Unraveling Specific Brain Microstructural Damage in Moyamoya Disease Using Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Positron Emission Tomography

Chronic ischemia may induce brain microstructural damage and lead to neurocognitive dysfunction in patients with Moyamoya disease (MMD). We applied neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) and 15O-gas positron emission tomography (PET) to elucidate the specific ischemic brain microstructural damage of MMD in the cortex and the white matter.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - January 21, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Shoko Hara, Masaaki Hori, Ryo Ueda, Shihori Hayashi, Motoki Inaji, Yoji Tanaka, Taketoshi Maehara, Kenji Ishii, Shigeki Aoki, Tadashi Nariai Source Type: research