion, Madrid, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatologia de la Obesidad y la Nutricion (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences, Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, United States
- Center for Population Health, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, United States
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- Neuroradiology Section, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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Huang N, Qin W, Lin J, Dong Q, Chen H. Corticospinal fibers with different origins impair in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging study. CNS Neurosci Ther 2023; 29:3406-3415. [PMID: 37208946 PMCID: PMC10580332 DOI: 10.1111/cns.14270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2023] [Revised: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023] Open
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AIMS To investigate microstructural impairments of corticospinal tracts (CSTs) with different origins in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) using neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI). METHODS Diffusion-weighted imaging data acquired from 39 patients with ALS and 50 controls were used to estimate NODDI and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) models. Fine maps of CST subfibers originating from the primary motor area (M1), premotor cortex, primary sensory area, and supplementary motor area (SMA) were segmented. NODDI metrics (neurite density index [NDI] and orientation dispersion index [ODI]) and DTI metrics (fractional anisotropy [FA] and mean/axial/radial diffusivity [MD/AD/RD]) were computed. RESULTS The patients with ALS showed microstructural impairments (reflected by NDI, ODI, and FA reductions and MD, AD, and RD increases) in CST subfibers, especially in M1 fibers, which correlated with disease severity. Compared with other diffusion metrics, NDI yielded a higher effect size and detected the greatest extent of CST subfibers damage. Logistic regression analyses based on NDI in M1 subfiber yielded the best diagnostic performance compared with other subfibers and the whole CST. CONCLUSIONS Microstructural impairment of CST subfibers (especially those originating from M1) is the key feature of ALS. The combination of NODDI and CST subfibers analysis may improve diagnosing performance for ALS.
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- Nao‐Xin Huang
- Department of RadiologyFujian Medical University Union HospitalFuzhouChina
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- Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional ImagingTianjin Medical University General HospitalTianjinChina
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- Department of RadiologyFujian Medical University Union HospitalFuzhouChina
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- Department of RadiologyFujian Medical University Union HospitalFuzhouChina
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- Department of RadiologyFujian Medical University Union HospitalFuzhouChina
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Xu X, Zhang P, Zhuo Z, Duan Y, Qu L, Cheng D, Sun T, Ding J, Xie C, Liu X, Haller S, Barkhof F, Ye C, Zhang L, Liu Y. Prediction of H3K27M Alteration Status in Brainstem Glioma Using Multi-Shell Diffusion MRI Metrics. J Magn Reson Imaging 2023. [PMID: 37889147 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.29104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Multi-shell diffusion characteristics may help characterize brainstem gliomas (BSGs) and predict H3K27M status. PURPOSE To identify the diffusion characteristics of BSG patients and investigate the predictive values of various diffusion metrics for H3K27M status in BSG. STUDY TYPE Prospective. POPULATION Eighty-four BSG patients (median age 10.5 years [IQR 6.8-30.0 years]) were included, of whom 56 were pediatric and 28 were adult patients. FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE 3 T, multi-shell diffusion imaging. ASSESSMENT Diffusion kurtosis imaging and neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging analyses were performed. Age, gender, and diffusion metrics, including fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), axial diffusivity, radial diffusivity (RD), mean kurtosis (MK), axial kurtosis (AK), radial kurtosis, intracellular volume fraction (ICVF), orientation dispersion index, and isotropic volume fraction (ISOVF), were compared between H3K27M-altered and wildtype BSG patients. STATISTICAL TESTS Chi-square test, Mann-Whitney U test, multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), step-wise multivariable logistic regression. P-values <0.05 were considered significant. RESULTS 82.4% pediatric and 57.1% adult patients carried H3K27M alteration. In the whole group, the H3K27M-altered BSGs demonstrated higher FA, AK and lower RD, ISOVF. The combination of age and median ISOVF showed fair performance for H3K27M prediction (AUC = 0.78). In the pediatric group, H3K27M-altered BSGs showed higher FA, AK, MK, ICVF and lower RD, MD, ISOVF. The combinations of median ISOVF, 5th percentile of FA, median MK and median MD showed excellent predictive power (AUC = 0.91). In the adult group, H3K27M-altered BSGs showed higher ICVF and lower RD, MD. The 75th percentile of RD demonstrated fair performance for H3K27M status prediction (AUC = 0.75). DATA CONCLUSION Different alteration patterns of diffusion measures were identified between H3K27M-altered and wildtype BSGs, which collectively had fair to excellent predictive value for H3K27M alteration status, especially in pediatric patients. EVIDENCE LEVEL 2 TECHNICAL EFFICACY: Stage 3.
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- Xiaolu Xu
- Department of Radiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Imaging and Medical Informatics, University Hospitals of Geneva and Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- UCL Institutes of Neurology and Healthcare Engineering, London, UK
- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- School of Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Mueller C, Goodman AM, Nenert R, Allendorfer JB, Philip NS, Correia S, Oster RA, LaFrance WC, Szaflarski JP. Repeatability of neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging in patients with traumatic brain injury. J Neuroimaging 2023; 33:802-824. [PMID: 37210714 PMCID: PMC10524628 DOI: 10.1111/jon.13125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2022] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The aim of this study was to assess the repeatability of neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging in healthy controls (HCs) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHODS Seventeen HCs and 48 TBI patients were scanned twice over 18 weeks with diffusion imaging. Orientation dispersion (ODI), neurite density (NDI), and the fraction of isotropic diffusion (F-ISO) were quantified in regions of interest (ROIs) from a gray matter, subcortical, and white matter atlas and compared using the coefficient of variation for repeated measures (CVrep ), which quantifies the expected percent change on repeated measurement. We used a modified signed likelihood ratio test (M-SLRT) to compare the CVrep between groups in each ROI while correcting for multiple comparisons. RESULTS NDI exhibited excellent repeatability in both groups; the only group difference was found in the fusiform gyrus, where HCs exhibited better repeatability (M-SLRT = 9.463, p = .0021). ODI also had excellent repeatability in both groups, although repeatability was significantly better in HCs in 16 cortical ROIs (p < .0022) and in the bilateral white matter and bilateral cortex (p < .0027). F-ISO exhibited relatively poor repeatability in both groups, with few group differences. CONCLUSION Overall, the repeatability of the NDI, ODI, and F-ISO metrics over an 18-week period is acceptable for assessing the effects of behavioral or pharmacological interventions, though caution is advised when assessing F-ISO changes over time.
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- Christina Mueller
- Department of Neurology, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1719 6th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35233
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- Department of Neurology, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1719 6th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35233
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- Department of Neurology, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1719 6th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35233
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- Departments of Neurology and Neurobiology, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology, VA Providence Healthcare System, Providence, RI
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- Department of Psychiatry, Butler Hospital / Brown University, Providence, RI
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- Department of Medicine, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology, VA Providence Healthcare System, Providence, RI
- Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Rhode Island Hospital / Brown University, Providence, RI
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- Departments of Neurology, Neurobiology and Neurosurgery, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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Arai T, Kamagata K, Uchida W, Andica C, Takabayashi K, Saito Y, Tuerxun R, Mahemuti Z, Morita Y, Irie R, Kirino E, Aoki S. Reduced neurite density index in the prefrontal cortex of adults with autism assessed using neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging. Front Neurol 2023; 14:1110883. [PMID: 37638188 PMCID: PMC10450631 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1110883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023] Open
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Background Core symptoms of autism-spectrum disorder (ASD) have been associated with prefrontal cortex abnormalities. However, the mechanisms behind the observation remain incomplete, partially due to the challenges of modeling complex gray matter (GM) structures. This study aimed to identify GM microstructural alterations in adults with ASD using neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) and voxel-wise GM-based spatial statistics (GBSS) to reduce the partial volume effects from the white matter and cerebrospinal fluid. Materials and methods A total of 48 right-handed participants were included, of which 22 had ASD (17 men; mean age, 34.42 ± 8.27 years) and 26 were typically developing (TD) individuals (14 men; mean age, 32.57 ± 9.62 years). The metrics of NODDI (neurite density index [NDI], orientation dispersion index [ODI], and isotropic volume fraction [ISOVF]) were compared between groups using GBSS. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) metrics and surface-based cortical thickness were also compared. The associations between magnetic resonance imaging-based measures and ASD-related scores, including ASD-spectrum quotient, empathizing quotient, and systemizing quotient were also assessed in the region of interest (ROI) analysis. Results After controlling for age, sex, and intracranial volume, GBSS demonstrated significantly lower NDI in the ASD group than in the TD group in the left prefrontal cortex (caudal middle frontal, lateral orbitofrontal, pars orbitalis, pars triangularis, rostral middle frontal, and superior frontal region). In the ROI analysis of individuals with ASD, a significantly positive correlation was observed between the NDI in the left rostral middle frontal, superior frontal, and left frontal pole and empathizing quotient score. No significant between-group differences were observed in all DTI metrics, other NODDI (i.e., ODI and ISOVF) metrics, and cortical thickness. Conclusion GBSS analysis was used to demonstrate the ability of NODDI metrics to detect GM microstructural alterations in adults with ASD, while no changes were detected using DTI and cortical thickness evaluation. Specifically, we observed a reduced neurite density index in the left prefrontal cortices associated with reduced empathic abilities.
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- Takashi Arai
- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Faculty of Health Data Science, Juntendo University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Faculty of Health Data Science, Juntendo University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Genç B, Aslan K, Özçağlayan A, İncesu L. Microstructural Abnormalities in the Contralateral Normal-appearing White Matter of Glioblastoma Patients Evaluated with Advanced Diffusion Imaging. Magn Reson Med Sci 2023:mp.2023-0054. [PMID: 37532585 DOI: 10.2463/mrms.mp.2023-0054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/04/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Glioblastoma patients develop recurrence in the opposite hemisphere far from the primary tumor site even after complete resection. This is one of the main reasons for short disease survival. Our aim in this study is to detect microstructural changes in the contralateral hemisphere of glioblastoma patients using different diffusion models with the fully automated tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) method. METHODS Fourteen right-sided and eleven left-sided glioblastoma patients without any treatment and eighteen age- and gender-matched controls were included in the study. Multi-shell diffusion weighted images were created with a 3T MRI device. After various preprocessing steps, images of fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), axial diffusivity (AD), radial diffusivity (RD), axial kurtosis (AK), mean kurtosis (MK), radial kurtosis (RK), intracellular volume fraction (ICVF), orientation dispersion index (ODI), and isotropic water fraction (ISO) were obtained. TBSS was used to compare diffusion tensor imaging, diffusion kurtosis imaging, and neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging parameters of right- and left-sided glioblastoma patients with the control group for the contralateral hemisphere. RESULTS Both right-sided and left-sided glioblastoma patients have shown an increase in MD and ODI in the contralateral hemisphere. While right-sided glioblastoma patients showed an increase in RD, AD, and ISO in a more limited area in the contralateral hemisphere, left-sided glioblastoma patients showed an increase in MK and AK. FA, ICVF, and RK did not show any difference in both groups. CONCLUSION There are microstructural changes in the contralateral hemisphere in glioblastoma patients, and these changes differ between right-sided and left-sided glioblastoma patients.
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- Barış Genç
- Department of Radiology, Samsun Education and Research Hospital
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- Department of Radiology, Ondokuz Mayis University, Faculty of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Ondokuz Mayis University, Faculty of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Ondokuz Mayis University, Faculty of Medicine
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Mark IT, Wren-Jarvis J, Xiao J, Cai LT, Parekh S, Bourla I, Lazerwitz MC, Rowe MA, Marco EJ, Mukherjee P. Neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging of white matter microstructure in sensory processing dysfunction with versus without comorbid ADHD. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1136424. [PMID: 37492404 PMCID: PMC10363610 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1136424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/27/2023] Open
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Introduction Sensory Processing Dysfunction (SPD) is common yet understudied, affecting up to one in six children with 40% experiencing co-occurring challenges with attention. The neural architecture of SPD with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (SPD+ADHD) versus SPD without ADHD (SPD-ADHD) has yet to be explored in diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging (NODDI) has yet to be examined. Methods The present study computed DTI and NODDI biophysical model parameter maps of one hundred children with SPD. Global, regional and voxel-level white matter tract measures were analyzed and compared between SPD+ADHD and SPD-ADHD groups. Results SPD+ADHD children had global WM Fractional Anisotropy (FA) and Neurite Density Index (NDI) that trended lower than SPD-ADHD children, primarily in boys only. Data-driven voxelwise and WM tract-based analysis revealed statistically significant decreases of NDI in boys with SPD+ADHD compared to those with SPD-ADHD, primarily in projection tracts of the internal capsule and commissural fibers of the splenium of the corpus callosum. Conclusion We conclude that WM microstructure is more delayed/disrupted in boys with SPD+ADHD compared to SPD-ADHD, with NODDI showing a larger effect than DTI. This may represent the combined WM pathology of SPD and ADHD, or it may result from a greater degree of SPD WM pathology causing the development of ADHD.
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- Ian T. Mark
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
- Cortica Healthcare, San Rafael, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
- Cortica Healthcare, San Rafael, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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Easson K, Khairy M, Rohlicek CV, Saint-Martin C, Gilbert G, Nguyen KA, Luu TM, Couture É, Nuyt AM, Wintermark P, Deoni SCL, Descoteaux M, Brossard-Racine M. A comparison of altered white matter microstructure in youth born with congenital heart disease or born preterm. Front Neurol 2023; 14:1167026. [PMID: 37251222 PMCID: PMC10213269 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1167026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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Introduction Alterations to white matter microstructure as detected by diffusion tensor imaging have been documented in both individuals born with congenital heart disease (CHD) and individuals born preterm. However, it remains unclear if these disturbances are the consequence of similar underlying microstructural disruptions. This study used multicomponent driven equilibrium single pulse observation of T1 and T2 (mcDESPOT) and neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) to characterize and compare alterations to three specific microstructural elements of white matter - myelination, axon density, and axon orientation - in youth born with CHD or born preterm. Methods Participants aged 16 to 26 years with operated CHD or born ≤33 weeks gestational age and a group of healthy peers of the same age underwent a brain MRI including mcDESPOT and high angular resolution diffusion imaging acquisitions. Using tractometry, average values of myelin water fraction (MWF), neurite density index (NDI), and orientation dispersion index (ODI) were first calculated and compared between groups for 30 white matter bundles. Afterwards, bundle profiling was performed to further characterize the topology of the detected microstructural alterations. Results The CHD and preterm groups both presented with widespread bundles and bundle segments with lower MWF, accompanied by some occurrences of lower NDI, relative to controls. While there were no differences in ODI between the CHD and control groups, the preterm group presented with both higher and lower ODI compared to the control group and lower ODI compared to the CHD group. Discussion While youth born with CHD or born preterm both presented with apparent deficits in white matter myelination and axon density, youth born preterm presented with a unique profile of altered axonal organization. Future longitudinal studies should aim to better understand the emergence of these common and distinct microstructural alterations, which could orient the development of novel therapeutic approaches.
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- Kaitlyn Easson
- Advances in Brain and Child Development (ABCD) Research Laboratory, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Advanced Baby Imaging Lab, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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- Sherbrooke Connectivity Imaging Laboratory (SCIL), Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Advances in Brain and Child Development (ABCD) Research Laboratory, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
- School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Hara S, Hori M, Kamagata K, Andica C, Inaji M, Tanaka Y, Aoki S, Nariai T, Maehara T. Increased Parenchymal Free Water May Be Decreased by Revascularization Surgery in Patients with Moyamoya Disease. Magn Reson Med Sci 2023. [PMID: 37081646 DOI: 10.2463/mrms.mp.2022-0146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/22/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a cerebrovascular disease associated with steno-occlusive changes in the arteries of the circle of Willis and with hemodynamic impairment. Previous studies have reported that parenchymal extracellular free water levels may be increased and the number of neurites may be decreased in patients with MMD. The aim of the present study was to investigate the postoperative changes in parenchymal free water and neurites and their relationship with cognitive improvement. METHODS Multi-shell diffusion MRI (neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging and free water imaging using a bi-tensor model) was performed in 15 hemispheres of 13 adult patients with MMD (11 female, mean age 37.9 years) who had undergone revascularization surgery as well as age- and sex-matched normal controls. Parameter maps of free water and free-water-eliminated neurites were created, and the regional parameter values were compared among controls, patients before surgery, and patients after surgery. RESULTS The anterior and middle cerebral artery territories of patients showed higher preoperative free water levels (P ≤ 0.007) and lower postoperative free water levels (P ≤ 0.001) than those of normal controls. The change in the dispersion of the white matter in the anterior cerebral artery territory correlated with cognitive improvement (r = -0.75; P = 0.004). CONCLUSION Our study suggests that increased parenchymal free water levels decreased after surgery and that postoperative changes in neurite parameters are related to postoperative cognitive improvement in adult patients with MMD. Diffusion analytical methods separately calculating free water and neurites may be useful for unraveling the pathophysiology of chronic ischemia and the postoperative changes that occur after revascularization surgery in this disease population.
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- Shoko Hara
- Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Toho University Omori Medical Center
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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Parekh SA, Wren-Jarvis J, Lazerwitz M, Rowe MA, Powers R, Bourla I, Cai LT, Chu R, Trimarchi K, Garcia R, Marco EJ, Mukherjee P. Hemispheric lateralization of white matter microstructure in children and its potential role in sensory processing dysfunction. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1088052. [PMID: 37139524 PMCID: PMC10149818 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1088052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023] Open
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Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies have demonstrated white matter microstructural differences between the left and right hemispheres of the brain. However, the basis of these hemispheric asymmetries is not yet understood in terms of the biophysical properties of white matter microstructure, especially in children. There are reports of altered hemispheric white matter lateralization in ASD; however, this has not been studied in other related neurodevelopmental disorders such as sensory processing disorder (SPD). Firstly, we postulate that biophysical compartment modeling of diffusion MRI (dMRI), such as Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging (NODDI), can elucidate the hemispheric microstructural asymmetries observed from DTI in children with neurodevelopmental concerns. Secondly, we hypothesize that sensory over-responsivity (SOR), a common type of SPD, will show altered hemispheric lateralization relative to children without SOR. Eighty-seven children (29 females, 58 males), ages 8-12 years, presenting at a community-based neurodevelopmental clinic were enrolled, 48 with SOR and 39 without. Participants were evaluated using the Sensory Processing 3 Dimensions (SP3D). Whole brain 3 T multi-shell multiband dMRI (b = 0, 1,000, 2,500 s/mm2) was performed. Tract Based Spatial Statistics were used to extract DTI and NODDI metrics from 20 bilateral tracts of the Johns Hopkins University White-Matter Tractography Atlas and the lateralization Index (LI) was calculated for each left-right tract pair. With DTI metrics, 12 of 20 tracts were left lateralized for fractional anisotropy and 17/20 tracts were right lateralized for axial diffusivity. These hemispheric asymmetries could be explained by NODDI metrics, including neurite density index (18/20 tracts left lateralized), orientation dispersion index (15/20 tracts left lateralized) and free water fraction (16/20 tracts lateralized). Children with SOR served as a test case of the utility of studying LI in neurodevelopmental disorders. Our data demonstrated increased lateralization in several tracts for both DTI and NODDI metrics in children with SOR, which were distinct for males versus females, when compared to children without SOR. Biophysical properties from NODDI can explain the hemispheric lateralization of white matter microstructure in children. As a patient-specific ratio, the lateralization index can eliminate scanner-related and inter-individual sources of variability and thus potentially serve as a clinically useful imaging biomarker for neurodevelopmental disorders.
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- Shalin A. Parekh
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
- Cortica Healthcare, San Rafael, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
- Cortica Healthcare, San Rafael, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Cortica Healthcare, San Rafael, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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Zhang C, Yuan Y, Sang T, Yu L, Yu Y, Liu X, Zhou W, Zeng Q, Wang J, Peng G, Feng Y. Local white matter abnormalities in Parkinson's disease with mild cognitive impairment: Assessed with neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging. J Neurosci Res 2023; 101:1154-1169. [PMID: 36854050 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.25179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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Mild cognitive impairment is a nonmotor complication in Parkinson's disease (PD) that have a high risk of developing dementia. White matter is associated with cognitive function in PD and the alterations may occur before the symptoms of the disease. Previous diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies lacked specificity to characterize the concrete contributions of distinct white matter tissue properties. This may lead to inconsistent conclusions about the alteration of white matter microstructure. Here, we used neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) and white matter fiber clustering method to uncover local white matter microstructures in PD with mild cognitive impairment (PD-MCI). This study included 23 PD-MCI and 20 PD with normal cognition (PD-NC) and 21 healthy controls (HC). To probe specific and fine-grained differences, metrics of NODDI and DTI in white matter fiber clusters were evaluated using along-tract analysis. Our results showed that PD-MCI patients had significantly lower neurite density index (NDI) and orientation dispersion index (ODI) in white matter fiber clusters in the prefrontal region. Correlation analysis and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis revealed that the diagnostic performance of NODDI-derived metrics in cingulum bundle (2 clusters) and thalamo-frontal (2 clusters) were superior to DTI metrics. Our study provides a more specific insight to uncover local white matter abnormalities in PD-MCI, which benefit understanding the underlying mechanism of cognitive decline in PD and predicting the disease in advance.
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- Chengzhe Zhang
- Institute of Information Processing and Automation, College of Information Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Information Processing and Automation, College of Information Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Information Processing and Automation, College of Information Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Information Processing and Automation, College of Information Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Information Processing and Automation, College of Information Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Information Processing and Automation, College of Information Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Information Processing and Automation, College of Information Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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Wang C, Sanvito F, Oughourlian TC, Islam S, Salamon N, Holly LT, Ellingson BM. Structural Relationship between Cerebral Gray and White Matter Alterations in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy. Tomography 2023; 9:315-327. [PMID: 36828377 PMCID: PMC9961386 DOI: 10.3390/tomography9010025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) undergo adaptive supraspinal changes. However, it remains unknown how subcortical white matter changes reflect the gray matter loss. The current study investigated the interrelationship between gray matter and subcortical white matter alterations in DCM patients. Cortical thickness of gray matter, as well as the intra-cellular volume fraction (ICVF) of subcortical whiter matter, were assessed in a cohort of 44 patients and 17 healthy controls (HCs). The results demonstrated that cortical thinning of sensorimotor and pain related regions is associated with more severe DCM symptoms. ICVF values of subcortical white matter underlying the identified regions were significantly lower in study patients than in HCs. The left precentral gyrus (r = 0.5715, p < 0.0001), the left supramarginal gyrus (r = 0.3847, p = 0.0099), the left postcentral gyrus (r = 0.5195, p = 0.0003), the right superior frontal gyrus (r = 0.3266, p = 0.0305), and the right caudal (r = 0.4749, p = 0.0011) and rostral anterior cingulate (r = 0.3927, p = 0.0084) demonstrated positive correlations between ICVF and cortical thickness in study patients, but no significant correlations between ICVF and cortical thickness were observed in HCs. Results from the current study suggest that DCM may cause widespread gray matter alterations and underlying subcortical neurite loss, which may serve as potential imaging biomarkers reflecting the pathology of DCM.
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- Chencai Wang
- UCLA Brain Tumor Imaging Laboratory (BTIL), Center for Computer Vision and Imaging Biomarkers, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
- Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
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- UCLA Brain Tumor Imaging Laboratory (BTIL), Center for Computer Vision and Imaging Biomarkers, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
- Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
- Unit of Radiology, Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic, and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- UCLA Brain Tumor Imaging Laboratory (BTIL), Center for Computer Vision and Imaging Biomarkers, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
- Neuroscience Interdepartmental Graduate Program, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
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- UCLA Brain Tumor Imaging Laboratory (BTIL), Center for Computer Vision and Imaging Biomarkers, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
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- UCLA Brain Tumor Imaging Laboratory (BTIL), Center for Computer Vision and Imaging Biomarkers, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
- Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
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Lin JH, Chen XH, Wu Y, Cao YB, Chen HJ, Huang NX. Altered isotropic volume fraction in gray matter after sleep deprivation and its association with visuospatial memory: A neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging study. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1144802. [PMID: 37034160 PMCID: PMC10076534 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1144802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023] Open
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Background and aims Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) studies have revealed microstructural abnormalities in white matter resulting from sleep deprivation (SD). This study aimed to adopt neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) to investigate the effect of SD on gray matter (GM) microstructural properties and its association to visuospatial memory (VSM). Methods Twenty-four healthy women underwent two sessions of dMRI scanning and visuospatial ability assessment by Complex Figure Test (CFT), once during rested wakefulness (RW) and once after 24 h of SD. We calculated NODDI metrics, including intracellular volume fraction (ICVF), orientation dispersion index (ODI), and isotropic volume fraction (ISO). Differences in NODDI-related metrics between RW and SD were determined using a voxel-wise paired t-test. We identified an association between NODDI metrics and CFT results using Spearman's correlation coefficient. Results Sleep deprivation worsened subjects' performance in the delayed-CFT trial. We observed no significant difference in ICVF and ODI between RW and SD. After SD, subjects showed decreases in ISO, primarily in the prefrontal cortex and temporal lobe, while exhibiting ISO increases in the anterior and posterior cerebellar lobe and cerebellar vermis. Furthermore, ISO change in the left superior, middle and inferior frontal gyrus was significantly correlated with completion time change in delayed-CFT trial performance. Conclusion Our results suggested that SD hardly affected the density and spatial organization of neurites in GM, but the extra-neurite water molecule diffusion process was affected (perhaps resulting from neuroinflammation), which contributed to VSM dysfunction.
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- Jia-Hui Lin
- Department of Radiology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Hua-Jun Chen,
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- Department of Radiology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China
- Nao-Xin Huang,
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Würtemberger U, Rau A, Reisert M, Kellner E, Diebold M, Erny D, Reinacher PC, Hosp JA, Hohenhaus M, Urbach H, Demerath T. Differentiation of Perilesional Edema in Glioblastomas and Brain Metastases: Comparison of Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging and Diffusion Microstructure Imaging. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 15:cancers15010129. [PMID: 36612127 PMCID: PMC9817519 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15010129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Revised: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Although the free water content within the perilesional T2 hyperintense region should differ between glioblastomas (GBM) and brain metastases based on histological differences, the application of classical MR diffusion models has led to inconsistent results regarding the differentiation between these two entities. Whereas diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) considers the voxel as a single compartment, multicompartment approaches such as neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) or the recently introduced diffusion microstructure imaging (DMI) allow for the calculation of the relative proportions of intra- and extra-axonal and also free water compartments in brain tissue. We investigate the potential of water-sensitive DTI, NODDI and DMI metrics to detect differences in free water content of the perilesional T2 hyperintense area between histopathologically confirmed GBM and brain metastases. Respective diffusion metrics most susceptible to alterations in the free water content (MD, V-ISO, V-CSF) were extracted from T2 hyperintense perilesional areas, normalized and compared in 24 patients with GBM and 25 with brain metastases. DTI MD was significantly increased in metastases (p = 0.006) compared to GBM, which was corroborated by an increased DMI V-CSF (p = 0.001), while the NODDI-derived ISO-VF showed only trend level increase in metastases not reaching significance (p = 0.060). In conclusion, diffusion MRI metrics are able to detect subtle differences in the free water content of perilesional T2 hyperintense areas in GBM and metastases, whereas DMI seems to be superior to DTI and NODDI.
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- Urs Würtemberger
- Department of Neuroradiology, Medical Center—University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Medical Center—University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Medical Center—University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Medical Center—University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
- Department of Medical Physics, Medical Center—University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Physics, Medical Center—University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Neuropathology, Medical Center—University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
- IMM-PACT Clinician Scientist Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Neuropathology, Medical Center—University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
- Berta-Ottenstein-Program for Advanced Clinician Scientists, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Medical Center—University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Medical Center—University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center—University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Medical Center—University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Medical Center—University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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Huang H, Ma X, Yue X, Kang S, Rao Y, Long W, Liang Y, Li Y, Chen Y, Lyu W, Wu J, Tan X, Qiu S. Cortical gray matter microstructural alterations in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Brain Behav 2022; 12:e2746. [PMID: 36059152 PMCID: PMC9575596 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.2746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Neurodegenerative processes are widespread in the brains of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients; gaps remain to exist in the current knowledge of the associated gray matter (GM) microstructural alterations. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate alterations in GM microarchitecture in T2DM patients by diffusion tensor imaging and neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI). Seventy-eight T2DM patients and seventy-four age-, sex-, and education level-matched healthy controls (HCs) without cognitive impairment were recruited. Cortical macrostructure and GM microstructure were assessed by surface-based analysis and GM-based spatial statistics (GBSS), respectively. Machine learning models were trained to evaluate the diagnostic values of cortical intracellular volume fraction (ICVF) for the classification of T2DM versus HCs. RESULTS There were no differences in cortical thickness or area between the groups. GBSS analysis revealed similar GM microstructural patterns of significantly decreased fractional anisotropy, increased mean diffusivity and radial diffusivity in T2DM patients involving the frontal and parietal lobes, and significantly lower ICVF values were observed in nearly all brain regions of T2DM patients. A support vector machine model with a linear kernel was trained to realize the T2DM versus HC classification and exhibited the highest performance among the trained models, achieving an accuracy of 74% and an area under the curve of 83%. CONCLUSIONS NODDI may help to probe the widespread GM neuritic density loss in T2DM patients occurs before measurable macrostructural alterations. The cortical ICVF values may provide valuable diagnostic information regarding the early GM microstructural alterations in T2DM.
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- Haoming Huang
- The First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.,Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- The First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.,Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- The First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.,Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- The First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.,Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- The First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.,Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- The First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.,Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- The First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.,Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- The First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.,Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- The First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.,Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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Qi J, Wang P, Zhao G, Gao E, Zhao K, Gao A, Bai J, Zhang H, Yang G, Zhang Y, Ma X, Cheng J. Histogram Analysis Based on Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density MR Imaging for Differentiation Between Glioblastoma Multiforme and Solitary Brain Metastasis and Comparison of the Diagnostic Performance of Two ROI Placements. J Magn Reson Imaging 2022; 57:1464-1474. [PMID: 36066259 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.28419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Revised: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Preoperative differentiation of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and solitary brain metastasis (SBM) contributes to guide neurosurgical decision-making. PURPOSE To explore the value of histogram analysis based on neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) in differentiating between GBM and SBM and comparison of the diagnostic performance of two region of interest (ROI) placements. STUDY TYPE Retrospective. POPULATION In all, 109 patients with GBM (n = 57) or SBM (n = 52) were enrolled. FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE A 3.0 T scanners. T2 -dark-fluid sequence, contrast-enhanced T1 magnetization-prepared rapid gradient echo sequence, and NODDI. ASSESSMENT ROIs were placed on the peritumoral edema area (ROI1) and whole tumor area (ROI2, included the cystic, necrotic, and hemorrhagic areas). Histogram parameters of each isotropic volume fraction (ISOVF), intracellular volume fraction (ICVF), and orientation dispersion index (ODI) from NODDI images for two ROIs were calculated, respectively. STATISTICAL TESTS Mann-Whitney U test, independent t-test, chi-square test, multivariate logistic regression analysis, DeLong's test. RESULTS For the ROI1 and ROI2, the ICVFmin and ODImean obtained the highest area under curve (AUC, AUC = 0.741 and 0.750, respectively) compared to other single parameters, and the AUC of the multivariate logistic regression model was 0.851 and 0.942, respectively. DeLong's test revealed significant difference in diagnostic performance between optimal single parameter and multivariate logistic regression model within the same ROI, and the multivariate logistic regression models between two different ROIs. DATA CONCLUSION The performance of multivariate logistic regression model is superior to optimal single parameter in both ROIs based on NODDI histogram analysis to distinguish SBM from GBM, and the ROI placed on the whole tumor area exhibited better diagnostic performance. EVIDENCE LEVEL 4 TECHNICAL EFFICACY: Stage 2.
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- Jinbo Qi
- Department of MRI, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of MRI, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of MRI, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of MRI, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of MRI, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of MRI, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of MRI, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- MR Scientific Marketing, Siemens Healthineers Ltd, Wuhan, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of MRI, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of MRI, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of MRI, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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Han X, Ma X, Li D, Wang J, Jiang W, Li G, Cheng X, Guo H, Tian W. Application of Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging to Evaluate and Predict the Surgical Outcome for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy. Orthop Surg 2022; 14:1482-1488. [PMID: 35686537 PMCID: PMC9251269 DOI: 10.1111/os.13326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Revised: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Objectives Although the neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) has been shown useful to evaluate the spinal cord dysfunction, there are few prospective studies on analyzing the operation recovery of degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) disease using NODDI. This study aims to investigate the preoperative evaluation and predictive ability of NODDI in DCM patients who received posterior cervical laminoplasty. Methods This prospective study included 55 patients with DCM from January to December 2017. NODDI metrics, including intracellular volume fraction (Vic), isotropic volume fraction (Viso), and orientation dispersion index (ODI) were measured at the maximally compressed (MC) level and the non‐compressed C2 level in each patient at the preoperative and the 3‐ and 6‐month postoperative follow‐up stages. Neurological function was assessed using the modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association (mJOA) scoring system at each stage. Spearman's correlation and Kendall's tau‐b correlation were used to analyze the relationship between NODDI metrics and mJOA scores. Wilcoxon signed rank test was used to examine the changes in the NODDI and mJOA scores between the preoperative and 6‐month follow‐up stages. ROC analysis was used to further evaluate the predictive capability. Results Preoperative Vic at the level of C2 has a significant correlation with the preoperative mJOA score (r = 0.278, p = 0.048). Vic and Viso at the MC level were significantly different between the preoperative period and 6‐month follow‐up. Viso at the MC level was correlated with the mJOA score at 6‐month follow‐up (r = −0.302, p = 0.044). Vic and ODI at the C2 level predicted the surgical prognosis, with areas under the receiver‐operating characteristic curve of 0.663 (p = 0.042) and 0.716 (p = 0.014). Conclusions The preoperative NODDI metrics at the C2 level are capable of evaluating the severity of spinal cord dysfunction and predict the surgical outcome.
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- Xiao Han
- Department of Spine Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, China.,Beijing Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Beijing, China
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Department of Radiology, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Center for Biomedical Imaging Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Center for Biomedical Imaging Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, China
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Andica C, Hagiwara A, Yokoyama K, Kato S, Uchida W, Nishimura Y, Fujita S, Kamagata K, Hori M, Tomizawa Y, Hattori N, Aoki S. Multimodal magnetic resonance imaging quantification of gray matter alterations in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder. J Neurosci Res 2022; 100:1395-1412. [PMID: 35316545 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.25035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Herein, we combined neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) and synthetic magnetic resonance imaging (SyMRI) to evaluate the spatial distribution and extent of gray matter (GM) microstructural alterations in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). The NODDI (neurite density index [NDI], orientation dispersion index [ODI], and isotropic volume fraction [ISOVF]) and SyMRI (myelin volume fraction [MVF]) measures were compared between age- and sex-matched groups of 30 patients with RRMS (6 males and 24 females; mean age, 51.43 ± 8.02 years), 18 patients with anti-aquaporin-4 antibody-positive NMOSD (2 males and 16 females; mean age, 52.67 ± 16.07 years), and 19 healthy controls (6 males and 13 females; mean age, 51.47 ± 9.25 years) using GM-based spatial statistical analysis. Patients with RRMS showed reduced NDI and MVF and increased ODI and ISOVF, predominantly in the limbic and paralimbic regions, when compared with healthy controls, while only increases in ODI and ISOVF were observed when compared with NMOSD. Compared to NDI and MVF, the changes in ODI and ISOVF were observed more widely, including in the cerebellar cortex. These abnormalities were associated with disease progression and disability. In contrast, patients with NMOSD only showed reduced NDI mainly in the cerebellar, limbic, and paralimbic cortices when compared with healthy controls and patients with RRMS. Taken together, our study supports the notion that GM pathologies in RRMS are distinct from those of NMOSD. However, owing to the limitations of the study, the results should be cautiously interpreted.
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- Christina Andica
- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Radiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Radiological Sciences, Graduate School of Human Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Radiology, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Hori M, Maekawa T, Kamiya K, Hagiwara A, Goto M, Takemura MY, Fujita S, Andica C, Kamagata K, Cohen-Adad J, Aoki S. Advanced Diffusion MR Imaging for Multiple Sclerosis in the Brain and Spinal Cord. Magn Reson Med Sci 2022; 21:58-70. [PMID: 35173096 PMCID: PMC9199983 DOI: 10.2463/mrms.rev.2021-0091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has been established its usefulness in evaluating normal-appearing white matter (NAWM) and other lesions that are difficult to evaluate with routine clinical MRI in the evaluation of the brain and spinal cord lesions in multiple sclerosis (MS), a demyelinating disease. With the recent advances in the software and hardware of MRI systems, increasingly complex and sophisticated MRI and analysis methods, such as q-space imaging, diffusional kurtosis imaging, neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging, white matter tract integrity, and multiple diffusion encoding, referred to as advanced diffusion MRI, have been proposed. These are capable of capturing in vivo microstructural changes in the brain and spinal cord in normal and pathological states in greater detail than DTI. This paper reviews the current status of recent advanced diffusion MRI for assessing MS in vivo as part of an issue celebrating two decades of magnetic resonance in medical sciences (MRMS), an official journal of the Japanese Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
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- Masaaki Hori
- Department of Radiology, Toho University Omori Medical Center.,Department of Radiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Toho University Omori Medical Center.,Department of Radiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiological Technology, Faculty of Health Science, Juntendo University
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine
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Vogt NM, Hunt JFV, Adluru N, Ma Y, Van Hulle CA, Dean DC, Kecskemeti SR, Chin NA, Carlsson CM, Asthana S, Johnson SC, Kollmorgen G, Batrla R, Wild N, Buck K, Zetterberg H, Alexander AL, Blennow K, Bendlin BB. Interaction of amyloid and tau on cortical microstructure in cognitively unimpaired adults. Alzheimers Dement 2022; 18:65-76. [PMID: 33984184 PMCID: PMC8589921 DOI: 10.1002/alz.12364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI), a multi-compartment diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) model, may be useful for detecting early cortical microstructural alterations in Alzheimer's disease prior to cognitive impairment. METHODS Using neuroimaging (NODDI and T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarker data (measured using Elecsys® CSF immunoassays) from 219 cognitively unimpaired participants, we tested the main and interactive effects of CSF amyloid beta (Aβ)42 /Aβ40 and phosphorylated tau (p-tau) on cortical NODDI metrics and cortical thickness, controlling for age, sex, and apolipoprotein E ε4. RESULTS We observed a significant CSF Aβ42 /Aβ40 × p-tau interaction on cortical neurite density index (NDI), but not orientation dispersion index or cortical thickness. The directionality of these interactive effects indicated: (1) among individuals with lower CSF p-tau, greater amyloid burden was associated with higher cortical NDI; and (2) individuals with greater amyloid and p-tau burden had lower cortical NDI, consistent with cortical neurodegenerative changes. DISCUSSION NDI is a particularly sensitive marker for early cortical changes that occur prior to gross atrophy or development of cognitive impairment.
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- Nicholas M. Vogt
- Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
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- Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
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- Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
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- Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
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- Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA,Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA,Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
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- Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
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- Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA,Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, USA
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- Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA,Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, USA
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- Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA,Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, USA
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- Roche Diagnostics International AG, Rotkreuz, Switzerland
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden,Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden,Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK,UK Dementia Research Institute at University College London, London, UK
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- Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA,Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden,Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA,Corresponding Author: Barbara B Bendlin, PhD, J5/mez, Mc2420 Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792, (608) 265-2483,
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Chong ST, Liu X, Kao HW, Lin CYE, Hsu CCH, Kung YC, Kuo KT, Huang CC, Lo CYZ, Li Y, Zhao G, Lin CP. Corrigendum: Exploring Peritumoral Neural Tracts by Using Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:800009. [PMID: 34867182 PMCID: PMC8634830 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.800009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Shin Tai Chong
- Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan.,Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.,Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.,Brain Research Center, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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Chary K, Narvaez O, Salo RA, San Martín Molina I, Tohka J, Aggarwal M, Gröhn O, Sierra A. Microstructural Tissue Changes in a Rat Model of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:746214. [PMID: 34899158 PMCID: PMC8662623 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.746214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Our study investigates the potential of diffusion MRI (dMRI), including diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), fixel-based analysis (FBA) and neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI), to detect microstructural tissue abnormalities in rats after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). The brains of sham-operated and mTBI rats 35 days after lateral fluid percussion injury were imaged ex vivo in a 11.7-T scanner. Voxel-based analyses of DTI-, fixel- and NODDI-based metrics detected extensive tissue changes in directly affected brain areas close to the primary injury, and more importantly, also in distal areas connected to primary injury and indirectly affected by the secondary injury mechanisms. Histology revealed ongoing axonal abnormalities and inflammation, 35 days after the injury, in the brain areas highlighted in the group analyses. Fractional anisotropy (FA), fiber density (FD) and fiber density and fiber bundle cross-section (FDC) showed similar pattern of significant areas throughout the brain; however, FA showed more significant voxels in gray matter areas, while FD and FDC in white matter areas, and orientation dispersion index (ODI) in areas most damage based on histology. Region-of-interest (ROI)-based analyses on dMRI maps and histology in selected brain regions revealed that the changes in MRI parameters could be attributed to both alterations in myelinated fiber bundles and increased cellularity. This study demonstrates that the combination of dMRI methods can provide a more complete insight into the microstructural alterations in white and gray matter after mTBI, which may aid diagnosis and prognosis following a mild brain injury.
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- Karthik Chary
- A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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Chong ST, Liu X, Kao HW, Lin CYE, Hsu CCH, Kung YC, Kuo KT, Huang CC, Lo CYZ, Li Y, Zhao G, Lin CP. Exploring Peritumoral Neural Tracts by Using Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:702353. [PMID: 34646116 PMCID: PMC8502884 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.702353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) tractography has been widely used in brain tumor surgery to ensure thorough resection and minimize functional damage. However, due to enhanced anisotropic uncertainty in the area with peritumoral edema, diffusion tractography is generally not practicable leading to high false-negative results in neural tracking. In this study, we evaluated the usefulness of the neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) derived tractography for investigating structural heterogeneity of the brain in patients with brain tumor. A total of 24 patients with brain tumors, characterized by peritumoral edema, and 10 healthy counterparts were recruited from 2014 to 2021. All participants underwent magnetic resonance imaging. Moreover, we used the images obtained from the healthy participants for calibrating the orientation dispersion threshold for NODDI-derived corticospinal tract (CST) reconstruction. Compared to DTI, NODDI-derived tractography has a great potential to improve the reconstruction of fiber tracking through regions of vasogenic edema. The regions with edematous CST in NODDI-derived tractography demonstrated a significant decrease in the intracellular volume fraction (VFic, p < 0.000) and an increase in the isotropic volume fraction (VFiso, p < 0.014). Notably, the percentage of the involved volume of the concealed CST and lesion-to-tract distance could reflect the motor function of the patients. After the tumor resection, four patients with 1–5 years follow-up were showed subsidence of the vasogenic edema and normal CST on DTI tractography. NODDI-derived tractography revealed tracts within the edematous area and could assist neurosurgeons to locate the neural tracts that are otherwise not visualized by conventional DTI tractography.
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- Shin Tai Chong
- Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan.,Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.,Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.,Brain Research Center, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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Radetz A, Mladenova K, Ciolac D, Gonzalez-Escamilla G, Fleischer V, Ellwardt E, Krämer J, Bittner S, Meuth SG, Muthuraman M, Groppa S. Linking Microstructural Integrity and Motor Cortex Excitability in Multiple Sclerosis. Front Immunol 2021; 12:748357. [PMID: 34712236 PMCID: PMC8546169 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.748357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Motor skills are frequently impaired in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients following grey and white matter damage with cortical excitability abnormalities. We applied advanced diffusion imaging with 3T magnetic resonance tomography for neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI), as well as diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in 50 MS patients and 49 age-matched healthy controls to quantify microstructural integrity of the motor system. To assess excitability, we determined resting motor thresholds using non-invasive transcranial magnetic stimulation. As measures of cognitive-motor performance, we conducted neuropsychological assessments including the Nine-Hole Peg Test, Trail Making Test part A and B (TMT-A and TMT-B) and the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT). Patients were evaluated clinically including assessments with the Expanded Disability Status Scale. A hierarchical regression model revealed that lower neurite density index (NDI) in primary motor cortex, suggestive for axonal loss in the grey matter, predicted higher motor thresholds, i.e. reduced excitability in MS patients (p = .009, adjusted r² = 0.117). Furthermore, lower NDI was indicative of decreased cognitive-motor performance (p = .007, adjusted r² = .142 for TMT-A; p = .009, adjusted r² = .129 for TMT-B; p = .006, adjusted r² = .142 for SDMT). Motor WM tracts of patients were characterized by overlapping clusters of lowered NDI (p <.05, Cohen's d = 0.367) and DTI-based fractional anisotropy (FA) (p <.05, Cohen's d = 0.300), with NDI exclusively detecting a higher amount of abnormally appearing voxels. Further, orientation dispersion index of motor tracts was increased in patients compared to controls, suggesting a decreased fiber coherence (p <.05, Cohen's d = 0.232). This study establishes a link between microstructural characteristics and excitability of neural tissue, as well as cognitive-motor performance in multiple sclerosis. We further demonstrate that the NODDI parameters neurite density index and orientation dispersion index detect a larger amount of abnormally appearing voxels in patients compared to healthy controls, as opposed to the classical DTI parameter FA. Our work outlines the potential for microstructure imaging using advanced biophysical models to forecast excitability alterations in neuroinflammation.
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- Angela Radetz
- Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Department of Neurology, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Department of Neurology, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Department of Neurology, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Laboratory of Neurobiology and Medical Genetics, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chişinău, Moldova
- Department of Neurology, Institute of Emergency Medicine, Chişinău, Moldova
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- Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Department of Neurology, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Department of Neurology, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Department of Neurology, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Institute of Translational Neurology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Department of Neurology, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Institute of Translational Neurology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Department of Neurology, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Department of Neurology, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Gatto RG, Weissmann C. Preliminary examination of early neuroconnectivity features in the R6/1 mouse model of Huntington's disease by ultra-high field diffusion MRI. Neural Regen Res 2021; 17:983-986. [PMID: 34558512 PMCID: PMC8552860 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.324831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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During the last decades, advances in the understanding of genetic, cellular, and microstructural alterations associated to Huntington's disease (HD) have improved the understanding of this progressive and fatal illness. However, events related to early neuropathological events, neuroinflammation, deterioration of neuronal connectivity and compensatory mechanisms still remain vastly unknown. Ultra-high field diffusion MRI (UHFD-MRI) techniques can contribute to a more comprehensive analysis of the early microstructural changes observed in HD. In addition, it is possible to evaluate if early imaging microstructural parameters might be linked to histological biomarkers. Moreover, qualitative studies analyzing histological complexity in brain areas susceptible to neurodegeneration could provide information on inflammatory events, compensatory increase of neuroconnectivity and mechanisms of brain repair and regeneration. The application of ultra-high field diffusion-MRI technology in animal models, particularly the R6/1 mice (a common preclinical mammalian model of HD), provide the opportunity to analyze alterations in a physiologically intact model of the disease. Although some disparities in volumetric changes across different brain structures between preclinical and clinical models has been documented, further application of different diffusion MRI techniques used in combination like diffusion tensor imaging, and neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging have proved effective in characterizing early parameters associated to alteration in water diffusion exchange within intracellular and extracellular compartments in brain white and grey matter. Thus, the combination of diffusion MRI imaging techniques and more complex neuropathological analysis could accelerate the discovery of new imaging biomarkers and the early diagnosis and neuromonitoring of patients affected with HD.
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- Rodolfo G Gatto
- Department of Bioengineering, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Instituto de Fisiología Biología Molecular y Neurociencias-IFIBYNE-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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McCunn P, Xu X, Moszczynski A, Li A, Brown A, Bartha R. Neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging in a rodent model of acute mild traumatic brain injury. J Neuroimaging 2021; 31:879-892. [PMID: 34473386 DOI: 10.1111/jon.12917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 07/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Identification of changesin brain microstructure following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) could be instrumental in understanding the underlying pathophysiology. The purpose of this study was to apply neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) to a rodent model of mTBI to determine whether microstructural changes could be detected immediately following injury. METHODS Fifteen adult male Wistar rats were scanned on a Bruker 9.4 Tesla small animal MRI using a multi-shell acquisition (30 b = 1000 s/mm2 and 60 b = 2000 s/mm2 ). Nine animals experienced a single closed head controlled cortical impact followed by NODDI from 1 to 4 h post injury. Region of interest analysis focused on the corpus callosum and hippocampus. A mixed analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to determine statistically significant interactions in neurite density index (NDI), orientation dispersion index (ODI), fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), axial diffusivity (AD), and radial diffusivity. Follow up repeated-measures ANOVAs were used to determine individual changes over time. RESULTS NDI showed a significant increase in the hippocampus and corpus callosum following injury, while ODI showed increases in the corpus callosum. No significant changes were observed in the sham control animals. No changes were found in FA, MD, AD, or RD. Histological analysis revealed increased glial fibrillary acidic protein staining relative to controls in both the hippocampus and corpus callosum, with evidence of activated astrocytes in these regions. CONCLUSIONS Changes in NODDI metrics were detected as early as 1 h following mTBI. No changes were detected with conventional diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) metrics, suggesting that NODDI provides greater sensitivity to microstructural changes than conventional DTI.
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- Patrick McCunn
- Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.,Departments of Psychiatry and Medical Imaging, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Alotaibi A, Podlasek A, AlTokhis A, Aldhebaib A, Dineen RA, Constantinescu CS. Investigating Microstructural Changes in White Matter in Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging. Brain Sci 2021; 11:1151. [PMID: 34573172 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11091151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Revised: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterised by widespread damage of the central nervous system that includes alterations in normal-appearing white matter (NAWM) and demyelinating white matter (WM) lesions. Neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) has been proposed to provide a precise characterisation of WM microstructures. NODDI maps can be calculated for the Neurite Density Index (NDI) and Orientation Dispersion Index (ODI), which estimate orientation dispersion and neurite density. Although NODDI has not been widely applied in MS, this technique is promising in investigating the complexity of MS pathology, as it is more specific than diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in capturing microstructural alterations. We conducted a meta-analysis of studies using NODDI metrics to assess brain microstructural changes and neuroaxonal pathology in WM lesions and NAWM in patients with MS. Three reviewers conducted a literature search of four electronic databases. We performed a random-effect meta-analysis and the extent of between-study heterogeneity was assessed with the I2 statistic. Funnel plots and Egger’s tests were used to assess publication bias. We identified seven studies analysing 374 participants (202 MS and 172 controls). The NDI in WM lesions and NAWM were significantly reduced compared to healthy WM and the standardised mean difference of each was −3.08 (95%CI −4.22 to (−1.95), p ≤ 0.00001, I2 = 88%) and −0.70 (95%CI −0.99 to (−0.40), p ≤ 0.00001, I2 = 35%), respectively. There was no statistically significant difference of the ODI in MS WM lesions and NAWM compared to healthy controls. This systematic review and meta-analysis confirmed that the NDI is significantly reduced in MS lesions and NAWM than in WM from healthy participants, corresponding to reduced intracellular signal fraction, which may reflect underlying damage or loss of neurites.
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Oehr LE, Yang JYM, Chen J, Maller JJ, Seal ML, Anderson JFI. Investigating White Matter Tract Microstructural Changes at Six-Twelve Weeks following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Combined Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging Study. J Neurotrauma 2021; 38:2255-2263. [PMID: 33307950 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2020.7310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Using diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), research has demonstrated changes suggestive of damage to white matter tracts (WMT) following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Yet due to the predominant use of the diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) model, which has numerous well-established limitations, it has not yet been possible to clearly examine the nature of changes to WMT microstructure following mTBI. This study used a second DWI-based technique, neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI), in combination with DTI to measure microstructural changes within the corpus callosum, three long association and one projection WMTs at 6-12 weeks following mTBI, compared with matched trauma controls (TC). Between-groups differences were identified across all WMT for the DTI metric fractional anisotropy (FA), and the NODDI metrics orientation dispersion index (ODI) and isotropic volume fraction (ISO). No statistically significant between-groups differences were found for other DTI and NODDI metrics. Our study revealed that reduced FA was accompanied by increased ODI, suggesting that mTBI results in reduced coherence of axonal fiber bundles within the studied WMTs. These between-groups differences in WMT microstructure were found at 6-12 weeks post-injury, which suggests that structural recovery is not yet complete towards end of the typical 3-month recovery period.
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- Lucy E Oehr
- Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Developmental Imaging, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Developmental Imaging, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- General Electric Healthcare, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Center, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Developmental Imaging, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Psychology, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Johnson D, Ricciardi A, Brownlee W, Kanber B, Prados F, Collorone S, Kaden E, Toosy A, Alexander DC, Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott CAM, Ciccarelli O, Grussu F. Comparison of Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging and Two-Compartment Spherical Mean Technique Parameter Maps in Multiple Sclerosis. Front Neurol 2021; 12:662855. [PMID: 34194382 PMCID: PMC8236830 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.662855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Background: Neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) and the spherical mean technique (SMT) are diffusion MRI methods providing metrics with sensitivity to similar characteristics of white matter microstructure. There has been limited comparison of changes in NODDI and SMT parameters due to multiple sclerosis (MS) pathology in clinical settings. Purpose: To compare group-wise differences between healthy controls and MS patients in NODDI and SMT metrics, investigating associations with disability and correlations with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) metrics. Methods: Sixty three relapsing-remitting MS patients were compared to 28 healthy controls. NODDI and SMT metrics corresponding to intracellular volume fraction (vin), orientation dispersion (ODI and ODE), diffusivity (D) (SMT only) and isotropic volume fraction (viso) (NODDI only) were calculated from diffusion MRI data, alongside DTI metrics (fractional anisotropy, FA; axial/mean/radial diffusivity, AD/MD/RD). Correlations between all pairs of MRI metrics were calculated in normal-appearing white matter (NAWM). Associations with expanded disability status scale (EDSS), controlling for age and gender, were evaluated. Patient-control differences were assessed voxel-by-voxel in MNI space controlling for age and gender at the 5% significance level, correcting for multiple comparisons. Spatial overlap of areas showing significant differences were compared using Dice coefficients. Results: NODDI and SMT show significant associations with EDSS (standardised beta coefficient −0.34 in NAWM and −0.37 in lesions for NODDI vin; 0.38 and −0.31 for SMT ODE and vin in lesions; p < 0.05). Significant correlations in NAWM are observed between DTI and NODDI/SMT metrics. NODDI vin and SMT vin strongly correlated (r = 0.72, p < 0.05), likewise NODDI ODI and SMT ODE (r = −0.80, p < 0.05). All DTI, NODDI and SMT metrics detect widespread differences between patients and controls in NAWM (12.57% and 11.90% of MNI brain mask for SMT and NODDI vin, Dice overlap of 0.42). Data Conclusion: SMT and NODDI detect significant differences in white matter microstructure between MS patients and controls, concurring on the direction of these changes, providing consistent descriptors of tissue microstructure that correlate with disability and show alterations beyond focal damage. Our study suggests that NODDI and SMT may play a role in monitoring MS in clinical trials and practice.
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- Daniel Johnson
- Department of Neuroinflammation, Faculty of Brain Sciences, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Centre, University College London (UCL) Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neuroinflammation, Faculty of Brain Sciences, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Centre, University College London (UCL) Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neuroinflammation, Faculty of Brain Sciences, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Centre, University College London (UCL) Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neuroinflammation, Faculty of Brain Sciences, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Centre, University College London (UCL) Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neuroinflammation, Faculty of Brain Sciences, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Centre, University College London (UCL) Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,e-Health Centre, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neuroinflammation, Faculty of Brain Sciences, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Centre, University College London (UCL) Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Computer Science, Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neuroinflammation, Faculty of Brain Sciences, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Centre, University College London (UCL) Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Computer Science, Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neuroinflammation, Faculty of Brain Sciences, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Centre, University College London (UCL) Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.,Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 3T Research Centre, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Neuroinflammation, Faculty of Brain Sciences, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Centre, University College London (UCL) Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neuroinflammation, Faculty of Brain Sciences, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Centre, University College London (UCL) Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,Radiomics Group, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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Kamagata K, Andica C, Kato A, Saito Y, Uchida W, Hatano T, Lukies M, Ogawa T, Takeshige-Amano H, Akashi T, Hagiwara A, Fujita S, Aoki S. Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Based Biomarkers for Neurodegenerative Diseases. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22105216. [PMID: 34069159 PMCID: PMC8155849 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22105216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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There has been an increasing prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases with the rapid increase in aging societies worldwide. Biomarkers that can be used to detect pathological changes before the development of severe neuronal loss and consequently facilitate early intervention with disease-modifying therapeutic modalities are therefore urgently needed. Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a promising tool that can be used to infer microstructural characteristics of the brain, such as microstructural integrity and complexity, as well as axonal density, order, and myelination, through the utilization of water molecules that are diffused within the tissue, with displacement at the micron scale. Diffusion tensor imaging is the most commonly used diffusion MRI technique to assess the pathophysiology of neurodegenerative diseases. However, diffusion tensor imaging has several limitations, and new technologies, including neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging, diffusion kurtosis imaging, and free-water imaging, have been recently developed as approaches to overcome these constraints. This review provides an overview of these technologies and their potential as biomarkers for the early diagnosis and disease progression of major neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Koji Kamagata
- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (C.A.); (Y.S.); (W.U.); (T.A.); (A.H.); (S.F.); (S.A.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (C.A.); (Y.S.); (W.U.); (T.A.); (A.H.); (S.F.); (S.A.)
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- Department of Multidisciplinary Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago 683-8504, Japan;
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (C.A.); (Y.S.); (W.U.); (T.A.); (A.H.); (S.F.); (S.A.)
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (C.A.); (Y.S.); (W.U.); (T.A.); (A.H.); (S.F.); (S.A.)
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (T.H.); (T.O.); (H.T.-A.)
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia;
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (T.H.); (T.O.); (H.T.-A.)
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (T.H.); (T.O.); (H.T.-A.)
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (C.A.); (Y.S.); (W.U.); (T.A.); (A.H.); (S.F.); (S.A.)
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (C.A.); (Y.S.); (W.U.); (T.A.); (A.H.); (S.F.); (S.A.)
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (C.A.); (Y.S.); (W.U.); (T.A.); (A.H.); (S.F.); (S.A.)
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (C.A.); (Y.S.); (W.U.); (T.A.); (A.H.); (S.F.); (S.A.)
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Xu Y, Wang P, Ding L. [Brain tissue microstructure parameters estimation method based on proximal gradient network]. Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi 2021; 38:333-341. [PMID: 33913294 DOI: 10.7507/1001-5515.202004043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
Abstract
Diffusion tensor imaging technology can provide information on the white matter of the brain, which can be used to explore changes in brain tissue structure, but it lacks the specific description of the microstructure information of brain tissue. The neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging make up for its shortcomings. But in order to accurately estimate the brain microstructure, a large number of diffusion gradients are needed, and the calculation is complex and time-consuming through maximum likelihood fitting. Therefore, this paper proposes a kind of microstructure parameters estimation method based on the proximal gradient network, which further avoids the classic fitting paradigm. The method can accurately estimate the parameters while reducing the number of diffusion gradients, and achieve the purpose of imaging quality better than the neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging model and accelerated microstructure imaging via convex optimization model.
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- Yonghong Xu
- Institute of Electric Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, P.R.China
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- Institute of Electric Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, P.R.China
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- Institute of Electric Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei 066004, P.R.China
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Ueno Y, Saito A, Nakata J, Kamagata K, Taniguchi D, Motoi Y, Io H, Andica C, Shindo A, Shiina K, Miyamoto N, Yamashiro K, Urabe T, Suzuki Y, Aoki S, Hattori N. Possible Neuroprotective Effects of l-Carnitine on White-Matter Microstructural Damage and Cognitive Decline in Hemodialysis Patients. Nutrients 2021; 13:nu13041292. [PMID: 33919810 PMCID: PMC8070822 DOI: 10.3390/nu13041292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Although l-carnitine alleviated white-matter lesions in an experimental study, the treatment effects of l-carnitine on white-matter microstructural damage and cognitive decline in hemodialysis patients are unknown. Using novel diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) techniques, white-matter microstructural changes together with cognitive decline in hemodialysis patients and the effects of l-carnitine on such disorders were investigated. Fourteen hemodialysis patients underwent dMRI and laboratory and neuropsychological tests, which were compared across seven patients each in two groups according to duration of l-carnitine treatment: (1) no or short-term l-carnitine treatment (NSTLC), and (2) long-term l-carnitine treatment (LTLC). Ten age- and sex-matched controls were enrolled. Compared to controls, microstructural disorders of white matter were widely detected on dMRI of patients. An autopsy study of one patient in the NSTLC group showed rarefaction of myelinated fibers in white matter. With LTLC, microstructural damage on dMRI was alleviated along with lower levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and substantial increases in carnitine levels. The LTLC group showed better achievement on trail making test A, which was correlated with amelioration of disorders in some white-matter tracts. Novel dMRI tractography detected abnormalities of white-matter tracts after hemodialysis. Long-term treatment with l-carnitine might alleviate white-matter microstructural damage and cognitive impairment in hemodialysis patients.
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- Yuji Ueno
- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (D.T.); (Y.M.); (A.S.); (K.S.); (N.M.); (N.H.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-3-3813-3111; Fax: +81-3-5800-0547
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (A.S.); (K.K.); (C.A.); (S.A.)
- Department of Neurology and Stroke Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (J.N.); (Y.S.)
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (A.S.); (K.K.); (C.A.); (S.A.)
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (D.T.); (Y.M.); (A.S.); (K.S.); (N.M.); (N.H.)
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (D.T.); (Y.M.); (A.S.); (K.S.); (N.M.); (N.H.)
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- Department of Nephrology, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Tokyo 177-8521, Japan;
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (A.S.); (K.K.); (C.A.); (S.A.)
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (D.T.); (Y.M.); (A.S.); (K.S.); (N.M.); (N.H.)
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (D.T.); (Y.M.); (A.S.); (K.S.); (N.M.); (N.H.)
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (D.T.); (Y.M.); (A.S.); (K.S.); (N.M.); (N.H.)
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Urayasu 279-0021, Japan; (K.Y.); (T.U.)
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Urayasu 279-0021, Japan; (K.Y.); (T.U.)
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- Department of Nephrology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (J.N.); (Y.S.)
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (A.S.); (K.K.); (C.A.); (S.A.)
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; (D.T.); (Y.M.); (A.S.); (K.S.); (N.M.); (N.H.)
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Wang ZX, Zhu WZ, Zhang S, Shaghaghi M, Cai KJ. Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging of Rat Brain Microstructural Changes due to Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion at a 3T MRI. Curr Med Sci 2021; 41:167-172. [PMID: 33582922 DOI: 10.1007/s11596-021-2332-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The purpose of this work was to demonstrate the feasibility of neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) in characterizing the brain tissue microstructural changes of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) in rats at 3T MRI, and to validate NODDI metrics with histology. A multi-shell diffusion MRI protocol was performed on 11 MCAO rats and 10 control rats at different post-operation time points of 0.5, 2, 6, 12, 24 and 72 h. NODDI orientation dispersion index (ODI) and intracellular volume fraction (Vic) metrics were compared between MCAO group and control group. The evolution of NODDI metrics was characterized and validated by histology. Infarction was consistent with significantly increased ODI and Vic in comparison to control tissues at all time points (P<0.001). Lesion ODI increased gradually from 0.5 to 72 h, while its Vic showed a more complicated and fluctuated evolution. ODI and Vic were significantly different between hyperacute and acute stroke periods (P<0.001). The NODDI metrics were found to be consistent with the histological findings. In conclusion, NODDI can reflect microstructural changes of brain tissues in MCAO rats at 3T MRI and the metrics are consistent with histology. This study helps to prepare NODDI for the diagnosis and management of ischemic stroke in translational research and clinical practice.
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- Zhen-Xiong Wang
- Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.,Department of Radiology, Department of Bioengineering, and the Center for MR Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, 60612, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Department of Bioengineering, and the Center for MR Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, 60612, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Department of Bioengineering, and the Center for MR Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, 60612, USA
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Pieri V, Sanvito F, Riva M, Petrini A, Rancoita PMV, Cirillo S, Iadanza A, Bello L, Castellano A, Falini A. Along-tract statistics of neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging diffusion metrics to enhance MR tractography quantitative analysis in healthy controls and in patients with brain tumors. Hum Brain Mapp 2020; 42:1268-1286. [PMID: 33274823 PMCID: PMC7927309 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Along‐tract statistics analysis enables the extraction of quantitative diffusion metrics along specific white matter fiber tracts. Besides quantitative metrics derived from classical diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), such as fractional anisotropy and diffusivities, new parameters reflecting the relative contribution of different diffusion compartments in the tissue can be estimated through advanced diffusion MRI methods as neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI), leading to a more specific microstructural characterization. In this study, we extracted both DTI‐ and NODDI‐derived quantitative microstructural diffusion metrics along the most eloquent fiber tracts in 15 healthy subjects and in 22 patients with brain tumors. We obtained a robust intraprotocol reference database of normative along‐tract microstructural metrics, and their corresponding plots, from healthy fiber tracts. Each diffusion metric of individual patient's fiber tract was then plotted and statistically compared to the normative profile of the corresponding metric from the healthy fiber tracts. NODDI‐derived metrics appeared to account for the pathological microstructural changes of the peritumoral tissue more accurately than DTI‐derived ones. This approach may be useful for future studies that may compare healthy subjects to patients diagnosed with other pathological conditions.
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- Valentina Pieri
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.,Neuroradiology Unit and CERMAC, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.,Neuroradiology Unit and CERMAC, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.,Neurosurgical Oncology Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Computer Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- University Centre for Statistics in the Biomedical Sciences, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.,Neuroradiology Unit and CERMAC, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.,Neuroradiology Unit and CERMAC, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurosurgical Oncology Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Milan, Italy.,Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.,Neuroradiology Unit and CERMAC, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.,Neuroradiology Unit and CERMAC, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Kawata K, Steinfeldt JA, Huibregtse ME, Nowak MK, Macy JT, Kercher K, Rettke DJ, Shin A, Chen Z, Ejima K, Newman SD, Cheng H. Association Between Proteomic Blood Biomarkers and DTI/NODDI Metrics in Adolescent Football Players: A Pilot Study. Front Neurol 2020; 11:581781. [PMID: 33304306 PMCID: PMC7701105 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.581781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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While neuroimaging and blood biomarker have been two of the most active areas of research in the neurotrauma community, these fields rarely intersect to delineate subconcussive brain injury. The aim of the study was to examine the association between diffusion MRI techniques [diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and neurite orientation/dispersion density imaging (NODDI)] and brain-injury blood biomarker levels [tau, neurofilament-light (NfL), glial-fibrillary-acidic-protein (GFAP)] in high-school football players at their baseline, aiming to detect cumulative neuronal damage from prior seasons. Twenty-five football players were enrolled in the study. MRI measures and blood samples were obtained during preseason data collection. The whole-brain, tract-based spatial statistics was conducted for six diffusion metrics: fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), axial/radial diffusivity (AD, RD), neurite density index (NDI), and orientation dispersion index (ODI). Five players were ineligible for MRIs, and three serum samples were excluded due to hemolysis, resulting in 17 completed set of diffusion metrics and blood biomarker levels for association analysis. Our permutation-based regression model revealed that serum tau levels were significantly associated with MD and NDI in various axonal tracts; specifically, elevated serum tau levels correlated to elevated MD (p = 0.0044) and reduced NDI (p = 0.016) in the corpus callosum and surrounding white matter tracts (e.g., longitudinal fasciculus). Additionally, there was a negative association between NfL and ODI in the focal area of the longitudinal fasciculus. Our data suggest that high school football players may develop axonal microstructural abnormality in the corpus callosum and surrounding white matter tracts, such as longitudinal fasciculus. A future study is warranted to determine the longitudinal multimodal relationship in response to repetitive exposure to sports-related head impacts.
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- Keisuke Kawata
- Department of Kinesiology, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States
- Program in Neuroscience, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States
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- Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, School of Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States
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- Department of Applied Health Science, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States
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- Department of Applied Health Science, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States
- Alabama Life Research Institute, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
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- Program in Neuroscience, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States
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Guo T, Wu J, Zhou C, Guan X, Gao T, Bai X, Song Z, Xuan M, Gu Q, Huang P, Zhang B, Pu J, Xu X, Xu D, Zhang M. Aberrant Fiber Coherence of Amygdala-Accumbens-Pallidum Pathway Is Associated With Disorganized Nigrostriatal-Nigropallidal Pathway in Parkinson's Disease. J Magn Reson Imaging 2020; 52:1799-1808. [PMID: 32662234 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.27273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Motor disturbances in Parkinson's disease (PD) mainly result from the degeneration of classic motor pathways. Given that the specific limbic pathway participates in movements, it is reasonable to consider that limbic pathway have the pathologic potential of motor disturbance in PD. PURPOSE To explore the white matter changes of limbic and motor pathways and their relations in PD patients. STUDY TYPE Prospective. POPULATION 39 PD patients and 55 normal controls. SEQUENCE Sagittal 3D T1 -weighted fast spoiled gradient recalled sequence, diffusion-weighted spin echo-echo planar imaging sequence on a 3T scanner. ASSESSMENT Probabilistic tractography was used to reconstruct the motor pathways (nigrostriatal-nigropallidal and basal ganglia-motor cortex pathways) and limbic pathway (amygdala-accumbens-pallidum pathway). White matter alterations of these pathways were evaluated by fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), axial diffusivity (AD), radial diffusivity (RD), neurite density (NDI), and orientation dispersion (ODI). Clinical assessment was conducted by a neurologist. STATISTICAL TESTS Group comparisons were performed using unpaired t-tests. Pearson or Spearman correlation was used to explore the relationships between variables. RESULTS Compared with normal controls, PD patients showed decreased ODI as well as increased MD and AD in the bilateral nigrostriatal-nigropallidal pathway (P < 0.05), decreased FA in left basal ganglia-motor cortex pathway (P < 0.05), and decreased ODI in left limbic pathway (P < 0.05). MD and AD in the left nigrostriatal-nigropallidal pathway was negatively correlated with FA in left basal ganglia-motor cortex pathway (r = -0.597, P < 0.05 and r = -0.433, P < 0.05, respectively). MD in the left nigrostriatal-nigropallidal pathway was significantly correlated with ODI in the left limbic pathway (r = -0.404, P < 0.05). ODI was associated with AD within each hemisphere of the nigrostriatal-nigropallidal pathway (r = -0.591, P < 0.05 for left; r = -0.589, P < 0.05 for right). DATA CONCLUSION The relationship between the degenerated motor pathways and aberrant limbic pathway suggest the existence of neuronal modulation between motor and limbic pathways, providing novel evidence of the neuromechanism for motor disruption in PD patients. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 2 TECHNICAL EFFICACY STAGE: 1 J. MAGN. RESON. IMAGING 2020;52:1799-1808.
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- Tao Guo
- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.,Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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Andica C, Kamagata K, Hatano T, Saito Y, Uchida W, Ogawa T, Takeshige-Amano H, Hagiwara A, Murata S, Oyama G, Shimo Y, Umemura A, Akashi T, Wada A, Kumamaru KK, Hori M, Hattori N, Aoki S. Neurocognitive and psychiatric disorders-related axonal degeneration in Parkinson's disease. J Neurosci Res 2020; 98:936-949. [PMID: 32026517 PMCID: PMC7154645 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.24584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Revised: 12/05/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Neurocognitive and psychiatric disorders have significant consequences for quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). In the current study, we evaluated microstructural white matter (WM) alterations associated with neurocognitive and psychiatric disorders in PD using neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) and linked independent component analysis (LICA). The indices of NODDI were compared between 20 and 19 patients with PD with and without neurocognitive and psychiatric disorders, respectively, and 25 healthy controls using tract‐based spatial statistics and tract‐of‐interest analyses. LICA was applied to model inter‐subject variability across measures. A widespread reduction in axonal density (indexed by intracellular volume fraction [ICVF]) was demonstrated in PD patients with and without neurocognitive and psychiatric disorders, as compared with healthy controls. Compared with patients without neurocognitive and psychiatric disorders, patients with neurocognitive and psychiatric disorders exhibited more extensive (posterior predominant) decreases in axonal density. Using LICA, ICVF demonstrated the highest contribution (59% weight) to the main effects of diagnosis that reflected widespread decreases in axonal density. These findings suggest that axonal loss is a major factor underlying WM pathology related to neurocognitive and psychiatric disorders in PD, whereas patients with neurocognitive and psychiatric disorders had broader axonal pathology, as compared with those without. LICA suggested that the ICVF can be used as a useful biomarker of microstructural changes in the WM related to neurocognitive and psychiatric disorders in PD.
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- Christina Andica
- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Radiological Sciences, Graduate School of Human Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Radiological Sciences, Graduate School of Human Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Radiology, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Kamagata K, Andica C, Hatano T, Ogawa T, Takeshige-Amano H, Ogaki K, Akashi T, Hagiwara A, Fujita S, Aoki S. Advanced diffusion magnetic resonance imaging in patients with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Neural Regen Res 2020; 15:1590-1600. [PMID: 32209758 PMCID: PMC7437577 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.276326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases is increasing as human longevity increases. The objective biomarkers that enable the staging and early diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases are eagerly anticipated. It has recently become possible to determine pathological changes in the brain without autopsy with the advancement of diffusion magnetic resonance imaging techniques. Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging is a robust tool used to evaluate brain microstructural complexity and integrity, axonal order, density, and myelination via the micron-scale displacement of water molecules diffusing in tissues. Diffusion tensor imaging, a type of diffusion magnetic resonance imaging technique is widely utilized in clinical and research settings; however, it has several limitations. To overcome these limitations, cutting-edge diffusion magnetic resonance imaging techniques, such as diffusional kurtosis imaging, neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging, and free water imaging, have been recently proposed and applied to evaluate the pathology of neurodegenerative diseases. This review focused on the main applications, findings, and future directions of advanced diffusion magnetic resonance imaging techniques in patients with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, the first and second most common neurodegenerative diseases, respectively.
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- Koji Kamagata
- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Andica C, Kamagata K, Hatano T, Saito Y, Ogaki K, Hattori N, Aoki S. MR Biomarkers of Degenerative Brain Disorders Derived From Diffusion Imaging. J Magn Reson Imaging 2019; 52:1620-1636. [PMID: 31837086 PMCID: PMC7754336 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.27019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2019] [Revised: 11/24/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The incidence of neurodegenerative diseases has shown an increasing trend. These conditions typically cause progressive functional disability. Identification of robust biomarkers of neurodegenerative diseases is a key imperative to facilitate early identification of the pathological features and to foster a better understanding of the pathogenetic mechanisms of individual diseases. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is the most widely used diffusion MRI technique for assessment of neurodegenerative diseases. The DTI parameters are promising biomarkers for evaluation of microstructural changes; however, some limitations of DTI restrict its wider clinical use. New diffusion MRI techniques, such as diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI), bi-tensor DTI, and neurite orientation density and dispersion imaging (NODDI) have been demonstrated to provide value addition to DTI for evaluation of neurodegenerative diseases. In this review article, we summarize the key technical aspects and provide an overview of the current state of knowledge regarding the role of DKI, bi-tensor DTI, and NODDI as biomarkers of microstructural changes in representative neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Huntington's disease. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 5 TECHNICAL EFFICACY STAGE: 2 J. MAGN. RESON. IMAGING 2020;52:1620-1636.
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- Christina Andica
- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Radiological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Graduate School of Human Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Nemanich ST, Mueller BA, Gillick BT. Neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging quantifies corticospinal tract microstructural organization in children with unilateral cerebral palsy. Hum Brain Mapp 2019; 40:4888-4900. [PMID: 31355991 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Revised: 07/17/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Children with unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP) due to early brain injury exhibit disrupted connectivity of corticospinal tracts (CSTs), which can be quantified using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI). Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is commonly used to quantify white matter organization, however, this model lacks the biological specificity to accurately describe underlying microstructural properties. Newer approaches, such as neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI), may provide more biologically accurate information regarding CST microstructure. In this study, we directly compared metrics of CST microstructure using NODDI and DTI models to characterize the microstructural organization of corticospinal pathways. Twenty participants with UCP participating in a neuromodulation/rehabilitation intervention underwent imaging including multi-shell DWI; 10 participants' datasets were adequately completed for neuroimaging analysis. Task fMRI-guided probabilistic tractography from motor cortex to brainstem was performed at baseline and follow-up to reconstruct the CSTs. Diffusion metrics were compared between hemispheres at baseline, and between baseline and follow-up to test for intervention effects. Correlation analyses were used to compare baseline metrics to changes in hand function following the intervention. DTI results showed that mean fractional anisotropy in lesioned and nonlesioned CSTs did not significantly differ, but mean, axial, and radial diffusivity were greater in the lesioned CST. For NODDI, intracellular volume fraction (ICVF) and orientation dispersion index (ODI) were lower in the lesioned CST. Unimanual function was strongly correlated with ICVF, but not FA. NODDI may reveal distinct properties of CST microstructure that are linked to motor function, indicating their potential in characterizing brain structure and development.
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- Samuel T Nemanich
- Division of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Hara S, Hori M, Inaji M, Maehara T, Aoki S, Nariai T. Regression of White Matter Hyperintensity after Indirect Bypass Surgery in a Patient with Moyamoya Disease. Magn Reson Med Sci 2018; 18:247-248. [PMID: 30518734 PMCID: PMC6883095 DOI: 10.2463/mrms.ci.2018-0088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- Shoko Hara
- Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.,Department of Radiology, Juntendo University
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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Parker TD, Slattery CF, Zhang J, Nicholas JM, Paterson RW, Foulkes AJM, Malone IB, Thomas DL, Modat M, Cash DM, Crutch SJ, Alexander DC, Ourselin S, Fox NC, Zhang H, Schott JM. Cortical microstructure in young onset Alzheimer's disease using neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging. Hum Brain Mapp 2018; 39:3005-3017. [PMID: 29575324 PMCID: PMC6055830 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2017] [Revised: 02/20/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with extensive alterations in grey matter microstructure, but our ability to quantify this in vivo is limited. Neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) is a multi-shell diffusion MRI technique that estimates neuritic microstructure in the form of orientation dispersion and neurite density indices (ODI/NDI). Mean values for cortical thickness, ODI, and NDI were extracted from predefined regions of interest in the cortical grey matter of 38 patients with young onset AD and 22 healthy controls. Five cortical regions associated with early atrophy in AD (entorhinal cortex, inferior temporal gyrus, middle temporal gyrus, fusiform gyrus, and precuneus) and one region relatively spared from atrophy in AD (precentral gyrus) were investigated. ODI, NDI, and cortical thickness values were compared between controls and patients for each region, and their associations with MMSE score were assessed. NDI values of all regions were significantly lower in patients. Cortical thickness measurements were significantly lower in patients in regions associated with early atrophy in AD, but not in the precentral gyrus. Decreased ODI was evident in patients in the inferior and middle temporal gyri, fusiform gyrus, and precuneus. The majority of AD-related decreases in cortical ODI and NDI persisted following adjustment for cortical thickness, as well as each other. There was evidence in the patient group that cortical NDI was associated with MMSE performance. These data suggest distinct differences in cortical NDI and ODI occur in AD and these metrics provide pathologically relevant information beyond that of cortical thinning.
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- Thomas D Parker
- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Computer Science and Centre for Medical Image Computing, UCL, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, United Kingdom
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- Neuroradiological Academic Unit, Department of Brain Repair and Rehabilitation, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom.,Leonard Wolfson Experimental Neurology Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom
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- Translational Imaging Group, Centre for Medical Image Computing, UCL, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, United Kingdom.,Translational Imaging Group, Centre for Medical Image Computing, UCL, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Computer Science and Centre for Medical Image Computing, UCL, London, United Kingdom
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- Translational Imaging Group, Centre for Medical Image Computing, UCL, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Computer Science and Centre for Medical Image Computing, UCL, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, United Kingdom
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Hutchinson EB, Avram AV, Irfanoglu MO, Koay CG, Barnett AS, Komlosh ME, Özarslan E, Schwerin SC, Juliano SL, Pierpaoli C. Analysis of the effects of noise, DWI sampling, and value of assumed parameters in diffusion MRI models. Magn Reson Med 2017; 78:1767-1780. [PMID: 28090658 PMCID: PMC6084345 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2016] [Revised: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 11/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Purpose This study was a systematic evaluation across different and prominent diffusion MRI models to better understand the ways in which scalar metrics are influenced by experimental factors, including experimental design (diffusion‐weighted imaging [DWI] sampling) and noise. Methods Four diffusion MRI models—diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI), mean apparent propagator MRI (MAP‐MRI), and neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI)—were evaluated by comparing maps and histogram values of the scalar metrics generated using DWI datasets obtained in fixed mouse brain with different noise levels and DWI sampling complexity. Additionally, models were fit with different input parameters or constraints to examine the consequences of model fitting procedures. Results Experimental factors affected all models and metrics to varying degrees. Model complexity influenced sensitivity to DWI sampling and noise, especially for metrics reporting non‐Gaussian information. DKI metrics were highly susceptible to noise and experimental design. The influence of fixed parameter selection for the NODDI model was found to be considerable, as was the impact of initial tensor fitting in the MAP‐MRI model. Conclusion Across DTI, DKI, MAP‐MRI, and NODDI, a wide range of dependence on experimental factors was observed that elucidate principles and practical implications for advanced diffusion MRI. Magn Reson Med 78:1767–1780, 2017. © 2017 The Authors Magnetic Resonance in Medicine published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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- Elizabeth B Hutchinson
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.,The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.,The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- National Intrepid Center of Excellence, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.,The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.,The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, USA.,Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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