Distance from main arteries influences microstructural and functional brain tissue characteristics

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WEISS Viktor KOKOŠOVÁ Viktória VALENTA Zdenek DOLEŽALOVÁ Irena BALÁŽ Marek MANGIA Silvia MICHAELI Shalom VOJTÍŠEK Lubomír NESTRASIL Igor HERZIG Roman FILIP Pavel

Rok publikování 2024
Druh Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj Neuroimage
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU

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www https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811923006523?via%3Dihub
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120502
Klíčová slova Quantitative MRI; Relaxometry; Diffusion weighted imaging; Resting -state functional MRI; Arterial distance
Popis Given the substantial dependence of neurons on continuous supply of energy, the distribution of major cerebral arteries opens a question whether the distance from the main supply arteries constitutes a modulating factor for the microstructural and functional properties of brain tissue. To tackle this question, multimodal MRI acquisitions of 102 healthy volunteers over the full adult age span were utilised. Relaxation along a fictitious field in the rotating frame of rank n = 4 (RAFF4), adiabatic T1p, T2p, and intracellular volume fraction (fICVF) derived from diffusion-weighted imaging were implemented to quantify microstructural (cellularity, myelin density, iron concentration) tissue characteristics and degree centrality and fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations to probe for functional metrics. Inverse correlation of arterial distance with robust homogeneity was detected for T1p, T2p and RAFF4 for cortical grey matter and white matter, showing substantial complex microstructural differences between brain tissue close and farther from main arterial trunks. Albeit with wider variability, functional metrics pointed to increased connectivity and neuronal activity in areas farther from main arteries. Surprisingly, multiple of these microstructural and functional distance-based gradients diminished with higher age, pointing to uniformization of brain tissue with ageing. All in all, this pilot study provides a novel insight on brain regionalisation based on artery distance, which merits further investigation to validate its biological underpinnings.
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