期刊
AGING-US
卷 13, 期 4, 页码 4911-4925出版社
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC
DOI: 10.18632/aging.202673
关键词
cerebral blood flow; aging; MRI; arterial spin labeling
资金
- Intramural Research Program of the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health
Cerebral blood flow varies with age in different brain regions, with white matter regions showing increased blood flow with age and women having higher blood flow than men. The study results provide a foundation for further investigation of CNS perfusion in various scenarios.
Adequate cerebral blood flow (CBF) is essential to a healthy central nervous system (CNS). Previous work suggests that CBF differs between men and women, and declines with age and certain pathologies, but a highly controlled systematic study across a wide age range, and incorporating white matter (WM) regions, has not been undertaken. Here, we investigate ageand sex-related differences in CBF in gray matter (GM) and WM regions in a cohort (N = 80) of cognitively unimpaired individuals over a wide age range. In agreement with literature, we find that GM regions exhibited lower CBF with age. In contrast, WM regions exhibited higher CBF with age in various cerebral regions. We attribute this new finding to increased oligodendrocyte metabolism to maintain myelin homeostasis in the setting of increased myelin turnover with age. Further, consistent with prior studies, we found that CBF was higher in women than in men in all brain structures investigated. Our work provides new insights into the effects of age and sex on CBF. In addition, our results provide reference CBF values for the standard ASL protocol recommended by the ISMRM Perfusion Study Group and the European ASL in Dementia consortium. Thus, these results provide a foundation for further investigations of CNS perfusion in a variety of settings, including aging, cerebrovascular diseases, and dementias.
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