Abstract

Myelin containing in basal ganglia in multiple sclerosis patients was evaluated using new noninvasive quantitative MRI method fast whole brain macromolecular proton fraction mapping. Myelin level in globus pallidus and putamen significantly decreased in multiple sclerosis patients as compared with healthy control subjects but not in substantia nigra and caudate nucleus.

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Title
Demyelination of subcortical nuclei in multiple sclerosis
Author
Krutenkova, E 1 ; Aitmagambetova, G 1 ; Khodanovich, M 1 ; Bowen, J 2 ; Gangadharan, B 3 ; Henson, L 3 ; Mayadev, A 3 ; Repovic, P 3 ; Qian, P 3 ; Yarnykh, V 4 

 Neurobiology Lab, Research Institute of Biology and Biophysics, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russian Federation 
 Vascular Imaging Lab, Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, WA, USA 
 Multiple Sclerosis Center, Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, WA, USA 
 Neurobiology Lab, Research Institute of Biology and Biophysics, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russian Federation; Vascular Imaging Lab, Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA 
Publication year
2016
Publication date
Feb 2016
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17426588
e-ISSN
17426596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2575007708
Copyright
© 2016. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.