ReviewNeuroImage2023
Quantitative susceptibility mapping of brain iron in healthy aging and cognition.
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65 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.
- Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping Values Quantification in Deep Gray Matter Structures for Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Brain and behavior · 2024Pooled it
- Putamen iron quantification in diseases with neurodegeneration: a meta-analysis of the quantitative susceptibility mapping technique.Brain imaging and behavior · 2024Pooled it
- Quantitative susceptibility mapping for iron monitoring of multiple subcortical nuclei in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Pooled it
- Iron quantification in basal ganglia: quantitative susceptibility mapping as a potential biomarker for Alzheimer's disease - a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
- Does quantitative susceptibility mapping elucidate age-related alterations in deep gray matter iron deposition? A systematic review.Radiological physics and technology · 2026Review
- Limbic-Predominant Cortical Magnetic Susceptibility Alterations Are Associated With Glycemic Dysregulation and Cognitive Performance in Type 2 Diabetes.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2026Article
- Candidate Right Locus Coeruleus-Centered Symptom Pathways in Young Major Depressive Disorder: A Multimodal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.Human brain mapping · 2026Article
- Submillimeter postmortem and in vivo diffusion and susceptibility magnetic resonance imaging to characterize cortical micro- and meso-structures.Research square · 2026Article
- Sub-voxel QSM reveals the mechanism linking substantia nigra iron and temporal diamagnetism to PD gait.NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2026Article
- Imaging iron in the brain: solving the puzzle of brain iron, systemic iron, cerebral blood flow, and cognition.European radiology · 2026Article
- Reducing Variability in Deep Gray Matter QSM Using Differential ROI Referencing: A Phantom and In Vivo Evaluation.NMR in biomedicine · 2026Article
- Prediction of early neurological deterioration using quantitative susceptibility mapping in small artery occlusion ischemic stroke.IBRO neuroscience reports · 2026Article
- Temperature Dependence of Paramagnetic Species in the Human Brain Tissue: An X-Band EPR Study.Magnetic resonance in medicine · 2026Article
- Assessing Age-Associated Influences on Paramagnetic and Diamagnetic Susceptibility Maps in Postmortem Human Brains.NMR in biomedicine · 2026Article
- Extracellular Vesicles in Myocardial Infarction: Dual Role in Ferroptosis Regulation and In Vivo Imaging.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Multiparametric CEST and Z-spectrum analysis proton (ZAP) as biomarkers of human brain aging.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- In newly diagnosed diabetes, hyperglycemia is associated with increased brain iron deposition, measured by MRI-based Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM).Journal of advanced research · 2026Article
- From cradle to cortex: An exposome- and equity-centered perspective of neurocognitive aging and dementia risk in the era of climate change.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Review
- Excess iron in deep gray matter is associated with cognitive and functional decline: The mediating role of white matter myelin.NeuroImage · 2026Article
- Topography and cognitive impact of brain iron deposition in cerebral amyloid angiopathy: Evidence from 7T quantitative susceptibility mapping.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Article
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Abstract
Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique that can assess the magnetic properties of cerebral iron in vivo. Although brain iron is necessary for basic neurobiological functions, excess iron content disrupts homeostasis, leads to oxidative stress, and ultimately contributes to neurodegenerative disease. However, some degree of elevated brain iron is present even among healthy older adults. To better understand the topographical pattern of iron accumulation and its relation to cognitive aging, we conducted an integrative review of 47 QSM studies of healthy aging, with a focus on five distinct themes. The first two themes focused on age-related increases in iron accumulation in deep gray matter nuclei versus the cortex. The overall level of iron is higher in deep gray matter nuclei than in cortical regions. Deep gray matter nuclei vary with regard to age-related effects, which are most prominent in the putamen, and age-related deposition of iron is also observed in frontal, temporal, and parietal cortical regions during healthy aging. The third theme focused on the behavioral relevance of iron content and indicated that higher iron in both deep gray matter and cortical regions was related to decline in fluid (speed-dependent) cognition. A handful of multimodal studies, reviewed in the fourth theme, suggest that iron interacts with imaging measures of brain function, white matter degradation, and the accumulation of neuropathologies. The final theme concerning modifiers of brain iron pointed to potential roles of cardiovascular, dietary, and genetic factors. Although QSM is a relatively recent tool for assessing cerebral iron accumulation, it has significant promise for contributing new insights into healthy neurocognitive aging.
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