MR elastography in a murine stroke model reveals correlation of macroscopic viscoelastic properties of the brain with neuronal density. Freimann, Baptist, F., M�ller, S., Streitberger, K., Guo, J., Rot, S., Ghori, A., Vajkoczy, P., Reiter, R., Sack, I., & Braun, J.R. NMR in Biomedicine, Jun, 2013.
MR elastography in a murine stroke model reveals correlation of macroscopic viscoelastic properties of the brain with neuronal density. [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of neuronal density on viscoelastic parameters of living brain tissue after ischemic infarction in the mouse using MR elastography (MRE). Transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) in the left hemisphere was induced in 20 mice. In vivo 7-T MRE at a vibration frequency of 900 Hz was performed on days 3, 7, 14 and 28 (n?=?5 per group) after MCAO, followed by the analysis of histological markers, such as neuron counts (NeuN). MCAO led to a significant reduction in the storage modulus in the left hemisphere relative to contralateral values (p?=?0.03) without changes over time. A correlation between storage modulus and NeuN in both hemispheres was observed, with correlation coefficients of R?=?0.648 (p?=?0.002, left) and R?=?0.622 (p?=?0.003, right). The loss modulus was less sensitive to MCAO, but correlated with NeuN in the left hemisphere (R?=?0.764, p?=?0.0001). In agreement with the literature, these results suggest that the shear modulus in the brain is reduced after transient ischemic insult. Furthermore, our study provides evidence that the in vivo shear modulus of brain tissue correlates with neuronal density. In diagnostic applications, MRE may thus have diagnostic potential as a tool for image-based quantification of neurodegenerative processes. Copyright � 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
@article{ Freimann2013,
  author = {Freimann, Florian Baptist and M�ller, Susanne and Streitberger, Kaspar-Josche
	and Guo, Jing and Rot, Sergej and Ghori, Adnan and Vajkoczy, Peter
	and Reiter, Rolf and Sack, Ingolf and Braun, J�rgen},
  title = {MR elastography in a murine stroke model reveals correlation of macroscopic
	viscoelastic properties of the brain with neuronal density.},
  journal = {NMR in Biomedicine},
  year = {2013},
  month = {Jun},
  abstract = {The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of neuronal
	density on viscoelastic parameters of living brain tissue after ischemic
	infarction in the mouse using MR elastography (MRE). Transient middle
	cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) in the left hemisphere was induced
	in 20 mice. In vivo 7-T MRE at a vibration frequency of 900 Hz was
	performed on days 3, 7, 14 and 28 (n?=?5 per group) after MCAO, followed
	by the analysis of histological markers, such as neuron counts (NeuN).
	MCAO led to a significant reduction in the storage modulus in the
	left hemisphere relative to contralateral values (p?=?0.03) without
	changes over time. A correlation between storage modulus and NeuN
	in both hemispheres was observed, with correlation coefficients of
	R?=?0.648 (p?=?0.002, left) and R?=?0.622 (p?=?0.003, right). The
	loss modulus was less sensitive to MCAO, but correlated with NeuN
	in the left hemisphere (R?=?0.764, p?=?0.0001). In agreement with
	the literature, these results suggest that the shear modulus in the
	brain is reduced after transient ischemic insult. Furthermore, our
	study provides evidence that the in vivo shear modulus of brain tissue
	correlates with neuronal density. In diagnostic applications, MRE
	may thus have diagnostic potential as a tool for image-based quantification
	of neurodegenerative processes. Copyright � 2013 John Wiley & Sons,
	Ltd.},
  doi = {10.1002/nbm.2987},
  institution = {Department of Neurosurgery, Charit� - Universit�tsmedizin Berlin,
	Berlin, Germany.},
  language = {eng},
  medline-pst = {aheadofprint},
  owner = {Heiko},
  pmid = {23784982},
  timestamp = {2013.07.26},
  url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nbm.2987}
}

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