Different from the Beginning: WM Maturity of Female and Male Extremely Preterm Neonates-A Quantitative MRI Study.
Journal
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
ISSN: 1936-959X
Titre abrégé: AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8003708
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2022
04 2022
Historique:
received:
02
10
2021
accepted:
25
01
2022
pubmed:
26
3
2022
medline:
13
4
2022
entrez:
25
3
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Former preterm born males are at higher risk for neurodevelopmental disabilities compared with female infants born at the same gestational age. This retrospective study investigated sex-related differences in the maturity of early myelinating brain regions in infants born <28 weeks' gestational age using diffusion tensor- and relaxometry-based MR imaging. Quantitative MR imaging sequence acquisitions were analyzed in a sample of 35 extremely preterm neonates imaged at term-equivalent ages. Quantitative MR imaging metrics (fractional anisotropy; ADC [10 Seventeen female (mean gestational age at birth: 26 + 0 [SD, 1 + 4] weeks+days) and 18 male (mean gestational age at birth: 26 + 1 [SD, 1 + 3] weeks+days) infants were enrolled in this study. Significant differences were observed in the T2-relaxation time ( The combined use of various quantitative MR imaging metrics detects sex-related and interhemispheric differences of WM maturity. The brainstem and the left posterior limb of the internal capsule of male preterm neonates are more immature compared with those of female infants at term-equivalent ages. Sex differences in WM maturation need further attention for the personalization of neonatal brain imaging.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Former preterm born males are at higher risk for neurodevelopmental disabilities compared with female infants born at the same gestational age. This retrospective study investigated sex-related differences in the maturity of early myelinating brain regions in infants born <28 weeks' gestational age using diffusion tensor- and relaxometry-based MR imaging.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Quantitative MR imaging sequence acquisitions were analyzed in a sample of 35 extremely preterm neonates imaged at term-equivalent ages. Quantitative MR imaging metrics (fractional anisotropy; ADC [10
RESULTS
Seventeen female (mean gestational age at birth: 26 + 0 [SD, 1 + 4] weeks+days) and 18 male (mean gestational age at birth: 26 + 1 [SD, 1 + 3] weeks+days) infants were enrolled in this study. Significant differences were observed in the T2-relaxation time (
CONCLUSIONS
The combined use of various quantitative MR imaging metrics detects sex-related and interhemispheric differences of WM maturity. The brainstem and the left posterior limb of the internal capsule of male preterm neonates are more immature compared with those of female infants at term-equivalent ages. Sex differences in WM maturation need further attention for the personalization of neonatal brain imaging.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35332014
pii: ajnr.A7472
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A7472
pmc: PMC8993206
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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