• Neurology · Jul 2014

    White matter changes with age utilizing quantitative diffusion MRI.

    • Laurie M Baker, David H Laidlaw, Thomas E Conturo, Joseph Hogan, Yi Zhao, Xi Luo, Stephen Correia, Ryan Cabeen, Elizabeth M Lane, Jodi M Heaps, Jacob Bolzenius, Lauren E Salminen, Erbil Akbudak, Amanda R McMichael, Christina Usher, Ashley Behrman, and Robert H Paul.
    • From the University of Missouri-St. Louis (L.M.B., J.M.H., J.B., L.E.S., C.U., A.B., R.H.P.); Computer Science Department (D.H.L., R.C.) and Department for Biostatistics and Center for Statistical Sciences (J.H., Y.Z., X.L.), Brown University, Providence, RI; Washington University School of Medicine (T.E.C., E.A., A.R.M.), Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, MO; Division of Biology and Medicine (S.C.), Brown Medical School, Providence, RI; and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (E.M.L.), Nashville, TN. lauriebaker@umsl.edu.
    • Neurology. 2014 Jul 15; 83 (3): 247-52.

    ObjectiveTo investigate the relationship between older age and mean cerebral white matter fiber bundle lengths (FBLs) in specific white matter tracts in the brain using quantified diffusion MRI.MethodsSixty-three healthy adults older than 50 years underwent diffusion tensor imaging. Tractography tracings of cerebral white matter fiber bundles were derived from the diffusion tensor imaging data.ResultsResults revealed significantly shorter FBLs in the anterior thalamic radiation for every 1-year increase over the age of 50 years.ConclusionsWe investigated the effects of age on FBL in specific white matter tracts in the brains of healthy older individuals utilizing quantified diffusion MRI. The results revealed a significant inverse relationship between age and FBL. Longitudinal studies of FBL across a lifespan are needed to examine the specific changes to the integrity of white matter.© 2014 American Academy of Neurology.

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