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Mapping drug-induced changes in cerebral R2* by multiple gradient recalled echo functional MRI

  • Q. Chen
  • , A. H. Andersen
  • , Z. Zhang
  • , A. Ovadia
  • , D. M. Gash
  • , Malcolm J. Avison

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Abstract

A Multiple Gradient Recalled Echo MRI sequence was used to map spatial and temporal changes in the rate of MR signal decay (R2*) in response to L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (levodopa) in the striatal dopaminergic system of a rhesus monkey unilaterally lesioned with 4-phenyl-1,2,3,6- tetrahydropyridine hydrochloride (MPTP). R2* decreased significantly in the right (dopamine depleted) putamen and caudate following levodopa. More focal areas of smaller R2* decline were also observed in these structures in the left hemisphere. The observed spatial and temporal patterns of R2* change support the view that the method is monitoring changes in neural activity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)469-476
Number of pages8
JournalMagnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume14
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Acknowledgements-We are grateful to Dr. Charles Smith for helpful discussions in the course: of this work. This work was supported by NIH Grant NS-25778 to D.M. Gash, and the Vice Chancellor for Research & Graduate Studiles, UK Medical Center to M.J. Avison.

Funding

Acknowledgements-We are grateful to Dr. Charles Smith for helpful discussions in the course: of this work. This work was supported by NIH Grant NS-25778 to D.M. Gash, and the Vice Chancellor for Research & Graduate Studiles, UK Medical Center to M.J. Avison.

FundersFunder number
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeP01NS025778

    Keywords

    • BOLD
    • Basal ganglia
    • Brain mapping
    • Dopamine
    • Levodopa
    • MRI
    • Parkinson's disease
    • Rhesus
    • Striatum

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biophysics
    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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