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Söbbeler FJ, Carrera I, Pasloske K, Ranasinghe MG, Kircher P, Kästner SBR. Effects of isoflurane, sevoflurane, propofol and alfaxalone on brain metabolism in dogs assessed by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ( 1H MRS). BMC Vet Res 2018; 14:69. [PMID: 29506576 PMCID: PMC5839062 DOI: 10.1186/s12917-018-1396-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Background The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of isoflurane, sevoflurane, propofol and alfaxalone on the canine brain metabolite bioprofile, measured with single voxel short echo time proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy at 3 Tesla. Ten adult healthy Beagle dogs were assigned to receive isoflurane, sevoflurane, propofol and alfaxalone at 3 different dose rates each in a randomized cross-over study design. Doses for isoflurane, sevoflurane, propofol and alfaxalone were FE’Iso 1.7 vol%, 2.1 vol%, 2.8 vol%, FE’Sevo 2.8 vol%, 3.5 vol% and 4.7 vol%, 30, 45 and 60 mg kg− 1 h− 1 and 10, 15 and 20 mg kg− 1 h− 1 respectively. A single voxel Point Resolved Spectroscopy Sequence was performed on a 3 T MRI scanner in three brain regions (basal ganglia, parietal and occipital lobes). Spectral data were analyzed with LCModel. Concentration of total N-acetylaspartate (tNAA), choline, creatine, inositol and glutamine and glutamate complex (Glx) relative to water content was obtained. Plasma concentration of lactate, glucose, triglycerides, propofol and alfaxalone were determined. Statistics were performed using repeated measures ANOVA or Wilcoxon Sign Rank test with alpha = 5%. Results Plasma glucose increased with isoflurane, sevoflurane and alfaxalone but decreased with propofol. Plasma lactate increased with all anesthetics (isoflurane > sevoflurane > propofol > alfaxalone). Cerebral lactate could not be detected. Only minor changes in cerebral metabolite concentrations of tNAA, choline, inositol, creatine and Glx occurred with anesthetic dose changes. Conclusion The metabolomic profile detected with proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy at 3 Tesla of canine brain showed only minor differences between doses and anesthetics related to tNAA, choline, creatine, inositol and Glx.
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- Franz Josef Söbbeler
- Small Animal Clinic (Söbbeler, Kästner), University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover Foundation, Bünteweg 9, 30559, Hannover, Germany.
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- Clinic of Diagnostic Imaging (Carrera, Kircher), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurestrasse 258c, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Jurox Pty Ltd. (Pasloske, Ranasinghe), 85 Gardiner St, Rutherford, NSW, 2320, Australia
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- Clinic of Diagnostic Imaging (Carrera, Kircher), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurestrasse 258c, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Small Animal Clinic (Söbbeler, Kästner), University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover Foundation, Bünteweg 9, 30559, Hannover, Germany
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Jurdáková H, Górová R, Addová G, Behúlová D, Ostrovský I. The state of treatment approach and diagnostics in Canavan disease with focus on the determination of N-acetylasparic acid. CHEMICAL PAPERS 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11696-016-0033-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Mortilla M, Federico A, De Stefano N. Uso della risonanza magnetica spettroscopica del protone nello studio delle malattie della sostanza bianca cerebrale. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/197140090001300113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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La risonanza magnetica spettroscopica (MRS) è una tecnica non invasiva per la misura della concentrazione relativa di alcuni composti cerebrali. L'uso di questa tecnica nello studio delle malattie della materia bianca cerebrale ha apportato miglioramenti nella classificazione diagnostica e nelle misure relative all'andamento delle malattie. Un uso più estensivo delle tecniche di risonanza multimodale, comprendenti tomografia RM, spettroscopia ed altre modalità non convenzionali, dovrebbe quindi essere incoraggiato. Ciò permetterà una miglior comprensione della complessa dinamica dei cambiamenti patologici nelle malattie della sostanza bianca ed una più accurata valutazione della progressione e della risposta alla terapia della malattia stessa.
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- M. Mortilla
- Istituto di Scienze Neurologiche e Centro NMR, Università degli Studi; Siena
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- Istituto di Scienze Neurologiche e Centro NMR, Università degli Studi; Siena
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- Istituto di Scienze Neurologiche e Centro NMR, Università degli Studi; Siena
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Sharma A, Gupta M, Gupta N, Garg A. Van der Knaap Disease: Megalencephalic Leukoencephalopathy with Subcortical Cysts. SAUDI JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & MEDICAL SCIENCES 2016; 4:238-239. [PMID: 30787739 PMCID: PMC6298348 DOI: 10.4103/1658-631x.188256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Ankush Sharma
- Department of Neurology, Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana (Ambala), Haryana, India
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- Department of Neurology, Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana (Ambala), Haryana, India
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- Department of Neurology, Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana (Ambala), Haryana, India
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- Department of Neurology, Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana (Ambala), Haryana, India
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MR spectroscopy (MRS) offers unique possibilities for non-invasive evaluation of biochemistry in vivo. During recent years there has been a growing body of evidence from clinical research studies on human beings using 31P and 1H MRS. The results indicate that it is possible to evaluate phosphorous energy metabolism, loss of neurones, and lactate production in a large number of brain diseases. Furthermore, 31P and 1H MRS may be particularly clinically useful in evaluation of various disorders in skeletal muscle. In the heart 31P MRS seems at the moment the most suitable for evaluation of global affections of the myocardium. In the liver 31P MRS appears to be rather insensitive and non-specific, but absolute quantification of metabolite concentrations and using metabolic “stress models” may prove useful in the future. The clinical role of MRS in oncology is still unclear, but it may be useful for noninvasive follow-up of treatment. Taken together, the evidence obtained so far certainly shows some trends for clinical applications of MRS. Methods are now available for the clinical research necessary for establishing routine clinical MRS examinations.
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Initial results from proton spectroscopy performed on the brains of 80 pediatric patients indicate both a research and clinical investigative role for MRS in the future evaluation of pediatric patients. Proton spectroscopy in the evaluation of pediatric brain disease is only in its infancy. However, even though the number of cases that have been studied is not great, its value as a window into in vivo biochemistry is already obvious. The ability to correlate biochemical markers to imaging findings opens up a new era in magnetic resonance research. Proton spectroscopy remains a research tool, but one that has proven to be of value by adding in vivo biochemical information regarding tissue abnormalities seen and not seen on MRI.
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- R.A. Zimmerman
- Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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- Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Dash PK, Raj DH, Sahu H. Megalencephalic leucoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts: subcortical diffuse leucoencephalopathy associated with white matter cystic degeneration. BMJ Case Rep 2015; 2015:bcr-2015-211921. [PMID: 26392452 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2015-211921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Megalencephalic leucoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts (MLC) is a diffuse subcortical leucoencephalopathy with cystic white matter degeneration. Patients with MLC present with macrocephaly at the first year of life, and neurological abnormalities such as motor deterioration, ataxia, spasticity and cognitive defects progress later. MLC is caused by mutations in the gene MLC1, which encodes a novel protein, MLC1. There is no specific treatment for MLC. Management is based on physiotherapy procedures, psychomotor stimulation and treatment of seizures. We report a case of a 1-year-old boy with a normal birth and developmental history, presenting with progressive increase of head size; on further evaluation with CT and MRI of the brain, the child was diagnosed as MLC.
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- Prafulla Kumar Dash
- Department of Radiodiagnosis, CMIIL-SCB Medical MRI Centre, Cuttack, Odisha, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha, India
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Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts (MLC), or Van der Knaap disease, is a rare autosomal recessive disorder. It is characterised by macrocephaly that either presents at birth or develops during infancy. It occurs more commonly in some ethnicities where consanguinity is common, such as in the Agrawal community in India. This disease typically presents with a history of delayed motor milestones in affected children. MRI findings including leukodystrophy and subcortical cysts are hallmarks of the disease and yield the diagnostic clue in most cases. Several cases of Van der Knaap disease with classical features have been reported in the literature. We present a case of Van der Knaap disease with classical MRI features, including a few distinctly atypical characteristics in its epidemiological, clinical and electrophysiological attributes.
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- Ujjawal Roy
- Department of Neurology, Bangur Institute of Neurosciences, IPGMER, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Neurology, Bangur Institute of Neurosciences, IPGMER, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Neurology, Bangur Institute of Neurosciences, IPGMER, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Kumar MK, Singh BB. Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts in all three siblings of a non-Aggarwal Indian family. Ann Indian Acad Neurol 2012; 15:214-7. [PMID: 22919198 PMCID: PMC3424803 DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.99723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2011] [Revised: 05/16/2011] [Accepted: 08/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts (MLC) is a rare neurodegenerative disease seen mainly in the Aggarwal community in India. It is characterized by early-onset macrocephaly with mild motor developmental delay, gradual onset ataxia, spasticity, seizures and usually late onset mild cognitive deterioration. Very few familial cases of MLC have been reported in the world literature, and to the best of our knowledge, there is no published study of all three siblings affected with MLC in a same family. Here, we are reporting three siblings belonging to a non-Aggarwal Hindu family, affected with MLC, who presented with early-onset macrocephaly and gradual onset ataxia.
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- Mani Kant Kumar
- Department of Pediatrics, Narayan Medical College and Hospital, Jamuhar, Sasaram, Bihar, India
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Zimmerman RA. Neuroimaging of inherited metabolic disorders producing seizures. Brain Dev 2011; 33:734-44. [PMID: 21463921 DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2011.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2011] [Revised: 03/08/2011] [Accepted: 03/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Both MRI with FLAIR and T2, diffusion and post-contrast T1 imaging, as well as proton MRS, allow for defining an approach to evaluating MRI and MRS in neurometabolic diseases producing seizures. Examples of this approach are given here in a limited number of cases, recognizing that a more comprehensive review is beyond the scope of this paper.
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- Robert A Zimmerman
- Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.
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Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) complements magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a non-invasive means for the characterization of tissue. While MRI uses the signal from hydrogen protons to form anatomic images, proton MRS uses this information to determine the concentration of brain metabolites such as N-acetyl aspartate (NAA), choline (Cho), creatine (Cr) and lactate in the tissue examined. The most widely used clinical application of MRS has been in the evaluation of central nervous system disorders.MRS has its limitations and is not always specific but, with good technique and in combination with clinical information and conventional MRI, can be very helpful in diagnosing certain entities. For example, a specific pattern of metabolites can be seen in disorders such as Canavan's disease, creatine deficiency, and untreated bacterial brain abscess. MRS may also be helpful in the differentiation of high grade from low grade brain tumors, and perhaps in separating recurrent brain neoplasm from radiation injury.
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- Sachin K Gujar
- Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA, and Department of Imaging, Jaslok Hospital and Medical Research Center, 15, Dr. G. Deshmukh road, Mumbai 400026, India
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The application of techniques based on in vivo magnetic resonance to the study of leukodystrophies is evaluated. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the most important neuroimaging modality for patients with leukodystrophies, has proven invaluable for the detection of the extent and etiology of white-matter involvement, diagnosis, and monitoring of disease progression. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy, which can detect several brain metabolites, including those related to axonal function and myelination, can provide additional diagnostic and prognostic information and, in some cases, allows a rare insight into the biochemical pathology of leukodystrophies. The potential of other advanced magnetic resonance techniques, including diffusion tensor imaging, magnetization transfer contrast, and molecular imaging, is also discussed. In the future, anatomic and physiologic magnetic resonance techniques are expected to be integrated into a single examination that will provide a detailed characterization of white-matter diseases in children.
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- Peter B Barker
- Russell H Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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Cerebral magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy form an integral part in the diagnosis and management of the vast spectrum of metabolic and degenerative disorders in children. These varied disorders have been classified in many different ways, according to anatomic location, head size, enzyme disorder, or cellular morphology and function. The clinical features and magnetic resonance imaging appearances of the most common disorders are discussed.
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- Eric N Faerber
- MCP-Hahnemann School of Medicine, and the Department of Radiology, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19134, USA.
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Mariani CL, Clemmons RM, Graham JP, Phillips LA, Chrisman CL. Magnetic resonance imaging of spongy degeneration of the central nervous system in a Labrador Retriever. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2001; 42:285-90. [PMID: 11499701 DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2001.tb00941.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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A 7-month-old, neutered female Labrador Retriever was evaluated for tetraparesis and subtle cerebellar dysfunction. Clinical signs progressed over a period of 6 weeks to severe ataxia, hypermetria, intention tremors, and finally non-ambulatory tetraparesis. On magnetic resonance imaging of the brain there were large, bilaterally symmetrical, ovoid lesions in the region of the deep cerebellar nuclei that were hyperintense on T2-weighted and proton density images and hypointense on T1-weighted images. There were similar but smaller bilaterally symmetrical lesions present within the thalamus. Euthanasia was performed and lesions consistent with the previously described spongy degeneration of Labrador Retrievers were identified. This disease and its relation to similar human heritable leukodystrophies are discussed.
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- C L Mariani
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Health Science Center, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610-0126, USA
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Bangert BA. Magnetic resonance techniques in the evaluation of the fetal and neonatal brain. Semin Pediatr Neurol 2001; 8:74-88. [PMID: 11464960 DOI: 10.1053/spen.2001.24838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has contributed dramatically to our understanding of the newborn with neurologic problems. Recently developed magnetic resonance techniques, such as fetal MRI and MR spectroscopy, offer additional insight into normal and pathologic processes affecting the fetal and neonatal CNS. This article examines developmental abnormalities as reflected in neuroimaging studies and discusses some of the newer MR modalities and their capabilities.
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- B A Bangert
- Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Gulati S, Kabra M, Gera S, Ghosh M, Menon PS, Kalra V. Infantile-onset leukoencephalopathy with discrepant mild clinical course. Indian J Pediatr 2000; 67:769-73. [PMID: 11105429 DOI: 10.1007/bf02723938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Four children characterised by megalencephaly and cerebral leukoencephalopathy with infantile onset, defined on the basis of clinical and neuroimaging findings are reported. The course of the disease is characterised by stabilization of the macrocephaly and slow clinical deterioration. The CT scan findings include supratentorial diffuse hypodensities in the white matter and swelling. The characteristic MRI findings include the discrepant severity in comparison with the clinical picture, diffuse supratentorial white matter abnormalities with subcortical cysts. The basic defect of the disease is unknown. Considering the high rate of consanguinity among the parents and the presence of two affected sibs in one family, an autosomal recessive inheritance is assumed. We report four unrelated cases of this entity.
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- S Gulati
- Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
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Ma D, Zhang J, Sugahara K, Ageta T, Nakayama K, Kodama H. Simultaneous determination of N-acetylaspartic acid, N-acetylglutamic acid, and N-acetylaspartylglutamic acid in whole brain of 3-mercaptopropionic acid-treated rats using liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry. Anal Biochem 1999; 276:124-8. [PMID: 10603234 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1999.4352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The measurement of N-acetylaspartic acid (NAA), N-acetylglutamic acid (NAG), and N-acetylaspartylglutamic acid (NAAG) in the whole brain of 3-mercaptopropionic acid (3-MPA)-treated rats has been developed using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry with an atmospheric pressure ionization interface system. The recoveries of these compounds were 90.85 +/- 3.43% for NAA, 91.62 +/- 5.47% for NAG, and 92.29 +/- 4.44% for NAAG. The detection limits for NAA, NAG, and NAAG were 12, 15, and 20 microg/ml, respectively. After administration of 3-MPA, the concentrations of NAA, NAG, and NAAG in the whole brain over 10 min increased 177.25, 134.23, and 127.70%, respectively. These concentrations then decreased over the next 60 min. The simultaneous determination of NAA, NAG, and NAAG using this method was found to be very useful for studies of metabolism of NAA, NAG, and NAAG in biological samples.
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- D Ma
- Department of Chemistry, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku-shi, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
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Breslau J. Case 15-1998: elevated N-acetylaspartic acid activity in Canavan's disease. N Engl J Med 1998; 339:636. [PMID: 9722443 DOI: 10.1056/nejm199808273390918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Tedeschi G, Bonavita S, Barton NW, Betolino A, Frank JA, Patronas NJ, Alger JR, Schiffmann R. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging in the clinical evaluation of patients with Niemann-Pick type C disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1998; 65:72-9. [PMID: 9667565 PMCID: PMC2170174 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.65.1.72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES 10 patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C (NP-C) were studied by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (1H-MRSI) to assess the biochemical pathology of the brain and to determine whether this method can be useful to clinically evaluate these patients. METHODS 1H-MRSI permits the simultaneous measurement of N-acetyl aspartate (NA), compounds containing choline (Cho), creatine plus phosphocreatine (Cre), and lactate (Lac) signal intensities from four 15 mm slices divided into 0.84 ml single volume elements. Spectroscopic voxels were identified from seven regions of interest. RESULTS In patients with NP-C, NA/Cre was significantly decreased in the frontal and parietal cortices, centrum semiovale, and caudate nucleus; Cho/Cre was significantly increased in the frontal cortex and centrum semiovale. Significant correlations were found between clinical staging scale scores and 1H-MRSI abnormalities. CONCLUSION 1H-MRSI showed diffuse brain involvement in patients with NP-C consistent with the pathological features of the disease. 1H-MRSI is an objective and sensitive tool to neurologically evaluate patients with NP-C.
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- G Tedeschi
- Neuroimaging Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Castillo M, Kwock L, Scatliff J, Mukherji SK. PROTON MR SPECTROSCOPY IN NEOPLASTIC AND NON-NEOPLASTIC BRAIN DISORDERS. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s1064-9689(21)00441-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A 17-year-old male was diagnosed as having Alexander disease from the clinical manifestations (psychomotor deterioration and megalencephaly), neuroradiologic findings (frontal dominant leukodystrophy), and elevation of alpha B-crystallin and heat shock protein 27 in the cerebrospinal fluid. He exhibited increased attenuation on computed tomography and T1 and T2 shortening on magnetic resonance imaging in the bilateral basal ganglia and thalamus. Some paramagnetic substances might be deposited in the basal ganglia and thalamus in the late stage of Alexander disease, at least 8 years after onset.
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- J Takanashi
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chiba, Japan
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De Stefano N, Federico A, Arnold DL. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in brain white matter disorders. ITALIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES 1997; 18:331-9. [PMID: 9494865 DOI: 10.1007/bf02048236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The advent of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has revolutionized the clinical approach to the evaluation of brain white matter disorders and has contributed significantly to expansion of the concept of these diseases. MRI is very sensitive at detecting white matter lesions, but conventional T1 and T2-weighted images do not provide specific pathological information about the lesions, and correlation between MRI lesion load and clinical disability is often weak. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy can provide chemical-pathological information of a given tissue in vivo. The use of this MR technique in brain white matter disorders has shown to improve diagnostic classification and to provide surrogate measures useful for monitoring disease evolution and response to therapeutic intervention.
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Wittsack HJ, Kugel H, Roth B, Heindel W. Quantitative measurements with localized 1H MR spectroscopy in children with Canavan's disease. J Magn Reson Imaging 1996; 6:889-93. [PMID: 8956134 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880060609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Canavan's disease is an autosomal recessive hereditary leukodystrophy resulting from deficiency of the enzyme aspartoacylase. Two children suffering from this metabolic brain disease were examined using image-guided localized proton spectroscopy. The absolute concentrations of metabolites were determined. These data demonstrate, for the first time, that the well known increase of the N-acetylaspartic acid (NAA)/Cho ratio in this disease may be not only due to a reduction of choline-containing compounds in brain tissue but, at least in specific cases, also due to an increase of the NAA concentration, which is a result of the enzyme defect.
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- H J Wittsack
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany
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- B D Ross
- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit, Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, CA 91105, USA
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Topçu M, Erdem G, Saatçi I, Aktan G, Simşek A, Renda Y, Schutgens RB, Wanders RJ, Jacobs C. Clinical and magnetic resonance imaging features of L-2-hydroxyglutaric acidemia: report of three cases in comparison with Canavan disease. J Child Neurol 1996; 11:373-7. [PMID: 8877604 DOI: 10.1177/088307389601100505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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We report three cases of L-2-hydroxyglutaric acidemia and three cases of Canavan disease. The L-2-hydroxyglutaric acidemia cases are the first biochemically proven Turkish cases. Magnetic resonance imaging findings in the cases and similarities between the two diseases are emphasized. Both diseases are characterized by predominant subcortical white-matter involvement and dentate nuclei lesions with variable basal ganglia involvement. Canavan disease differs from L-2-hydroxyglutaric acidemia by the presence of typical brainstem involvement.
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- M Topçu
- Pediatric Neurology Unit, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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N-Acetyl aspartate (NAA) is the second most abundant amino acid in the human brain. NAA is synthesized by L-aspartate N-acetyl transferase or by cleavage from N-acetyl aspartyl glutamate by N-acylated alpha-linked L-amino dipeptidase (NAALADase); and it is catabolized to acetate and aspartate by N-acetyl aspartate amino hydrolase (amino acylase II). NAA is localized primarily to neurons, where it is concentrated in the cytosol. Although NAA is devoid of neurophysiological effects, it serves as an acetyl donor, an initiator of protein synthesis or a carbon transfer source across the mitochondrial membrane. The concentration of NAA in human brain increases 3-fold between midgestation and adulthood. In Canavan's Disease, an autosomal recessive disorder due to a null mutation in amino acylase II, NAA levels in brain are markedly increased and disrupt myelination. NAA levels have been found to be reduced in neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's Disease and Huntington's Disease. Since endogenous NAA can be readily detected in human brain by magnetic resonance spectroscopy, it is increasingly being exploited as a marker for functional and structural integrity of neurons in an expanding number of disorders.
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- G Tsai
- Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience, Massachusetts General Hospital, Belmont 02178, USA
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Chabrol B, Vion-Dury J, Confort-Gouny S, Cozzone PJ. [Magnetic resonance spectroscopy: a new technique for the exploration of brain metabolism in pediatrics]. Arch Pediatr 1995; 2:783-92. [PMID: 7550845 DOI: 10.1016/0929-693x(96)81250-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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In vivo nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) has been developed recently in order to analyze brain metabolism in adults and children. After a short presentation of the methods and of the metabolic signals detected by phosphorus and proton MRS of the brain, the impact of MRS in pediatrics is examined with two main indications: the study of cerebral maturation in normal or pathological neonates, and the study of inborn metabolic encephalopathies. In the near future, brain MRS will be performed routinely after conventional MRI, and will become a valuable metabolic complement to the anatomical evaluation of cerebral pathologies.
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- B Chabrol
- Service de neurologie pédiatrique, hôpital d'Enfants, CHU La Timone, Marseille, France
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Henriksen O. In vivo quantitation of metabolite concentrations in the brain by means of proton MRS. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 1995; 8:139-148. [PMID: 8771088 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1940080402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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MRS offers unique possibilities for non-invasive studies of biochemistry in the human brain in vivo. A growing body of evidence suggests that proton MRS may contribute to the clinical evaluation of a number of pathologies including ischaemia, tumours, epilepsy, metabolic and neuropaediatric disorders. In most cases results are expressed as ratios between metabolite signals obtained at certain experimental conditions. Presenting the results as metabolite signal ratios may lead to misinterpretation because such alterations can be due to changes in the content of either one of the metabolites or both, or may simply be due to changes in relaxation behaviour. Absolute quantitation of metabolite concentrations is therefore warranted. A number of studies using single volume proton MRS indicate that absolute quantitation of metabolite concentration is possible with respect to N-acetyl aspartate (NAA), total creatine, choline containing compounds, (Cho) and inositols (Ins). Internal standards (unsaturated water signal) as well as external standards have been used for signal calibration. Quality control with respect to signal linearity with concentration or with size of selected volume, selection efficiency, outer volume depression and signal contamination is essential for validation of the measurements. Furthermore, corrections for the influence of relaxation behavior are necessary. The results published so far indicate that the concentrations of NAA, total creatine, Cho and Ins in mmoles (kg wet weight)-1 range between 8.2 and 17.2 (mean 10.2), 5.9 and 11.6 (mean 7.2), 1.1 and 2.0 (mean 1.5) and 3.9 and 8.1 (mean 6.1), respectively. So far only a limited number of clinical studies has been published including studies of acute stroke, multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease. The results are promising and encourage further exploitation of the utility of quantitative proton MRS in clinical practise.
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- O Henriksen
- Danish Research Centre of Magnetic Resonance, Hvidovre University Hospital, Denmark
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van der Knaap MS, Barth PG, Stroink H, van Nieuwenhuizen O, Arts WF, Hoogenraad F, Valk J. Leukoencephalopathy with swelling and a discrepantly mild clinical course in eight children. Ann Neurol 1995; 37:324-34. [PMID: 7695231 DOI: 10.1002/ana.410370308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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An identical syndrome of cerebral leukoencephalopathy and megalencephaly with infantile onset was discovered in 8 children, including 2 siblings. Neurological findings were initially normal or near normal, despite megalencephaly and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) evidence of severe white matter affection. Slowly progressive ataxia and spasticity developed, while intellectual functioning was preserved for years after onset of the disorder. MRI characteristics included diffuse abnormality in signal intensity and swelling of the cerebral hemispheral white matter with cyst-like spaces in the frontoparietal and anterior-temporal subcortical areas. MR spectra were relatively mildly abnormal. Screening for inborn errors, especially those that cause either megalencephaly or white matter disease or both was negative. A distinguishing feature of the present disorder is the apparently severe abnormality of the cerebral white matter as demonstrated by MRI, which contrasts with the remarkably slow course of functional deterioration.
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- M S van der Knaap
- Department of Child Neurology, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Stoller BE, Garber HJ, Tishler TA, Oldendorf WH. Methylphenidate increases rat cerebral cortex levels of N-acetyl-aspartic acid and N-acetyl-aspartyl-glutamic acid. Biol Psychiatry 1994; 36:633-6. [PMID: 7833432 DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(94)90078-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- B E Stoller
- Neurobiochemistry Laboratory, Department of Veterans Affairs, West Los Angeles Medical Center, CA 90073
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Sylvain M, Arnold DL, Scriver CR, Schreiber R, Shevell MI. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in Niemann-Pick disease type C: correlation with diagnosis and clinical response to cholestyramine and lovastatin. Pediatr Neurol 1994; 10:228-32. [PMID: 8060425 DOI: 10.1016/0887-8994(94)90028-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Niemann-Pick type C is an autosomal-recessive, neurovisceral storage disorder that results from defective cholesterol esterification. Cholesterol-lowering agents have been demonstrated to decrease hepatic lipids in Niemann-Pick type C patients. The objective was to determine the effects of cholesterol-lowering agents on neurologic features and to develop a noninvasive method of monitoring clinical response. A 9-month-old boy with progressive hepatosplenomegaly and neurodevelopmental delay was studied. Water-suppressed proton magnetic resonance spectra from a supraventricular volume of central white and gray matter revealed an abnormal lipid signal. The patient was treated with cholesterol-lowering agents (i.e., cholestyramine, lovastatin). Repeat standardized neurodevelopmental assessments (Peabody and Griffith scales) at 13 and 19 months were normal and magnetic resonance spectra no longer detected the previously observed lipid resonance. Early treatment of Niemann-Pick type C patients with cholesterol-lowering agents appeared to have short-term beneficial effects. Magnetic resonance spectra provided a noninvasive means of monitoring CNS response.
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- M Sylvain
- Department of Neurology/NeuroSurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Vion-Dury J, Meyerhoff DJ, Cozzone PJ, Weiner MW. What might be the impact on neurology of the analysis of brain metabolism by in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy? J Neurol 1994; 241:354-71. [PMID: 7931430 DOI: 10.1007/bf02033352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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In vivo nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) of the human brain is a recently developed technique which allows to assay noninvasively in vivo key molecules of brain metabolism. After a review of the origin of the signals detected by phosphorus and proton MRS of human brain, the impact of MRS on clinical neurology is examined. MRS of the brain does not purport to be a metabolic "biopsy", but unique applications for brain MRS are (1) quantitating the oxidative state of the brain and defining neuronal death, (2) assessing and mapping neuron damage, (3) evaluating membrane alterations, and (4) characterizing encephalopathies. In the near future brain MRS will be performed routinely after conventional MRI, as a valuable metabolic (and functional) complement to the anatomical evaluation of cerebral pathologies, particularly the toxic, metabolic and infectious encephalopathies.
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Toft PB, Geiss-Holtorff R, Rolland MO, Pryds O, Müller-Forell W, Christensen E, Lehnert W, Lou HC, Ott D, Hennig J. Magnetic resonance imaging in juvenile Canavan disease. Eur J Pediatr 1993; 152:750-3. [PMID: 8223809 DOI: 10.1007/bf01953994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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We present a 2-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl with mild Canavan disease (CD). Aspartoacylase activity in skin fibroblasts was deficient. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain did not show the prominent leucodystrophy previously reported in CD, but there was a hyperintense signal from the lentiform nuclei and the heads of the caudate nuclei on the T2-weighted MR images. This suggests a specific vulnerability of the corpus striatum in these patients. In the older patient, the white matter became affected at the age of 6 years. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) of white matter revealed a normal concentration of N-acetyl-L-aspartate (NAA) and a markedly decreased concentration of choline containing compounds (Cho) in the boy but a normal ratio of NAA to Cho in the girl. We conclude that deficient NAA catabolism affects myelin metabolism. This may present as changes in the striatum and/or as a low concentration of Cho before leucodystrophy appears on MRI.
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- P B Toft
- John F. Kennedy Institute, Glostrup, Denmark
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Hamaguchi H, Nihei K, Nakamoto N, Ezoe T, Naito H, Hara M, Yokota K, Inoue Y, Matsumoto I. A case of Canavan disease: the first biochemically proven case in a Japanese girl. Brain Dev 1993; 15:367-71. [PMID: 8279652 DOI: 10.1016/0387-7604(93)90123-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Canavan disease (CD) has only been diagnosed on autopsy or brain biopsy, however, specific biochemical markers, such as N-acetylaspartic acid (NAA) and aspartoacylase activity, have recently been described in CD. We report a case of CD having the above biochemical markers. High levels of NAA were found in her urine, serum and CSF. Fibroblasts did not exhibit aspartoacylase activity. Clinically, she presented progressive psychomotor retardation, cerebellar signs, pyramidal signs and relative megalencephaly. CT and MRI showed findings of leukodystrophy. The evoked potentials showed widespread involvement in the brainstem. Magnetic resonance spectra showed a high level of NAA in the white matter. In Japan, this case is the first of CD determined on the basis of biochemical markers.
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- H Hamaguchi
- Department of Neurology, National Children's Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Bührer C, Bassir C, von Moers A, Sperner J, Michael T, Scheffner D, Kaufmann HJ. Cranial ultrasound findings in aspartoacylase deficiency (Canavan disease). Pediatr Radiol 1993; 23:395-7. [PMID: 8233699 DOI: 10.1007/bf02011970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Canavan disease (CD) is a rare leukodystrophy which is lethal in infancy or early childhood. The underlying biochemical abnormality in CD is a hereditary deficiency of N-aspartoacylase transmitted in an autosomal recessive fashion. We report on the ultrasound (US), CT, and MRI findings of three unrelated boys with biochemically confirmed CD. At 6 and 9 months of age, two CD patients with rapid neurological deterioration showed markedly enhanced acoustic attenuation of the white matter with the exception of the corpus callosum, giving the appearance of a reversed pattern of echogenicity of cortical gray and subcortical white matter. While gyri and sulci had an almost normal US appearance, the periventricular gray matter featured prominently with increased echogenicity. In contrast another CD patient with a more protracted course had ventricular enlargement when examined by US at 5 and 9 months but no alteration in white matter echogenicity. MRI showed impaired myelinization in all three patients with Canavan disease.
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- C Bührer
- Kinderklinik KAVH, Universitätsklinikum Rudolf Virchow, Berlin Free University, Germany
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Ross B, Kreis R, Ernst T. Clinical tools for the 90s: magnetic resonance spectroscopy and metabolite imaging. Eur J Radiol 1992; 14:128-40. [PMID: 1563413 DOI: 10.1016/0720-048x(92)90226-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is a flexible tool with real clinical utility. Examples from our experience in over 250 cases of clinical proton MRS are presented. Shorter echo time and reproducible water suppression increases the number of metabolites which can be detected and identified. Case reports illustrate the significance of altered ratios of N-acetylaspartate, choline, total creatine, myo-inositol, glutamate, glutamine, lactate, glucose, ketones, and, as an incidental finding, ethanol. Significant new information has resulted by applying proton MRS in chronic hepatic encephalopathy, diabetes mellitus and severe hypoxic encephalopathy ('near-drowning'). Potentially useful measurements have been made in normal brain maturation, ethanol related diseases, dementia (normal-pressure hydrocephalus), urea cycle defect and neuronal disease presenting as seizures. Metabolite imaging, particularly with proton, is clinically valuable, documenting the heterogeneity of biochemical disorders in seemingly focal lesions. A new method of specific 31-phosphorus--phosphocreatine imaging provides information in partially denervated skeletal muscle and is expected to have applications in brain.
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- B Ross
- Clinical Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Laboratory, Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, CA 91105
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Millichap JG. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Canavan’s Disease. Pediatr Neurol Briefs 1991. [DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-5-7-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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