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Whole-brain proton MR spectroscopic imaging of mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury and correlation with neuropsychological deficits.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20201668     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Changes in the distribution of the magnetic resonance (MR)-observable brain metabolites N-acetyl aspartate (NAA), total choline (Cho), and total creatine (Cre), following mild-to-moderate closed-head traumatic brain injury (mTBI) were evaluated using volumetric proton MR spectroscopic imaging (MRSI). Studies were carried out during the subacute time period following injury, and associations of metabolite indices with neuropsychological test (NPT) results were evaluated. Twenty-nine subjects with mTBI and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores of 10-15 were included. Differences in individual metabolite and metabolite ratio distributions relative to those of age-matched control subjects were evaluated, as well as analyses by hemispheric lobes and tissue types. Primary findings included a widespread decrease of NAA and NAA/Cre, and increases of Cho and Cho/NAA, within all lobes of the TBI subject group, and with the largest differences seen in white matter. Examination of the association between all of the metabolite measures and the NPT scores found the strongest negative correlations to occur in the frontal lobe and for Cho/NAA. No significant correlations were found between any of the MRSI or NPT measures and the GCS. These results demonstrate that significant and widespread alterations of brain metabolites occur as a result of mild-to-moderate TBI, and that these measures correlate with measures of cognitive performance.
Authors:
Varan Govind; Stuart Gold; Krithica Kaliannan; Gaurav Saigal; Steven Falcone; Kristopher L Arheart; Leo Harris; Jonathan Jagid; Andrew A Maudsley
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of neurotrauma     Volume:  27     ISSN:  1557-9042     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Neurotrauma     Publication Date:  2010 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-03-30     Completed Date:  2010-06-17     Revised Date:  2011-07-25    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8811626     Medline TA:  J Neurotrauma     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  483-96     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136, USA. VGovind@med.miami.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Aspartic Acid / analogs & derivatives,  analysis,  metabolism
Biological Markers / analysis,  metabolism
Brain / metabolism*,  pathology,  physiopathology
Brain Injuries / metabolism*,  pathology,  physiopathology
Choline / analysis,  metabolism
Cognition Disorders / metabolism*,  pathology,  physiopathology
Creatine / analysis,  metabolism
Diffuse Axonal Injury / metabolism,  pathology,  physiopathology
Disability Evaluation
Female
Frontal Lobe / metabolism,  pathology,  physiopathology
Glasgow Coma Scale
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods*
Male
Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / metabolism,  pathology
Neuropsychological Tests
Wallerian Degeneration / metabolism,  pathology,  physiopathology
Young Adult
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01EB000822/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS; R01NS055107/NS/NINDS NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Biological Markers; 56-84-8/Aspartic Acid; 57-00-1/Creatine; 62-49-7/Choline; 997-55-7/N-acetylaspartate
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