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ArticleFluids and barriers of the CNS2023

Filter exchange imaging with crusher gradient modelling detects increased blood-brain barrier water permeability in response to mild lung infection.

Yolanda Ohene, William J Harris, Elizabeth Powell, Nina W Wycech, Katherine F Smethers, Samo Lasič, Kieron South, Graham Coutts, Andrew Sharp, Catherine B Lawrence and 4 more

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Article in Fluids and barriers of the CNS, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Preclinical in-vivo cerebrovascular imaging in rodent models: Methods and applications in Alzheimer's disease.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2026
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  2. Localization-driven exchange contrast in diffusion exchange spectroscopy.Journal of magnetic resonance (San Diego, Calif. : 1997) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Yolanda OheneDivision of Psychology, Communication and Human Neuroscience, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Zochonis Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK. yolanda.ohene@manchester.ac.uk.
William J HarrisGeoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Elizabeth PowellCentre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering and Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL, London, UK.
Nina W WycechGeoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Katherine F SmethersDivision of Psychology, Communication and Human Neuroscience, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Zochonis Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
Samo LasičDanish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Centre for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging and Research, Copenhagen University Hospital Amager and Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kieron SouthDivision of Psychology, Communication and Human Neuroscience, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Zochonis Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
Graham CouttsDivision of Psychology, Communication and Human Neuroscience, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Zochonis Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
Andrew SharpEvotec (UK) Ltd., Alderley Park, Block 23F, Mereside, Cheshire, SK10 4TG, UK.
Catherine B LawrenceGeoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Hervé BoutinGeoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Geoff J M ParkerCentre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering and Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL, London, UK.
Laura M ParkesDivision of Psychology, Communication and Human Neuroscience, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Zochonis Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
Ben R DickieGeoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Manchester Academic Health Science Centre · GBUniversity of Manchester · GBUniversity College London · GBEvotec (United Kingdom) · GBRandom Walk Imaging · SE

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/S031510/1European Union's Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013MRF_ MRF-076-0004-RG-SOUT-C0756
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blood-brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction occurs in many brain diseases, and there is increasing evidence to suggest that it is an early process in dementia which may be exacerbated by peripheral infection. Filter-exchange imaging (FEXI) is an MRI technique for measuring trans-membrane water exchange. FEXI data is typically analysed using the apparent exchange rate (AXR) model, yielding estimates of the AXR. Crusher gradients are commonly used to remove unwanted coherence pathways arising from longitudinal storage pulses during the mixing period. We first demonstrate that when using thin slices, as is needed for imaging the rodent brain, crusher gradients result in underestimation of the AXR. To address this, we propose an extended crusher-compensated exchange rate (CCXR) model to account for diffusion-weighting introduced by the crusher gradients, which is able to recover ground truth values of BBB water exchange (k

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Blood-Brain BarrierWaterAnimalsAquaporin 4BrainLungMagnetic Resonance ImagingRatsAquaporin 4WaterAquaporin-4BBB water exchangeBBB water permeabilityBlood–brain barrierFEXIInfectionMRI

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PMID37013549
PMCPMC10071630
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