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ArticleNeuroImage2019

Differential tractography as a track-based biomarker for neuronal injury.

Fang-Cheng Yeh, Islam M Zaydan, Valerie R Suski, David Lacomis, R Mark Richardson, Joseph C Maroon, Jessica Barrios-Martinez

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Article in NeuroImage, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers.

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7 authors.

Fang-Cheng YehDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. Electronic address: frank.yeh@pitt.edu.
Islam M ZaydanDepartment of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Valerie R SuskiDepartment of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
David LacomisDepartment of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Live Like Lou Center for ALS Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
R Mark RichardsonDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Joseph C MaroonDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Jessica Barrios-MartinezDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.

Funding

Construction of a high-resolution human tractography atlas and its related toolboxR56MH113634 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI YEH, FANG-CHENG · 2018 to 2018
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NIMH NIH HHS R56 MH113634
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diffusion MRI tractography has been used to map the axonal structure of the human brain, but its ability to detect neuronal injury is yet to be explored. Here we report differential tractography, a new type of tractography that utilizes repeat MRI scans and a novel tracking strategy to map the exact segment of fiber pathways with a neuronal injury. We examined differential tractography on multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and epileptic patients. The results showed that the affected pathways shown by differential tractography matched well with the unique clinical symptoms of the patients, and the false discovery rate of the findings could be estimated using a sham setting to provide a reliability measurement. This novel approach enables a quantitative and objective method to monitor neuronal injury in individuals, allowing for diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of brain diseases.

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AdultAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisBiomarkersDiffusion Tensor ImagingEpilepsyFemaleHumansHuntington DiseaseMaleMiddle AgedMultiple SclerosisNeuronsYoung AdultBiomarkersAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisDifferential tractographyDiffusion MRIEpilepsyFiber trackingHuntington’s diseaseImaging biomarkerMultiple sclerosisNeuronal injury

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PMCPMC6919327

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