ArticleNeuroImage. Clinical2022
Periventricular magnetisation transfer abnormalities in early multiple sclerosis.
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- Periventricular gradients in axonal and myelin microstructure are present in people with multiple sclerosis having low and high disability.Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) · 2026Article
- Association of CSF Kappa-Free Light Chains With Cortical and Periventricular Brain Damage in Multiple Sclerosis.Neurology · 2025Article
- Magnetisation Transfer 3D-Radial Zero Echo Time MR Imaging at 7T.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- Increased periventricular thalamic damage gradient in multiple sclerosis detected by quantitative gradient echo MRI.Multiple sclerosis and related disorders · 2024Article
- Inhomogeneous magnetization transfer (ihMT) imaging reveals variable recovery profiles of active MS lesions according to size and localization.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Understanding the Pathophysiology and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders.Korean journal of radiology · 2023Review
- Paramagnetic rim lesions lead to pronounced diffuse periplaque white matter damage in multiple sclerosis.Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) · 2023Article
- Periventricular and juxtacortical characterization of UManitoba-JHU functionally defined human white matter atlas networks.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveRecent studies suggested that CSF-mediated factors contribute to periventricular (PV) T2-hyperintense lesion formation in multiple sclerosis (MS) and this in turn correlates with cortical damage. We thus investigated if such PV-changes are observable microstructurally in early-MS and if they correlate with cortical damage.
methodsWe assessed the magnetisation transfer ratio (MTR) in PV normal-appearing white matter (NAWM) and in MS lesions in 44 patients with a clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) suggestive of MS and 73 relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) patients. Band-wise MTR values were related to cortical mean thickness (CMT) and compared with 49 healthy controls (HCs). For each band, MTR changes were assessed relative to the average MTR values of all HCs.
resultsRelative to HCs, PV-MTR was significantly reduced up to 2.63% in CIS and 5.37% in RRMS (p < 0.0001). The MTR decreased towards the lateral ventricles with 0.18%/mm in CIS and 0.31%/mm in RRMS patients, relative to HCs. In RRMS, MTR-values adjacent to the ventricle and in PV-lesions correlated positively with CMT and negatively with EDSS.
conclusionPV-MTR gradients are present from the earliest stage of MS, consistent with more pronounced microstructural WM-damage closer to the ventricles. The positive association between reduced CMT and lower MTR in PV-NAWM suggests a common pathophysiologic mechanism. Together, these findings indicate the potential use of multimodal MRI as refined marker for MS-related tissue changes.
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