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High-resolution myelin water measurements in rat spinal cord

✍ Scribed by Piotr Kozlowski; Jie Liu; Andrew C. Yung; Wolfram Tetzlaff

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
349 KB
Volume
59
Category
Article
ISSN
0740-3194

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Abstract

Multiecho imaging data were acquired at 7T from control and injured (dorsal column transection) rat spinal cords ex vivo with in‐plane resolution of 61, 78, and 100 μm, and from a control rat spinal cord in vivo with in‐plane resolution of 117 μm. The myelin water maps were calculated using nonnegative least‐squares (NNLS) analysis of the decay curves. For the control cords, myelin water maps showed details of the cord morphology, and the average myelin water fraction (MWF) values in white matter and gray matter corresponded well with previously published results and the expected amounts of myelin within the cord, and correlated very well with Luxol Fast Blue stain (R^2^ = 0.95). Myelin water maps from an injured cord showed excellent qualitative correlation with histology. This pilot study demonstrates that high‐resolution myelin water mapping in rat spinal cord is feasible, and this technique has potential to be a valuable tool in studying white matter damage in rat models of spinal cord injury. Magn Reson Med, 2008. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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