Thalamic energy dysfunction is associated with thalamo-cortical tract damage in multiple sclerosis: A diffusion spectroscopy study.
Multiple sclerosis
diffusion tensor imaging
diffusion-weighted spectroscopy
energy dysfunction
neurodegeneration
tractography
Journal
Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)
ISSN: 1477-0970
Titre abrégé: Mult Scler
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9509185
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2021
04 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
11
2
2021
medline:
25
9
2021
entrez:
10
2
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Diffusion-weighted To investigate whether thalamic ADC(tCr) changes are associated with thalamo-cortical tract damage in MS. Twenty patients with MS and 13 healthy controls (HC) were enrolled in a DW-MRS and DW imaging (DWI) study. From DW-MRS, ADC(tCr) and total N-acetyl-aspartate diffusivity (ADC(tNAA)) were extracted in the thalami. Three thalamo-cortical tracts and one non-thalamic control tract were reconstructed from DWI. Fractional anisotropy (FA), mean (MD), axial (AD), and radial diffusivity (RD), reflecting microstructural integrity, were extracted for each tract. Associations between thalamic ADC(tCr) and tract metrics were assessed using linear regression models adjusting for age, sex, thalamic volume, thalamic ADC(tNAA), and tract-specific lesion load. Lower thalamic ADC(tCr) was associated with higher MD and RD of thalamo-cortical projections in MS (MD: Reduced thalamic ADC(tCr) correlates with thalamo-cortical tract damage in MS, showing that pathologic changes in thalamic energy metabolism are associated with structural degeneration of connected fibers.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Diffusion-weighted
OBJECTIVE
To investigate whether thalamic ADC(tCr) changes are associated with thalamo-cortical tract damage in MS.
METHODS
Twenty patients with MS and 13 healthy controls (HC) were enrolled in a DW-MRS and DW imaging (DWI) study. From DW-MRS, ADC(tCr) and total N-acetyl-aspartate diffusivity (ADC(tNAA)) were extracted in the thalami. Three thalamo-cortical tracts and one non-thalamic control tract were reconstructed from DWI. Fractional anisotropy (FA), mean (MD), axial (AD), and radial diffusivity (RD), reflecting microstructural integrity, were extracted for each tract. Associations between thalamic ADC(tCr) and tract metrics were assessed using linear regression models adjusting for age, sex, thalamic volume, thalamic ADC(tNAA), and tract-specific lesion load.
RESULTS
Lower thalamic ADC(tCr) was associated with higher MD and RD of thalamo-cortical projections in MS (MD:
CONCLUSION
Reduced thalamic ADC(tCr) correlates with thalamo-cortical tract damage in MS, showing that pathologic changes in thalamic energy metabolism are associated with structural degeneration of connected fibers.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33566723
doi: 10.1177/1352458520921362
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
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