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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Identification of Brain Damage after Seizures Using an MR-Based Electrical Conductivity Imaging Method.

Sanga Kim, Bup Kyung Choi, Ji Ae Park, Hyung Joong Kim, Tong In Oh, Won Sub Kang, Jong Woo Kim, Hae Jeong Park

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Clinical Applications of Electrical Conductivity Imaging Using MRI.Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sanga KimDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-5200-0078
Bup Kyung ChoiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea.
Ji Ae ParkDivision of Applied RI, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Science, Seoul 01812, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-6109-802X
Hyung Joong KimDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-7591-9079
Tong In OhDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-3820-0107
Won Sub KangDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-0495-2861
Jong Woo KimDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea.
Hae Jeong ParkDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-8567-3535
Kyung Hee University · KRKorea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences · KR

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2017R1A5A2014768National Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2018R1D1A1B07046619National Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2020R1A2C200790611
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous imaging studies have shown the morphological malformation and the alterations of ionic mobility, water contents, electrical properties, or metabolites in seizure brains. Magnetic resonance electrical properties tomography (MREPT) is a recently developed technique for the measurement of electrical tissue properties with a high frequency that provides cellular information regardless of the cell membrane. In this study, we examined the possibility of MREPT as an applicable technique to detect seizure-induced functional changes in the brain of rats. Ultra-high field (9.4 T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed, 2 h, 2 days, and 1 week after the injection of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA; 75 mg/kg). The conductivity images were reconstructed from B1 phase images using a magnetic resonance conductivity imaging (MRCI) toolbox. The high-frequency conductivity was significantly decreased in the hippocampus among various brain regions of NMDA-treated rats. Nissl staining showed shrunken cell bodies and condensed cytoplasm potently at 2 h after NMDA treatment, and neuronal cell loss at all time points in the hippocampus. These results suggest that the reduced electrical conductivity may be associated with seizure-induced neuronal loss in the hippocampus. Magnetic resonance (MR)-based electrical conductivity imaging may be an applicable technique to non-invasively identify brain damage after a seizure.

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hippocampusmagnetic resonance electrical property tomographyneuronal cell deathN-methyl-D-aspartateseizure

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PMID33809992
PMCPMC8004663
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