Changes in water diffusion due to Wallerian degeneration in peripheral nerve

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine - Tập 36 Số 4 - Trang 627-631 - 1996
Christian Beaulieu1, Mark D. Does2, R. E. Snyder2, Peter S. Allen2
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
2Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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AbstractThe authors report NMR measurements of the changes in water diffusion brought about by in vivo Wallerian degeneration due to either crush‐ or tie‐injuries in the sciatic nerve of the frog. Using a pulsed‐gradient spin‐echo sequence with a diffusion measurement time of 28 ms, the degree of diffusion coefficient anisotropy {D(longitudinal)/D(transverse)} 4 weeks after injury in both crush‐ and tie‐injured nerves (2.3 ± 0.4 and 1.7 ± 0.1, respectively) is significantly less than in normal frog sciatic nerve (3.9 ± 0.4). The decrease of anisotropy in the degenerated nerves is due to both a decrease in longitudinal diffusion and an increase in transverse diffusion. The changes in diffusion coefficients are compared with the degree of axonal and myelin breakdown observed in light and electron micrographs of the nerves.

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Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Tập 36 Số 4

627-631

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