Characterization of T(2)* heterogeneity in human brain white matter. 2009

Tie-Qiang Li, and Bing Yao, and Peter van Gelderen, and Hellmut Merkle, and Stephen Dodd, and Lalith Talagala, and Alan P Koretsky, and Jeff Duyn
Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. tieqiang.li@karolinska.se

Recent in vivo MRI studies at 7.0 T have demonstrated extensive heterogeneity of T(2)* relaxation in white matter of the human brain. In order to study the origin of this heterogeneity, we performed T(2)* measurements at 1.5, 3.0, and 7.0 T in normal volunteers. Formalin-fixed brain tissue specimens were also studied using T(2)*-weighted MRI, histologic staining, chemical analysis, and electron microscopy. We found that T(2)* relaxation rate (R(2)* = 1/T(2)*) in white matter in living human brain is linearly dependent on the main magnetic field strength, and the T(2)* heterogeneity in white matter observed at 7.0 T can also be detected, albeit more weakly, at 1.5 and 3.0 T. The T(2)* heterogeneity exists also in white matter of the formalin-fixed brain tissue specimens, with prominent differences between the major fiber bundles such as the cingulum (CG) and the superior corona radiata. The white matter specimen with substantial difference in T(2)* has no significant difference in the total iron content, as determined by chemical analysis. On the other hand, evidence from histologic staining and electron microscopy demonstrates these tissue specimens have apparent difference in myelin content and microstructure.

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D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
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D001921 Brain The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM. Encephalon
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