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NEUROIMAGE
卷 21, 期 4, 页码 1825-1829出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2003.12.008
关键词
multiple sclerosis; gray matter; N-acetylaspartate
资金
- NIBIB NIH HHS [EB01015] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS37739, NS29029] Funding Source: Medline
Multiple sclerosis (MS) has traditionally been viewed as an inflammatory demyelinating white matter (WM) disease of the central nervous system. However, recent pathology and MRI studies have shown lesions in the gray matter (GM) as well. To ascertain the extent of GM involvement, we obtained with nonlocalizing proton MR spectroscopy the concentration of N-acetylaspartate (NAA), a metabolite found almost exclusively in neuronal cells, T2-lesion loads, and GM and WM fractions in the entire brain of 71 relapsing-remitting (RR) MS patients (51 women, 20 men, 25-55 years old) and 41 healthy controls (27 women, 14 men, 23-55 years old). The average whole-brain NAA (WBNAA) difference between the patients and the controls was -2.9 mM (-22%,P<0.0001); range: +1.2 to -7.8 mM (+8% to -63%). The patients' median T2 lesion volume was 5.5 (range: 0.140-28) cm(3). GM and WM comprised 50.4 +/- 3.8% and 30.4 +/- 5.0% (mean +/- standard deviation), respectively, of the total brain volume in the patients; 53.8 +/- 3.7% and 35.4 +/- 4.7% in the controls. Because WM and GM constitute approximately 40% and 60% of the brain parenchyma, respectively, and the NAA concentration in the former is 2/3 of the latter, WBNAA loss greater than 40% x 2/3 = 27% cannot be explained in terms of WM (axonal) pathology alone and must include widespread GM (neuronal) deficits. Therefore, the concept of MS, even at its earlier stages, as a WM disease might need to be reexamined. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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