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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-2-1
pubmed:abstractText
The subventricular zone (SVZ) is a region that lies immediately beneath the ependymal layer on the lateral wall of the lateral ventricles, and is separated from the caudate nucleus by a layer of myelin. It contains multipotent neural stem cells. The aim of this study was to investigate the tissue around the SVZ, with the hypothesis that multimodal MRI is able to highlight the progressive disruption of tissue caused by the neurodegenerative disease in this area. We combined volumetric and diffusion tensor (DTI) imaging using a 3T imager in a cross-sectional study including 30 patients with amnestic-mild cognitive impairment (a-MCI), 30 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and 30 age- and gender-matched healthy controls (HC). Our data indicate that mean diffusivity (MD) values increase continuously from HC through a-MCI to AD in the bilateral SVZ, where most of the proliferating stem cells in the adult brain are located. This result was specific for the SVZ and could not be observed in other periventricular areas. Multimodal MRI, being able to highlight structural changes of microscopic tissue in humans in vivo, could represent a precious tool to complement histological studies of neurogenesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1872-7972
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
469
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
214-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
A multimodal MRI investigation of the subventricular zone in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical and Behavioral Neurology, Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article