Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging Detects Microstructural Changes in a Methamphetamine-Induced Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease.

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Název česky Změny zobrazování kurtózy difúze v metamfetaminem indukovaném myším modelu Parkinsonovy menoci.
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ARAB Anas RUDÁ Jana MINSTEROVÁ Alžběta DRAŽANOVÁ Eva SZABÓ Nikoletta STARČUK Zenon REKTOROVÁ Irena KHAIRNAR Amit Suresh

Rok publikování 2019
Druh Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj Neurotoxicity research
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU

Lékařská fakulta

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www https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12640-019-00068-0
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12640-019-00068-0
Klíčová slova Behaviour; Diffusion kurtosis imaging; MRI; Methamphetamine; Mice; Parkinson’s disease; Tract-based spatial statistics
Popis Methamphetamine (METH) abuse is known to increase the risk of Parkinson's disease (PD) due to its dopaminergic neurotoxicity. This is the rationale for the METH model of PD developed by toxic METH dosing (10 mg/kg four times every 2 h) which features robust neurodegeneration and typical motor impairment in mice. In this study, we used diffusion kurtosis imaging to reveal microstructural brain changes caused by METH-induced neurodegeneration. The METH-treated mice and saline-treated controls underwent diffusion kurtosis imaging scanning using the Bruker Avance 9.4 Tesla MRI system at two time-points: 5 days and 1 month to capture both early and late changes induced by METH. At 5 days, we found a decrease in kurtosis in substantia nigra, striatum and sensorimotor cortex, which is likely to indicate loss of DAergic neurons. At 1 month, we found an increase of kurtosis in striatum and sensorimotor cortex and hippocampus, which may reflect certain recovery processes. Furthermore, we performed tract-based spatial statistics analysis in the white matter and at 1 month, we observed increased kurtosis in ventral nucleus of the lateral lemniscus and some of the lateral thalamic nuclei. No changes were present at the early stage. This study confirms the ability of diffusion kurtosis imaging to detect microstructural pathological processes in both grey and white matter in the METH model of PD. The exact mechanisms underlying the kurtosis changes remain to be elucidated but kurtosis seems to be a valuable biomarker for tracking microstructural brain changes in PD and potentially other neurodegenerative disorders.
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