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ArticleJournal of neuroscience research2020

Investigation of the effect of dietary intake of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on trauma-induced white matter injury with quantitative diffusion MRI in mice.

Laura D Reyes, Thaddeus Haight, Abhishek Desai, Huazhen Chen, Asamoah Bosomtwi, Alexandru Korotcov, Bernard Dardzinski, Hee-Yong Kim, Carlo Pierpaoli

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Article in Journal of neuroscience research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Laura D ReyesQuantitative Medical Imaging Section, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0404-1817
Thaddeus HaightHenry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, USA.
Abhishek DesaiLaboratory of Molecular Signaling, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Huazhen ChenLaboratory of Molecular Signaling, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Asamoah BosomtwiHenry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, USA.
Alexandru KorotcovHenry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, USA.
Bernard DardzinskiDepartment of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Hee-Yong KimCenter for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Carlo PierpaoliQuantitative Medical Imaging Section, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Henry M. Jackson Foundation · USNational Institutes of Health · USUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences · US

Funding

Alterations In Lipid Metabolism In The Nervous System By EthanolZIAAA000284 · NIAAA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM · PI KIM, HEE-YONG · 2009 to 2025
$35.4M
Quantitative Imaging in experimental models of traumatic brain injuryZIAEB000089 · NIBIB · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING · PI PIERPAOLI, CARLO · 2017 to 2020
$1.7M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous studies suggest that long-term supplementation and dietary intake of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) may have neuroprotective effects following brain injury. The objective of this study was to investigate potential neuroprotective effects of omega-3 PUFAs on white matter following closed-head trauma. The closed-head injury model of engineered rotational acceleration (CHIMERA) produces a reproducible injury in the optic tract and brachium of the superior colliculus in mice. Damage is detectable using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) metrics, particularly fractional anisotropy (FA), with sensitivity comparable to histology. We acquired in vivo (n = 38) and ex vivo (n = 41) DTI data in mice divided into sham and CHIMERA groups with two dietary groups: one deficient in omega-3 PUFAs and one adequate in omega-3 PUFAs. We examined injury effects (reduction in FA) and neuroprotection (FA reduction modulated by diet) in the optic tract and brachium. We verified that diet did not affect FA in sham animals. In injured animals, we found significantly reduced FA in the optic tract and brachium (~10% reduction, p < 0.001), and Bayes factor analysis showed strong evidence to reject the null hypothesis. However, Bayes factor analysis showed substantial evidence to accept the null hypothesis of no diet-related FA differences in injured animals in the in vivo and ex vivo samples. Our results indicate no neuroprotective effect from adequate dietary omega-3 PUFA intake on white matter damage following traumatic brain injury. Since damage from CHIMERA mainly affects white matter, our results do not necessarily contradict previous findings showing omega-3 PUFA-mediated neuroprotection in gray matter.

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DietAnimalsBayes TheoremBrain Injuries, TraumaticDiffusion Tensor ImagingFatty Acids, Omega-3Gray MatterHead Injuries, ClosedMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeuroprotective AgentsOptic TractSuperior ColliculiWhite MatterFatty Acids, Omega-3Neuroprotective Agentsclosed-head injurydiffusion tensor imagingmouseMRIomega-3 fatty acidstraumatic brain injury

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PMID32840025
PMCPMC7589213
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