Alterations in Microstructure and Local Fiber Orientation of White Matter Are Associated with Outcome after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.

Journal of Neurotrauma
Mehrbod MohammadianOlli Tenovuo

Abstract

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) can have long-lasting consequences. We investigated white matter (WM) alterations at 6-12 months following mTBI using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and assessed if the alterations associate with outcome. Eighty-five patients with mTBI underwent diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on average 8 months post-injury and patients' outcome was assessed at the time of imaging using the Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended (GOS-E). Additionally, 30 age-matched patients with extracranial orthopedic injuries were used as control subjects. Voxel-wise analysis of the data was performed using a tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) approach and differences in microstructural metrics between groups were investigated. Further, the susceptibility of the abnormalities to specific fiber orientations was investigated by analyzing the first eigenvector of the diffusion tensor in the voxels with significant differences. We found significantly lower fractional anisotropy (FA) and higher mean diffusivity (MD) and radial diffusivity (RD) in patients with mTBI compared with control subjects, whereas no significant differences were observed in axial diffusivity (AD) between the groups. The differences were pr...Continue Reading

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