Influence of aging on brain gray and white matter changes assessed by conventional, MT, and DT MRI

Neurology
B BenedettiMassimo Filippi

Abstract

Conventional MRI can reveal decreases in brain volumes with aging but fails to provide information about the underlying microstructural modifications. Magnetization transfer (MT) and diffusion tensor (DT) MRI can in part overcome these limitations. To investigate the influence of aging on conventional and MT and DT MRI-derived measurements in brain white (WM) and gray (GM) matter. Dual-echo, T1-weighted, MT and DT MR images of the brain were obtained in 89 healthy subjects (age range 11 to 76 years). Normalized GM and WM volumes were measured and MT ratio (MTR) and mean diffusivity (MD) histograms produced for both tissue compartments. Normalized brain (r = -0.78), GM (r = -0.75), and WM (r = -0.34) volumes and the number of brain T2 hyperintensities (r = 0.49) were correlated with age. Additionally, all GM MT- and DT-derived parameters also correlated with age (r values ranging from 0.28 to 0.64), whereas only the peak height (ph) of the normal-appearing (NA) WM MD histogram did so (r = -0.34). After correcting for the number of T2 hyperintensities, gender, and the corresponding normalized tissue volumes, only the correlations between age and GM average MD (r = 0.24), GM-MD-ph (r = -0.37), and NAWM-MD-ph (r = -0.29) remained s...Continue Reading

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