TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of Age on Global and Regional Brain Stiffness in Young and Middle-Aged Adults
AU - Takamura, Tomohiro
AU - Motosugi, Utaroh
AU - Sasaki, Yu
AU - Kakegawa, Takashi
AU - Sato, Kazuyuki
AU - Glaser, Kevin J.
AU - Ehman, Richard L.
AU - Onishi, Hiroshi
N1 - Funding Information:
Contract grant sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH); Contract grant number: R01 EB001981.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - Background: An understanding of potential age-related changes in brain stiffness and its regional variation is important for further clinical application of MR elastography. Purpose: To investigate the effect of age on global and regional brain stiffness in young and middle-aged adults. Study Type: Prospective. Subjects: Fifty subjects with normal brains and aged in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, or 60s (five men, five women per decade). Field Strength/Sequence: 3.0T MRI and elastography with a vibration frequency of 60 Hz. Assessment: Stiffness was measured in nine brain regions (cerebrum, temporal lobes, sensorimotor areas, frontotemporal composite region, deep gray matter and white matter (deep GM/WM), parietal lobes, occipital lobes, frontal lobes, and cerebellum) using an atlas-based region-of-interest approach. The influence of age on regional brain stiffness was evaluated. Statistical Tests: Multiple linear regression analysis, followed by Dunnett's multiple comparisons test, using subjects in their 20s as controls. Results: Following adjustment for sex, multiple linear regression revealed a significant negative correlation between age and stiffness of the cerebrum (P < 0.0001), temporal lobes (P < 0.0001), sensorimotor areas (P < 0.0001), frontotemporal composite region (P < 0.0001), deep GM/WM (P = 0.0028), parietal lobes (P < 0.0001), occipital lobes (P = 0.0055), and frontal lobes (P < 0.0001). Dunnett's multiple comparison test showed that the stiffness of the sensorimotor areas, frontotemporal composite region, and frontal lobes was significantly decreased in subjects in their 40s (P < 0.0367), 50s (P < 0.0001), and 60s (P < 0.0001), while that of the cerebrum, temporal lobes, and parietal lobes was significantly decreased only in subjects in their 50s (P < 0.0012) and 60s (P < 0.0031) when compared with the controls. Data Conclusion: There is an age-related decrease in brain stiffness that varies across the different regions. Level of Evidence: 1. Technical Efficacy Stage: 2. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2020;51:727–733.
AB - Background: An understanding of potential age-related changes in brain stiffness and its regional variation is important for further clinical application of MR elastography. Purpose: To investigate the effect of age on global and regional brain stiffness in young and middle-aged adults. Study Type: Prospective. Subjects: Fifty subjects with normal brains and aged in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, or 60s (five men, five women per decade). Field Strength/Sequence: 3.0T MRI and elastography with a vibration frequency of 60 Hz. Assessment: Stiffness was measured in nine brain regions (cerebrum, temporal lobes, sensorimotor areas, frontotemporal composite region, deep gray matter and white matter (deep GM/WM), parietal lobes, occipital lobes, frontal lobes, and cerebellum) using an atlas-based region-of-interest approach. The influence of age on regional brain stiffness was evaluated. Statistical Tests: Multiple linear regression analysis, followed by Dunnett's multiple comparisons test, using subjects in their 20s as controls. Results: Following adjustment for sex, multiple linear regression revealed a significant negative correlation between age and stiffness of the cerebrum (P < 0.0001), temporal lobes (P < 0.0001), sensorimotor areas (P < 0.0001), frontotemporal composite region (P < 0.0001), deep GM/WM (P = 0.0028), parietal lobes (P < 0.0001), occipital lobes (P = 0.0055), and frontal lobes (P < 0.0001). Dunnett's multiple comparison test showed that the stiffness of the sensorimotor areas, frontotemporal composite region, and frontal lobes was significantly decreased in subjects in their 40s (P < 0.0367), 50s (P < 0.0001), and 60s (P < 0.0001), while that of the cerebrum, temporal lobes, and parietal lobes was significantly decreased only in subjects in their 50s (P < 0.0012) and 60s (P < 0.0031) when compared with the controls. Data Conclusion: There is an age-related decrease in brain stiffness that varies across the different regions. Level of Evidence: 1. Technical Efficacy Stage: 2. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2020;51:727–733.
KW - age-related
KW - brain stiffness
KW - global
KW - magnetic resonance elastography
KW - magnetic resonance imaging
KW - regional
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U2 - 10.1002/jmri.26881
DO - 10.1002/jmri.26881
M3 - Article
C2 - 31373136
AN - SCOPUS:85079204490
SN - 1053-1807
VL - 51
SP - 727
EP - 733
JO - Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
JF - Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
IS - 3
ER -