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Lin H, Jin T, Chen L, Dai Y, Jia W, He X, Yang M, Li J, Liang S, Wu J, Huang J, Chen L, Liu W, Tao J. Longitudinal tracing of neurochemical metabolic disorders in working memory neural circuit and optogenetics modulation in rats with vascular cognitive impairment. Brain Res Bull 2021; 170:174-186. [PMID: 33600886 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2021.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chronic cerebral ischemia leads to vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) that exacerbates along with ischemia time and eventually develops into dementia. Recent advances in molecular neuroimaging contribute to understand its pathological characteristics. We previously traced the anisotropic diffusion of water molecules suggests that chronic cerebral ischemia leads to irreversible progressive damage to white matter integrity. However, the abnormalities of gray matter activity following chronic cerebral ischemia remains not entirely understood. In this study, in vivo hydrogen proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) was applied to longitudinally track the neurochemical metabolic disorder of gray matter associated with working memory, and optogenetics modulation of neurochemical metabolism was performed for targeted treatment of VCI. The results showed that the concentration of N-acetylaspartate (NAA) in the right hippocampus, left hippocampus, right medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and mediodorsal thalamus was decreased as early as 7 days after chronic cerebral ischemia, subsequently gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) declined whereas myo-inositol (mI) and glutamate (Glu) increased at 14 days, as well as choline (Cho) lost at 28 days, concurrently the change of Glu and GABA in the mPFC and hippocampus was ischemia time-dependent manner within 1 month. Behaviorally, working memory and object recognition memory were impaired at 14 days, 28 days that significantly correlated with neurochemical metabolic disorders. Interestingly, using optogenetics modulation of PV neurons in the mPFC, the metabolic abnormalities of NAA and GABA in working memory neural circuit could be repaired after chronic cerebral ischemia, together with behavior improvements. These findings suggested that as early as 1∼4 weeks after chronic cerebral ischemia, the metabolism of NAA, Glu, mI and Cho was synchronously impaired in neural circuit of hippocampus-mediodorsal thalamus-mPFC, and the loss of GABA delayed in the hippocampus, and optogenetics modulation of parvalbumin (PV) neurons in the mPFC can improve the neurochemical metabolism of working memory neural circuit and enhance working memory.
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- Huawei Lin
- College of Rehabilitation Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, PR China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Rehabilitation Medicine Technology & Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation Research Center of State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, PR China
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- College of Rehabilitation Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, PR China
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- College of Rehabilitation Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, PR China
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- College of Rehabilitation Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, PR China
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- College of Rehabilitation Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, PR China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Rehabilitation Medicine Technology & Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation Research Center of State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, PR China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Rehabilitation Medicine Technology & Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation Research Center of State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, PR China
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- Rehabilitation Industry Institute, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, PR China
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- College of Rehabilitation Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, PR China
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- College of Rehabilitation Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, PR China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Rehabilitation Medicine Technology & Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation Research Center of State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, PR China
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- Rehabilitation Industry Institute, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, PR China.
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Rehabilitation Medicine Technology & Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation Research Center of State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, PR China; Rehabilitation Industry Institute, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, PR China.
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Takahashi Y, Kioka H, Shintani Y, Ohki A, Takashima S, Sakata Y, Higuchi T, Saito S. Detection of increased intracerebral lactate in a mouse model of Leigh syndrome using proton MR spectroscopy. Magn Reson Imaging 2019; 58:38-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2019.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Revised: 01/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Huang Q, Li C, Xia N, Zhao L, Wang D, Yang Y, Gao H. Neurochemical changes in unilateral cerebral hemisphere during the subacute stage of focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion in rats: An ex vivo 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. Brain Res 2018; 1684:67-74. [PMID: 29408682 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2018.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2017] [Revised: 01/18/2018] [Accepted: 01/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Understanding the subacute may shed light on the mechanism of cerebral ischemia. The present study aimed to explore metabolic features underlying subacute stage of ischemia-reperfusion injury and developing effective treatments. Rats were divided into three groups: the permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (pMCAO), transient cerebral focal ischemia (tMCAO) and sham group. Evaluation of animal models was performed by the neurological deficit, MR images and pathological morphological abnormality. To elucidate metabolic changes, we conducted a comparative analysis of metabolic composition of unilateral brain tissue using 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The successful model was observed low signal on T1WI and high signal on T2WI lesions in the left cerebral. Histopathological results confirmed the formation of apparent lesions in the left striatum, hippocampus CA1 and cortex tissues of subacute cerebral ischemia rats and showed that rats with focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion could alleviate the extent of pathological damage degree. In pMCAO rats 7 days after surgery, decreased levels of N-acetyl aspartate (NAA), γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), glutamate (Glu) and succinate (Suc) concomitantly with increased levels of glutamine (Gln), myo-inositol (m-Ins) and lactate (Lac) were observed compared to the control. Whereas, increased level of Lac with decreased levels of NAA, GABA, Glu, Suc, creatine (Cre) were observed in the tMCAO rats. This demonstrated that experimental subacute ischemic stroke in rats caused extensive perturbation in energy metabolism, the tricarboxylic acid cycle and GABA shunt, which provided essential information for understanding the pathogenesis of subacute cerebral ischemia-reperfusion and provided guidance in choosing the suitable therapeutic schedule.
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- Qun Huang
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035 China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035 China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035 China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035 China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035 China.
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Hu ZL, Xia HH, Yang YJ, Zheng H, Zhao LC, Chen YC, Zhuge QC, Xia NZ, Gao HC, Chen WJ. Metabolic alterations in the rat cerebellum following acute middle cerebral artery occlusion, as determined by 1H NMR spectroscopy. Mol Med Rep 2017; 17:531-541. [PMID: 29115616 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2017.7918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Supratentorial focal ischemia may reduce cerebral blood volume and cerebellar glucose metabolic rate contralateral to the region of ischemia. The present study investigated the effects of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) on cerebral metabolism in the ischemic cerebral hemisphere and the non‑ischemic cerebellum in rats 1, 3, 9 and 24 h following ischemia using ex vivo proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) spectroscopy. The results demonstrated that focal ischemia induced increases in the levels of lactate and alanine, and a decrease in succinate, as early as 1 h following ischemia in the left cerebral hemisphere and the right cerebellum. A continuous increase in lactate levels and decrease in creatine levels were detected in both cerebral areas 3 and 24 h post‑MCAO. The most obvious difference between the two cerebral areas was that there was no statistically significant difference in N‑acetyl aspartate (NAA) levels in the right cerebellum at all time points; however, the amino acid levels of NAA in the left cerebral hemisphere were markedly decreased 3, 9 and 24 h post‑MCAO. In addition, an obvious increase in glutamine was observed in the right and left cerebellum at 3, 9 and 24 h post‑MCAO. Furthermore, the present study demonstrated that γ‑aminobutyric acid levels were decreased at 1 h in the left and right cerebellum and were evidently increased at 24 h in the right cerebellum post‑MCAO. In conclusion, supratentorial ischemia has been indicated to affect the activities of the non‑ischemic contralateral cerebellum. Therefore, these results suggested that an NMR‑based metabonomic approach may be used as a potential means to elucidate cerebral and cerebellar metabolism following MCAO, which may help improve understanding regarding cerebral infarction at a molecular level. Ex vivo 1H NMR analysis may be useful for the assessment of clinical biopsies.
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- Zi-Long Hu
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University/Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Aging and Neurological Disorder Research, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, P.R. China
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- Institute of Metabonomics and Medical NMR, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University/Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Aging and Neurological Disorder Research, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, P.R. China
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- Institute of Metabonomics and Medical NMR, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, P.R. China
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- Institute of Metabonomics and Medical NMR, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University/Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Aging and Neurological Disorder Research, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University/Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Aging and Neurological Disorder Research, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University/Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Aging and Neurological Disorder Research, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, P.R. China
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- Institute of Metabonomics and Medical NMR, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University/Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Aging and Neurological Disorder Research, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, P.R. China
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Jiménez-Xarrié E, Davila M, Candiota AP, Delgado-Mederos R, Ortega-Martorell S, Julià-Sapé M, Arús C, Martí-Fàbregas J. Brain metabolic pattern analysis using a magnetic resonance spectra classification software in experimental stroke. BMC Neurosci 2017; 18:13. [PMID: 28086802 PMCID: PMC5237280 DOI: 10.1186/s12868-016-0328-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2016] [Accepted: 12/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) provides non-invasive information about the metabolic pattern of the brain parenchyma in vivo. The SpectraClassifier software performs MRS pattern-recognition by determining the spectral features (metabolites) which can be used objectively to classify spectra. Our aim was to develop an Infarct Evolution Classifier and a Brain Regions Classifier in a rat model of focal ischemic stroke using SpectraClassifier. Results A total of 164 single-voxel proton spectra obtained with a 7 Tesla magnet at an echo time of 12 ms from non-infarcted parenchyma, subventricular zones and infarcted parenchyma were analyzed with SpectraClassifier (http://gabrmn.uab.es/?q=sc). The spectra corresponded to Sprague-Dawley rats (healthy rats, n = 7) and stroke rats at day 1 post-stroke (acute phase, n = 6 rats) and at days 7 ± 1 post-stroke (subacute phase, n = 14). In the Infarct Evolution Classifier, spectral features contributed by lactate + mobile lipids (1.33 ppm), total creatine (3.05 ppm) and mobile lipids (0.85 ppm) distinguished among non-infarcted parenchyma (100% sensitivity and 100% specificity), acute phase of infarct (100% sensitivity and 95% specificity) and subacute phase of infarct (78% sensitivity and 100% specificity). In the Brain Regions Classifier, spectral features contributed by myoinositol (3.62 ppm) and total creatine (3.04/3.05 ppm) distinguished among infarcted parenchyma (100% sensitivity and 98% specificity), non-infarcted parenchyma (84% sensitivity and 84% specificity) and subventricular zones (76% sensitivity and 93% specificity). Conclusion SpectraClassifier identified candidate biomarkers for infarct evolution (mobile lipids accumulation) and different brain regions (myoinositol content). Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12868-016-0328-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Elena Jiménez-Xarrié
- Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, Sant Antoni Maria Claret 167, 08025, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Unitat de Biociències, Edifici C, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Unitat de Biociències, Edifici C, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.,Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, Sant Antoni Maria Claret 167, 08025, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.,Department of Applied Mathematics, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Unitat de Biociències, Edifici C, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.,Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Unitat de Biociències, Edifici C, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain. .,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain. .,Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.
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- Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, Sant Antoni Maria Claret 167, 08025, Barcelona, Spain
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Ruan L, Wang Y, Chen SC, Zhao T, Huang Q, Hu ZL, Xia NZ, Liu JJ, Chen WJ, Zhang Y, Cheng JL, Gao HC, Yang YJ, Sun HZ. Metabolite changes in the ipsilateral and contralateral cerebral hemispheres in rats with middle cerebral artery occlusion. Neural Regen Res 2017; 12:931-937. [PMID: 28761426 PMCID: PMC5514868 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.208575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Cerebral ischemia not only causes pathological changes in the ischemic areas but also induces a series of secondary changes in more distal brain regions (such as the contralateral cerebral hemisphere). The impact of supratentorial lesions, which are the most common type of lesion, on the contralateral cerebellum has been studied in patients by positron emission tomography, single photon emission computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion tensor imaging. In the present study, we investigated metabolite changes in the contralateral cerebral hemisphere after supratentorial unilateral ischemia using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy-based metabonomics. The permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion model of ischemic stroke was established in rats. Rats were randomly divided into the middle cerebral artery occlusion 1-, 3-, 9- and 24-hour groups and the sham group. 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy was used to detect metabolites in the left and right cerebral hemispheres. Compared with the sham group, the concentrations of lactate, alanine, γ-aminobutyric acid, choline and glycine in the ischemic cerebral hemisphere were increased in the acute stage, while the concentrations of N-acetyl aspartate, creatinine, glutamate and aspartate were decreased. This demonstrates that there is an upregulation of anaerobic glycolysis (shown by the increase in lactate), a perturbation of choline metabolism (suggested by the increase in choline), neuronal cell damage (shown by the decrease in N-acetyl aspartate) and neurotransmitter imbalance (evidenced by the increase in γ-aminobutyric acid and glycine and by the decrease in glutamate and aspartate) in the acute stage of cerebral ischemia. In the contralateral hemisphere, the concentrations of lactate, alanine, glycine, choline and aspartate were increased, while the concentrations of γ-aminobutyric acid, glutamate and creatinine were decreased. This suggests that there is a difference in the metabolite changes induced by ischemic injury in the contralateral and ipsilateral cerebral hemispheres. Our findings demonstrate the presence of characteristic changes in metabolites in the contralateral hemisphere and suggest that they are most likely caused by metabolic changes in the ischemic hemisphere.
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- Lei Ruan
- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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Anterior cingulate Glutamate-Glutamine cycle metabolites are altered in euthymic bipolar I disorder. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2015; 25:2221-9. [PMID: 26476706 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2015.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2015] [Revised: 07/27/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Bipolar disorder (BD) has been consistently associated with abnormalities in the Glutamate/GABA-Glutamine cycle. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) studies have reported increased brain Glutamate (Glu) and Glx (Glu+Glutamine) in subjects with BD. However, data on separate measures of GABA and Glutamine (Gln) in BD are sparse due to overlapping resonant signals. The development of new sequence methods in the quantification of these metabolites has allowed a better understanding of the Glu/GABA-Gln cycle but data on this field of research remains sparse in BD. Eighty-eight subjects (50 euthymic BD and 38 HC) underwent 3T proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H MRS) in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC; 2×2×4.5cm(3)) using a two-dimensional JPRESS sequence. GABA, Glutamine (Gln) and Glutamate (Glu) were quantified with the ProFit program. Using image segmentation and known creatine (Cre) concentrations for white and grey matter, metabolite concentrations were calculated for the excited MRS voxel. GABA levels did not differ between groups. Gln level was higher in euthymic BD patients than in healthy controls. The Glu level and Glu/Gln ratio were lower in BD patients than in controls. The use of anticonvulsants was associated with Gln increase but did not affect Glu or Glu/Gln. Neither lithium nor antipsychotic use influenced metabolite levels. The ACC MRS findings indicate that the glutamatergic function in euthymic medicated BD patients is altered relative to controls. Whether this feature is a metabolic signature of euthymic BD subjects should be the focus of future studies.
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Brennan BP, Tkachenko O, Schwab ZJ, Juelich RJ, Ryan EM, Athey AJ, Pope HG, Jenike MA, Baker JT, Killgore WDS, Hudson JI, Jensen JE, Rauch SL. An Examination of Rostral Anterior Cingulate Cortex Function and Neurochemistry in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology 2015; 40:1866-76. [PMID: 25662837 PMCID: PMC4839510 DOI: 10.1038/npp.2015.36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Revised: 01/12/2015] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The anterior cingulate cortex is implicated in the neurobiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, few studies have examined functional and neurochemical abnormalities specifically in the rostral subdivision of the ACC (rACC) in OCD patients. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during an emotional counting Stroop task and single-voxel J-resolved proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS) in the rACC to examine the function and neurochemistry of the rACC in individuals with OCD and comparison individuals without OCD. Between-group differences in rACC activation and glutamine/glutamate ratio (Gln/Glu), Glu, and Gln levels, as well as associations between rACC activation, Gln/Glu, Glu, Gln, behavioral, and clinical measures were examined using linear regression. In a sample of 30 participants with OCD and 29 age- and sex-matched participants without OCD, participants with OCD displayed significantly reduced rACC deactivation compared with those without OCD in response to OCD-specific words versus neutral words on the emotional counting Stroop task. However, Gln/Glu, Glu, and Gln in the rACC did not differ between groups nor was there an association between reduced rACC deactivation and Gln/Glu, Glu, or Gln in the OCD group. Taken together, these findings strengthen the evidence for rACC dysfunction in OCD, but weigh against an underlying association with abnormal rACC glutamatergic neurotransmission.
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- Brian P Brennan
- Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA,Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Institute, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA,Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA,McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA, Tel: +1 617 855 2911, Fax: +1 617 855 3585, E-mail:
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- Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
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- Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
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- Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
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- Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
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- Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA,Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Institute, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA,Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA,Psychotic Disorders Division, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA,Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA,Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA,Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA,McLean Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA,Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
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Takado Y, Terajima K, Ohkubo M, Okamoto K, Shimohata T, Nishizawa M, Igarashi H, Nakada T. Diffuse Brain Abnormalities in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Detected by 3.0 T Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Eur Neurol 2015; 73:247-256. [DOI: 10.1159/000371575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2014] [Accepted: 12/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Frontal P3 event-related potential is related to brain glutamine/glutamate ratio measured in vivo. Neuroimage 2015; 111:186-91. [PMID: 25687595 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2014] [Revised: 02/03/2015] [Accepted: 02/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The auditory P3 event-related potential (ERP) is thought to index cognitive processing relevant to attention and working memory processes. Drug challenge studies suggest that glutamate neurotransmission plays an important role in modulating P3 ERP. However, while direct links between glutamate activity and P3 ERP response in humans are suspected, mechanistic details remain largely unknown. We investigated here the relationships between P3 ERP and indices of glutamatergic processing measured in vivo with proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H MRS). We hypothesized that a higher index of glutamatergic processing (glutamine/glutamate ratio; abbreviated Gln/Glu) in the anterior cingulate (ACC) and in the parietal-occipital (POC) cortices would associate with larger frontal P3a and parietal P3b amplitudes, respectively. METHODS Frontal P3a (Fz) and parietal P3b (Pz) were collected from 32 healthy participants who performed an auditory oddball task. Resting glutamate (Glu), glutamine (Gln), and Gln/Glu (an index of glutamatergic processing) measures were obtained on a 4T MR scanner using J-resolved MR spectroscopy. Linear regression and partial correlations were used for statistical analysis. RESULTS Significant positive correlations were found between frontal P3a amplitude and ACC Gln/Glu ratio (partial R=0.57; P=0.001) and between frontal P3a amplitude and ACC Gln concentration (partial R=0.43; P=0.02). Relationships between parietal P3b and the glutamate indices in the POC were not significant. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate a specific connection between an index of glutamate neurotransmitter function in ACC and frontal P3 ERP, providing a novel insight into the neurochemistry underlying scalp recorded EEG response. Abnormalities in glutamate neurotransmission have been observed in schizophrenia and other psychiatric conditions and may underlie illness related deficits of P3 ERP.
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Igarashi H, Suzuki Y, Huber VJ, Ida M, Nakada T. N-acetylaspartate decrease in acute stage of ischemic stroke: a perspective from experimental and clinical studies. Magn Reson Med Sci 2014; 14:13-24. [PMID: 25500779 DOI: 10.2463/mrms.2014-0039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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N-acetylaspartate (NAA) appears in a prominent peak in proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS) of the brain. Exhibition by NAA of time-dependent attenuation that reflects energy metabolism during the acute stage of cerebral ischemia makes this metabolite a unique biomarker for assessing ischemic stroke. Although magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is a powerful technique for inspecting the pathological changes that occur during ischemic stroke, biomarkers that directly reflect the drastic metabolic changes associated with acute-stage ischemia are strongly warranted for appropriate therapeutic decision-making in daily clinical settings. In this review, we provide a brief overview of NAA metabolism and focus on the use of attenuation in NAA as a means for assessing the pathophysiological changes that occur during the acute stage of ischemic stroke.
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- Hironaka Igarashi
- Center for Integrated Human Brain Science, Brain Research Institute, University of Niigata
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Ahn SY, Yoo HS, Lee JH, Sung DK, Jung YJ, Sung SI, Lim KH, Chang YS, Lee JH, Kim KS, Park WS. Quantitative in vivo detection of brain cell death after hypoxia ischemia using the lipid peak at 1.3 ppm of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in neonatal rats. J Korean Med Sci 2013; 28:1071-6. [PMID: 23853492 PMCID: PMC3708080 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2013.28.7.1071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2012] [Accepted: 05/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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This study was performed to determine the accuracy of proton magnetic spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS) lipid peak as a noninvasive tool for quantitative in vivo detection of brain cell death. Seven day-old Sprague Dawley rats were subjected to 8% oxygen following a unilateral carotid artery ligation. For treatment, cycloheximide was given immediately after hypoxic ischemia (HI). Lipid peak was measured using (1)H-MRS at 24 hr after HI, and then brains were harvested for fluorocytometric analyses with annexin V/propidium iodide (PI) and fluorescent probe JC-1, and for adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) and lactate. Increased lipid peak at 1.3 ppm measured with (1)H-MRS, apoptotic and necrotic cells, and loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨ) at 24 hr after HI were significantly improved with cycloheximide treatment. Significantly reduced brain ATP and increased lactate levels observed at 24 hr after HI showed a tendency to improve without statistical significance with cycloheximide treatment. Lipid peak at 1.3 ppm showed significant positive correlation with both apoptotic and necrotic cells and loss of ΔΨ, and negative correlation with normal live cells. Lipid peak at 1.3 ppm measured by (1)H-MRS might be a sensitive and reliable diagnostic tool for quantitative in vivo detection of brain cell death after HI.
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- So Yoon Ahn
- Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Ajou University College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
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- Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Haeundae Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Zong X, Wang P, Kim SG, Jin T. Sensitivity and source of amine-proton exchange and amide-proton transfer magnetic resonance imaging in cerebral ischemia. Magn Reson Med 2013; 71:118-32. [PMID: 23401310 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2012] [Revised: 12/19/2012] [Accepted: 12/19/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Amide-proton transfer (APT) and amine-water proton exchange (APEX) MRI can be viable to map pH-decreasing ischemic regions. However, their exact contributions are unclear. METHODS We measured APEX- and APT-weighted magnetization transfer ratio asymmetry (denoted as APEXw and APTw), apparent diffusion coefficient, T2 , and T1 images and localized proton spectra in rats with permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion at 9.4 T. Phantoms and theoretical studies were also performed. RESULTS Within 1-h postocclusion, APEXw and APTw maps showed hyperintensity (3.1% of M0 ) and hypointensity (-1.8%), respectively, in regions with decreased apparent diffusion coefficient. Ischemia increased lactate and gamma aminobutyric acid concentrations, but decreased glutamate and taurine concentrations. Over time, the APEXw contrast decreased with glutamate, taurine, and creatine, whereas the APTw contrast and lactate level were similar. Phantom and theoretical studies suggest that the source of APEXw signal is mainly from proteins at normal pH, whereas at decreased pH, gamma aminobutyric acid and glutamate contributions increase, inducing the positive APEXw contrast in ischemic regions. The APTw contrast is sensitive to lactate concentration and pH, but contaminated from contributions of the faster APEX processes. CONCLUSION Positive APEXw contrast is more sensitive to ischemia than negative APTw contrast. They may provide complementary tissue metabolic information.
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- Xiaopeng Zong
- Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Qian J, Qian B, Lei H. Reversible loss of N-acetylaspartate after 15-min transient middle cerebral artery occlusion in rat: a longitudinal study with in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Neurochem Res 2012; 38:208-17. [PMID: 23076632 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-012-0910-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2012] [Revised: 09/28/2012] [Accepted: 10/10/2012] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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It is generally accepted that N-acetylaspartate (NAA) can be used a biochemical marker for assessing neuronal viability/integrity after cerebral ischemia. However, this view has recently been questioned based on observations showing that after a photothrombotic permanent ischemia the acute decline of NAA in the infracted regions, where massive neuronal loss persists, is reversible over time. In this study, we measured the longitudinal changes of NAA and total creatine (Cr) in ischemic rat brain after a 15-min transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) by in vivo (1)H magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The results showed that the levels of NAA and total Cr in the ischemic lesion decrease significantly at 1 day post-ichemia, followed by spontaneous recovery to the control levels by 2 weeks and remained stable thereafter up to 16 weeks. The normalization of NAA and total Cr levels was associated histologically with persisted neuronal loss up to 90 % in the ischemic core, and accompanied by marked reactive astrocytic responses occurring with a similar time course. The absolute T(2) relaxation time in the ischemic lesion increased during acute phase, and declined afterwards during subacute and chronic phases of 15-min MCAO. The delayed decreases of T(2) in the ischemic lesion might be associated with deposition of paramagnetic species, such as manganese and iron originated from chronic inflammation, vascular degradation and/or hemorrhagic transformation. The results of this study give further support to the hypothesis that the recovery of NAA after cerebral ischemia might have contributions from reactive glia cells, and caution the use of NAA as a specific neuronal marker during the chronic stage of cerebral ischemia.
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- Junchao Qian
- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 30# Xiaohongshan, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, China
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Igarashi H. [Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy as a time clock measurement device in cerebral ischemia]. Rinsho Shinkeigaku 2012; 51:1178-81. [PMID: 22277526 DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.51.1178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS) non-invasively provides in vivo biochemical information on tissue metabolites. In acute stage of cerebral ischemia, N-acetyl aspartate (NAA), one of (1)H-MRS observable metabolite, declines gradually reflecting energy impairment due to oxygen depletion. In our study, decline of NAA in ischemic core linearly correlated with the time from the onset of ischemia. Therefore NAA can be utilized to time clock biomarker for the acute stage cerebral ischemia.
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- Hironaka Igarashi
- Center for Integrated Human Brain Science, Brain Research Institute, University of Niigata
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Yang M, Wang S, Hao F, Li Y, Tang H, Shi X. NMR analysis of the rat neurochemical changes induced by middle cerebral artery occlusion. Talanta 2011; 88:136-44. [PMID: 22265479 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2011.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2011] [Revised: 10/09/2011] [Accepted: 10/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability, affecting millions of people worldwide with almost 80% of them as ischemic stroke and understanding the multiple mechanisms underlying cerebral ischemia is essential for development of effective treatments. To understand metabolic changes induced by focal brain ischemia, we conducted a comparative analysis of metabolic composition of cerebral tissue from rats with sham-operation and middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) using high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. More than 40 metabolites were assigned including organic acids, amino acids, carbohydrates, choline, pyrimidine and purine metabolites. Our results showed that MCAO led to significant level decreases for glutamate, glutamine, aspartate, γ-aminobutyrate (GABA), taurine, malate, fumarate, acetate, phosphocreatine, and purine and pyrimidine metabolites such as inosine, hypoxanthine, xanthine, uracil and UDP/UTP, together with significant level increases for glucose in focal brain tissue extracts. This demonstrated that experimental ischemic stroke in rats caused extensive perturbation in tricarboxylic acid cycle, GABA shunt, and metabolisms of choline and nucleic acids. These findings provided essential information for our understandings of MCAO-caused biochemical alterations and demonstrated the metabolite composition analysis as a useful tool for understanding the neurochemistry of stroke.
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- Mingxing Yang
- First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China.
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Relationship between genetic variation in the glutaminase gene GLS1 and brain glutamine/glutamate ratio measured in vivo. Biol Psychiatry 2011; 70:169-74. [PMID: 21457947 PMCID: PMC3125415 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.01.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2010] [Revised: 01/27/2011] [Accepted: 01/28/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Abnormalities in glutamatergic neurotransmission are implicated in several psychiatric disorders, but in vivo neurochemical studies of the glutamate (Glu) system have been hampered by a lack of adequate probes. By contrast, glutamine (Gln) and Glu can be quantified separately in proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies in vivo. Accumulating evidence suggests that the Gln/Glu ratio is a putative index of glutamatergic neurotransmission but interpretation of changes in the Gln/Glu ratio depends on the conditions of the system, including ammonia levels. METHODS Here, we explored whether variation in GLS1 (the gene encoding the brain isoform of glutaminase, which catalyzes Gln-to-Glu conversion) is associated with Gln/Glu measured in vivo in two brain regions (anterior cingulate cortex, parieto-occipital cortex). RESULTS A specific haplotype of four single nucleotide polymorphisms within GLS1 was significantly associated with Gln/Glu in the parieto-occipital cortex in an magnetic resonance spectroscopy-genetics dataset optimized for Gln/Glu detection (n = 42). This finding was replicated in a second magnetic resonance spectroscopy dataset that was optimized for γ-aminobutyric acid detection where Gln and Glu measurements could still be extracted (n = 40). CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that genetic variation in a key component of glutamatergic machinery is associated with a putative in vivo index of glutamatergic neurotransmission. Thus, GLS1 genotype might provide insight into normal brain function and into the pathophysiology of many psychiatric conditions where glutamatergic neurotransmission has been implicated. It might also serve as a biomarker for predicting response to existing and novel therapeutic interventions in psychiatry that target glutamatergic neurotransmission.
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Yüksel C, Öngür D. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies of glutamate-related abnormalities in mood disorders. Biol Psychiatry 2010; 68:785-94. [PMID: 20728076 PMCID: PMC2955841 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 349] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2009] [Revised: 06/08/2010] [Accepted: 06/09/2010] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In mood disorders, there is growing evidence for glutamatergic abnormalities derived from peripheral measures of glutamatergic metabolites in patients, postmortem studies on glutamate-related markers, and animal studies on the mechanism of action of available treatments. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) has the potential to corroborate and extend these findings with the advantage of in vivo assessment of glutamate-related metabolites in different disease states, in response to treatment, and in relation with functional imaging data. In this article, we first review the biological significance of glutamate, glutamine, and Glx (composed mainly of glutamate and glutamine). Next, we review the MRS literature in mood disorders, examining these glutamate-related metabolites. Here, we find a highly consistent pattern of Glx-level reductions in major depressive disorder and elevations in bipolar disorder. In addition, studies of depression, regardless of diagnosis, provide suggestive evidence for reduced glutamine/glutamate ratio and in mania for elevated glutamine/glutamate ratio. These patterns suggest that the glutamate-related metabolite pool (not all of it necessarily relevant to neurotransmission) is constricted in major depressive disorder and expanded in bipolar disorder. Depressive and manic episodes may be characterized by modulation of the glutamine/glutamate ratio in opposite directions, possibly suggesting reduced versus elevated glutamate conversion to glutamine by glial cells, respectively. We discuss the implications of these results for the pathophysiology of mood disorders and suggest future directions for MRS studies.
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- Cagri Yüksel
- Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey
- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA
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- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Bar-Shir A, Shemesh N, Nossin-Manor R, Cohen Y. Late stimulation of the sphenopalatine-ganglion in ischemic rats: improvement in N-acetyl-aspartate levels and diffusion weighted imaging characteristics as seen by MR. J Magn Reson Imaging 2010; 31:1355-63. [PMID: 20512887 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To assess, by MR spectroscopy (MRS) and diffusion weighted imaging (DWI), the ability of electrical stimulation of the sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) to augment stroke recovery in transient middle cerebral artery occluded (t-MCAO) rats, when treatment is started 18 +/- 2 h post-occlusion. MATERIALS AND METHODS (1)H-MRS imaging ((1)H-MRSI) and DWI were used to evaluate ischemic brain tissue after SPG stimulation in rats subjected to 2 h of t-MCAO. Rats were examined by (1)H-MRSI, DWI, and behavioral tests at 16 +/- 2 h, 8 days, and 28 days post-MCAO. RESULTS N-Acetyl-aspartate (NAA) levels of the stimulated and control rats were the same 16 +/- 2 h post-MCAO (0.52 +/- 0.03, 0.54 +/- 0.03). At 28 days post-occlusion, NAA levels were significantly higher in the treated group (0.60 +/- 0.04) compared with those of the untreated animals (0.50 +/- 0.04; P < 0.05). This effect was more pronounced for regions with low NAA values (0.16 +/- 0.03) that changed to 0.32 +/- 0.03 (P = 0.04) for the treated group and to 0.10 +/- 0.03 (P = 0.20) for the controls. DWI data showed better ischemic tissue condition for the treated rats, but the measured parameters showed only a trend of improvement. The MR results were corroborated by behavioral examinations. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that SPG stimulation may ameliorate MR tissue characteristics following t-MCAO even if treatment is started 18 h post-occlusion.
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- Amnon Bar-Shir
- School of Chemistry, The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Brennan BP, Hudson JI, Jensen JE, McCarthy J, Roberts JL, Prescot AP, Cohen BM, Pope HG, Renshaw PF, Öngür D. Rapid enhancement of glutamatergic neurotransmission in bipolar depression following treatment with riluzole. Neuropsychopharmacology 2010; 35:834-46. [PMID: 19956089 PMCID: PMC3055603 DOI: 10.1038/npp.2009.191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Glutamatergic abnormalities may underlie bipolar disorder (BD). The glutamate-modulating drug riluzole may be efficacious in bipolar depression, but few in vivo studies have examined its effect on glutamatergic neurotransmission. We conducted an exploratory study of the effect of riluzole on brain glutamine/glutamate (Gln/Glu) ratios and levels of N-acetylaspartate (NAA). We administered open-label riluzole 100-200 mg daily for 6 weeks to 14 patients with bipolar depression and obtained imaging data from 8-cm(3) voxels in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and parieto-occipital cortex (POC) at baseline, day 2, and week 6 of treatment, using two-dimensional J-resolved proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy at 4 T. Imaging data were analyzed using the spectral-fitting package, LCModel; statistical analysis used random effects mixed models. Riluzole significantly reduced Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) scores (d=3.4; p<0.001). Gln/Glu ratios increased significantly by day 2 of riluzole treatment (Cohen's d=1.2; p=0.023). NAA levels increased significantly from baseline to week 6 (d=1.2; p=0.035). Reduction in HAM-D scores was positively associated with increases in NAA from baseline to week 6 in the ACC (d=1.4; p=0.053), but was negatively associated in the POC (d=9.6; p<0.001). Riluzole seems to rapidly increase Gln/Glu ratios-suggesting increased glutamate-glutamine cycling, which may subsequently enhance neuronal plasticity and reduce depressive symptoms. Further investigation of the Gln/Glu ratio as a possible early biomarker of response to glutamate-modulating therapies is warranted.
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- Brian P Brennan
- Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02478, USA.
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- Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA,Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA,Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
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- Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
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- The Brain Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA,Shervert Frazier Research Institute, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
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- Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA,Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Brain Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA,Shervert Frazier Research Institute, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA,Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
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Lei H, Berthet C, Hirt L, Gruetter R. Evolution of the neurochemical profile after transient focal cerebral ischemia in the mouse brain. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2009; 29:811-9. [PMID: 19223915 DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2009.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Evolution of the neurochemical profile consisting of 19 metabolites after 30 mins of middle cerebral artery occlusion was longitudinally assessed at 3, 8 and 24 h in 6 to 8 microL volumes in the striatum using localized 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy at 14.1 T. Profound changes were detected as early as 3 h after ischemia, which include elevated lactate levels in the presence of significant glucose concentrations, decreases in glutamate and a transient twofold glutamine increase, likely to be linked to the excitotoxic release of glutamate and conversion into glial glutamine. Interestingly, decreases in N-acetyl-aspartate (NAA), as well as in taurine, exceeded those in neuronal glutamate, suggesting that the putative neuronal marker NAA is rather a sensitive marker of neuronal viability. With further ischemia evolution, additional, more profound concentration decreases were detected, reflecting a disruption of cellular functions. We conclude that early changes in markers of energy metabolism, glutamate excitotoxicity and neuronal viability can be detected with high precision non-invasively in mice after stroke. Such investigations should lead to a better understanding and insight into the sequential early changes in the brain parenchyma after ischemia, which could be used for identifying new targets for neuroprotection.
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- Hongxia Lei
- Laboratory of Functional and Metabolic Imaging, Institute of the Physics of Biological System, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Öngür D, Jensen JE, Prescot AP, Stork C, Lundy M, Cohen BM, Renshaw PF. Abnormal glutamatergic neurotransmission and neuronal-glial interactions in acute mania. Biol Psychiatry 2008; 64:718-726. [PMID: 18602089 PMCID: PMC2577764 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2008] [Revised: 05/15/2008] [Accepted: 05/15/2008] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND At excitatory synapses, glutamate released from neurons is taken up by glial cells and converted to glutamine, which is cycled back to neurons. Alterations in this system are believed to play a role in the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder, but they have not been characterized in vivo. We examined the glutamine/glutamate ratio and levels of other metabolites in acute mania and schizophrenia in this exploratory study. METHODS Data were obtained from 2 x 2 x 2 cm voxels in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and parieto-occipital cortex (POC) using two-dimensional J-resolved proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy at 4 Tesla and analyzed using LCModel. Fifteen bipolar disorder patients with acute mania and 17 schizophrenia patients with acute psychosis were recruited from an inpatient unit; 21 matched healthy control subjects were also studied. Glutamine/glutamate ratio and N-acetylaspartate, creatine, choline, and myo-inositol levels were evaluated in a repeated measures design. Medication effects and relationship to demographic and clinical variables were analyzed. RESULTS Glutamine/glutamate ratio was significantly higher in ACC and POC in bipolar disorder, but not schizophrenia, compared with healthy control subjects. N-acetylaspartate was significantly lower in the ACC in schizophrenia. Patients on and off lithium, anticonvulsants, or benzodiazepines had similar glutamine/glutamate ratios. CONCLUSIONS The elevated glutamine/glutamate ratio is consistent with glutamatergic overactivity and/or defective neuronal-glial coupling in acute mania, although medication effects cannot be ruled out. Abnormalities in glutamatergic neurotransmission and glial cell function in bipolar disorder may represent targets for novel therapeutic interventions.
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- Dost Öngür
- McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Hossmann KA. Cerebral ischemia: Models, methods and outcomes. Neuropharmacology 2008; 55:257-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2007.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2007] [Revised: 12/06/2007] [Accepted: 12/10/2007] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Mlynárik V, Kohler I, Gambarota G, Vaslin A, Clarke PGH, Gruetter R. Quantitative proton spectroscopic imaging of the neurochemical profile in rat brain with microliter resolution at ultra-short echo times. Magn Reson Med 2008; 59:52-8. [PMID: 18050343 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Proton spectroscopy allows the simultaneous quantification of a high number of metabolite concentrations termed the neurochemical profile. The spin echo full intensity acquired localization (SPECIAL) scheme with an echo time of 2.7 ms was used at 9.4T for excitation of a slab parallel to a home-built quadrature surface coil in conjunction with phase encoding in the two remaining spatial dimensions to yield an effective spatial resolution of 1.7 microL. The absolute concentrations of at least 10 metabolites were calculated from the spectra of individual voxels using LCModel analysis. The calculated concentrations were used for constructing quantitative metabolic maps of the neurochemical profile in normal and pathological rat brain. Summation of individual spectra was used to assess the neurochemical profile of unique brain regions, such as corpus callosum, in rat for the first time. Following focal ischemia in rat pups, imaging the neurochemical profile indicated increased choline groups in the ischemic core and increased glutamine in the penumbra, which is proposed to reflect glutamate excitotoxicity. We conclude that it is feasible to achieve a sensitivity that is sufficient for quantitative mapping of the neurochemical profile at microliter spatial resolution.
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- Vladimír Mlynárik
- Laboratory for Functional and Metabolic Imaging, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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van der Zijden JP, van Eijsden P, de Graaf RA, Dijkhuizen RM. 1H/13C MR spectroscopic imaging of regionally specific metabolic alterations after experimental stroke. Brain 2008; 131:2209-19. [DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Nakada T, Matsuzawa H, Kwee IL. High-resolution imaging with high and ultra high-field magnetic resonance imaging systems. Neuroreport 2008; 19:7-13. [DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0b013e3282f2e00b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The 21st century ushered in the century of human beings. The previous era characterized by the chase after super technology has been replaced by a new era which focuses on the meaning of human existence and quality of life. Clinical practice has accordingly also undergone rapid change. Amongst the many competing technologies, clearly magnetic resonance technology, especially ultra high-field magnetic resonance imaging, plays a major role in defining current clinical practice. Elimination of all invasive aspects from diagnostic imaging, including intravenous infusion or use of ionizing radiation, is one of the final goals of the new generation of clinical imaging. This goal is especially worthwhile when one consider the welfare of children. Technological MRI advancements are steadily bridging the gap towards this goal. With T2 reversed and three-dimensional anisotropy (3DAC) contrast imaging on a 3.0T system, the anatomical resolution of routine clinical images has reached a level of resolution equivalent to general pathology. Realistic imaging microscopy application is also on the horizon with the establishment of clinical 7.0T systems. Individual brain activation maps can now be readily obtained under clinical settings thanks to high-field functional MRI (fMRI). Nevertheless, because active self-organizing processes of cortical functionalities are under active development in the pediatric population, fMRI has only limited, if any, clinical usage in children. Similarly, whereas connectivity analysis in the individual patient using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has little clinical usage in the pediatric population, DTI can be successfully applied to multiple subject analysis for exploring unknown connectivity abnormalities in this age group. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and its pictorial display (spectroscopic imaging) is now finding more and more clinical applications across the age spectrum of patients.
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- Tsutomu Nakada
- Center for Integrated Human Brain Science, Brain Research Institute, University of Niigata, 1 Asahimachi, Niigata 951-8585, Japan.
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Pomytkin NA, Storozheva ZI, Semenova NA, Proshin AT, Sherstnev VV, Varfolomeev SD. Neuroprotective effect of choline succinate in rats with experimental chronic cerebral ischemia evaluated by cognitive ability tests. BIOL BULL+ 2007. [DOI: 10.1134/s1062359007020069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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