• Eur J Radiol · Nov 2008

    Metabolic changes in the normal ageing brain: consistent findings from short and long echo time proton spectroscopy.

    • S Gruber, K Pinker, F Riederer, M Chmelík, A Stadlbauer, M Bittsanský, V Mlynárik, R Frey, W Serles, O Bodamer, and E Moser.
    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
    • Eur J Radiol. 2008 Nov 1; 68 (2): 320-7.

    ObjectivesSixty three healthy subjects were measured to assess dependence of brain metabolites on age using short- and long echo time spectroscopy in different brain regions.Material And MethodsYounger and elderly humans were measured with long echo time (TE=135ms) 3D-MR-spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) (10 subjects) and with ultra-short echo (TE=11ms) time 2D-MRSI (7 subjects). In addition, results from single voxel (1)H-spectroscopy (TE=20ms) of two cohorts of 46 healthy subjects were retrospectively correlated with age.Results3D-MR SI revealed reduced NAA/Cr in the older group in the frontal lobe (-22%; p<0.01), parietal lobe (-28%; p<0.01) and semiovale (-9%; p<0.01) compared to the younger group. Cho/Cr was elevated in the semiovale (+35%; p<0.01) and in the n. lentiformis (+42%; p<0.01) in the older group. NAA/Cho was reduced in all regions measured, except the thalamus, in the older group compared to the younger group (from -21 to -49%; p<0.01). 2D-MRSI revealed decreased total NAA (-3.1% per decade; p<0.01) and NAA/Cr (-3.8% per decade; p<0.01), increased total Cho (+3.6% per decade; p<0.01) and Cho/Cr (+4.6% per decade; p<0.01) and increased total myo-Inositol (mI, +4.7% per decade; p<0.01) and mI/Cr (+5.4% per decade; p<0.01) and decreased NAA/Cho (-8% per decade; p<0.01) in semiovale WM. Results from single voxel spectroscopy revealed a significantly negative correlation of NAA/Cho in frontal (-13% per decade; p<0.01) and in temporal lobe (-7.4% per decade; p<0.01) as well as increased total Cr (10% per decade; p<0.01) in frontal lobe. Other results from single voxel measurements were not significant, but trends were comparable to that from multivoxel spectroscopy.ConclusionAge-related changes measured with long echo time and short echo time 1H-MRS were comparable and cannot, therefore, be caused by different T2 relaxation times in young and old subjects, as suggested previously.

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