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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2016

The microstructural correlates of T1 in white matter.

Kevin D Harkins, Junzhong Xu, Adrienne N Dula, Ke Li, William M Valentine, Daniel F Gochberg, John C Gore, Mark D Does

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Article in Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Kevin D HarkinsInstitute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Junzhong XuInstitute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Adrienne N DulaInstitute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Ke LiInstitute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
William M ValentineDepartment of Pathology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Daniel F GochbergInstitute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
John C GoreInstitute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Mark D DoesInstitute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Funding

Research Project: Sensory and Multisensory Contributions to AutismU54HD083211 · NICHD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI DYKENS, ELISABETH MAY · 2015 to 2019
$7.1M
Postdoctoral Training in Biomedical MRI and MRST32EB001628 · NIBIB · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI John C Gore · 2003 to 2026
$7.0M
Sub-Voxel Tissue Characterization With In-Vivo MRIR01EB001744 · NIBIB · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI DOES, MARK D · 2003 to 2014
$3.3M
Upgrade of a 7T Small Animal MRI/MRS SystemS10OD019993 · OD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI GORE, JOHN C · 2015 to 2015
$600k
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB001744NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB001628NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD083211NIH HHS S10 OD019993
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeSeveral studies have shown strong correlations between myelin content and T1 within the brain, and have even suggested that T1 can be used to estimate myelin content. However, other micro-anatomical features such as compartment size are known to affect longitudinal relaxation rates, similar to compartment size effects in porous media.

methodsT1 measurements were compared with measured or otherwise published axon size measurements in white matter tracts of the rat spinal cord, rat brain, and human brain.

resultsIn both ex vivo and in vivo studies, correlations were present between the relaxation rate 1/T1 and axon size across regions of rat spinal cord with nearly equal myelin content.

conclusionWhile myelination is likely the dominant determinant of T1 in white matter, variations in white matter microstructure, independent of myelin volume fraction, may also be reflected in T1 differences between regions or subjects.

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AnimalsAxonsFemaleHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySpinal CordWhite Matteraxon sizemicrostructureMRIratspinal cordT1

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PMCPMC4624612

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