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J Ivanidze1, M Mackay2,3, A Hoang4,3, J M Chi5,3, K Cheng5,3, C Aranow2,3, B Volpe6,3, B Diamond2,3, P C Sanelli7,4,8,3.
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We report a prospective dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging analysis of region-specific blood-brain barrier permeability in 5 healthy subjects. By means of standardized postprocessing and ROI sampling methods, the hippocampi revealed significantly elevated area under the dynamic contrast-enhanced curve and significantly increased blood-brain barrier permeability metrics (volume transfer constant and volume in the extravascular extracellular space) from model-based quantitation. These findings suggest unique blood-brain barrier permeability characteristics in the hippocampus, which are concordant with previous animal studies, potentially laying the groundwork for future studies assessing patient populations in which hippocampal pathology plays a role.Entities:
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Year: 2019 PMID: 30733256 PMCID: PMC7028673 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A5962
Source DB: PubMed Journal: AJNR Am J Neuroradiol ISSN: 0195-6108 Impact factor: 3.825