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Title: Mapping glymphatic solute transportation through the perivascular space of hippocampal arterioles with 14 Tesla MRI
Abstract The perivascular space (PVS) plays a crucial role in facilitating the clearance of waste products and the exchange of cerebrospinal fluid and interstitial fluid in the central nervous system. While optical imaging methods identify the glymphatic transport of fluorescent tracers through PVS of surface-diving arteries, their limited depth penetration impedes the study of glymphatic dynamics in deep brain regions. In this study, we introduced a novel high-resolution dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI mapping approach based on single-vessel multi-gradient-echo methods. This technique allowed the differentiation of penetrating arterioles and venules from adjacent parenchymal tissue voxels and enabled the detection of Gd-enhanced signals coupled to PVS of penetrating arterioles in the deep cortex and hippocampus. By directly infusing Gd into the lateral ventricle, we eliminated delays in cerebrospinal fluid flow and focused on PVS Gd transport through PVS of hippocampal arterioles. The study revealed significant PVS-specific Gd signal enhancements, shedding light on glymphatic function in deep brain regions. These findings advance our understanding of brain-wide glymphatic dynamics and hold potential implications for neurological conditions characterized by impaired waste clearance, warranting further exploration of their clinical relevance and therapeutic applications.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2123970
PAR ID:
10527442
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Publisher / Repository:
bioRxiv
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bioRxiv
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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