期刊
BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
卷 223, 期 8, 页码 3889-3900出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-018-1702-5
关键词
White matter; Diffusion; MRI; Age-related macular degeneration; Tractography
资金
- JSPS [18K16939, 17K18131, 80570332]
- Charitable Trust Fund for Ophthalmic Research in Commemoration of Santen Pharmaceutical's Founder
- Jikei University Research found
- NSF [IIS-1636893, BCS-1734853]
- NIH NIMH [ULTTR001108]
- Microsoft Research Award
- Indiana University Areas of Emergent Research initiative Learning: Brains, Machines, Children
- Pervasive Technology Institute
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [17K18131, 18K16939] Funding Source: KAKEN
We investigated the impact of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) on visual acuity and the visual white matter. We combined an adaptive cortical atlas and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) and tractography to separate optic radiation (OR) projections to different retinal eccentricities in human primary visual cortex. We exploited the known anatomical organization of the OR and clinically relevant data to segment the OR into three primary components projecting to fovea, mid- and far-periphery. We measured white matter tissue propertiesfractional anisotropy, linearity, planarity, sphericityalong the aforementioned three components of the optic radiation to compare AMD patients and controls. We found differences in white matter properties specific to OR white matter fascicles projecting to primary visual cortex locations corresponding to the location of retinal damage (fovea). Additionally, we show that the magnitude of white matter properties in AMD patients' correlates with visual acuity. In sum, we demonstrate a specific relation between visual loss, anatomical location of retinal damage and white matter damage in AMD patients. Importantly, we demonstrate that these changes are so profound that can be detected using magnetic resonance imaging data with clinical resolution. The conserved mapping between retinal and white matter damage suggests that retinal neurodegeneration might be a primary cause of white matter degeneration in AMD patients. The results highlight the impact of eye disease on brain tissue, a process that may become an important target to monitor during the course of treatment.
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