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Title: | Organization of neurochemical interactions in young and older brains as revealed with a network approach: Evidence from proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) | Authors: | Rodríguez-Nieto, Geraldine Levin, Oron Hermans, Lize Weerasekera, Akila Sava, Anca Haghebaert, Astrid Huybrechts, Astrid CUYPERS, Koen Mantini, Dante Himmelreich, Uwe Swinnen, Stephan |
Issue Date: | 2023 | Publisher: | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE | Source: | NEUROIMAGE, 266 (Art N° 119830) | Abstract: | Aging is associated with alterations in the brain including structural and metabolic changes. Previous research has focused on neurometabolite level differences associated to age in a variety of brain regions, but the relationship among metabolites across the brain has been much less studied. Investigating these relationships can reveal underlying neurometabolic processes, their interdependency, and their progress throughout the lifespan. Using 1 H-MRS, we investigated the relationship among metabolite concentrations of N-acetylaspartate (NAA), creatine (Cr), choline (Cho), myo-Inositol (mIns) and glutamate-glutamine complex (Glx) in seven voxel locations, i.e., bilateral sensorimotor cortex, bilateral striatum, pre-supplementary motor area, right inferior frontal gyrus and occipital cortex. These measurements were performed on 59 human participants divided in two age groups: young adults (YA: 23.2 ± 4.3; 18-34 years) and older adults (OA: 67.5 ± 3.9; 61-74 years). Our results showed age-related differences in NAA, Cho, and mIns across brain regions, suggesting the presence of neurodegeneration and altered gliosis. Moreover, associative patterns among NAA, Cho and Cr were observed across the selected brain regions, which differed between young and older adults. Whereas most of metabolite concentrations were inhomogeneous across different brain regions, Cho levels were shown to be strongly related across brain regions in both age groups. Finally, we found metabolic associations between homologous brain regions (SM1 and striatum) in the OA group, with NAA showing a significant correlation between bilateral sensorimotor cortices (SM1) and mIns levels being correlated between the bilateral striata. We posit that a network perspective provides important insights regarding the potential interactions among neurochemicals underlying metabolic processes at a local and global level and their relationship with aging. | Keywords: | Aging;Magnetic resonance spectroscopy;Graph theory;Metabolites;Networks;Choline | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/39237 | ISSN: | 1053-8119 | e-ISSN: | 1095-9572 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119830 | ISI #: | 000916165300001 | Rights: | 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution |
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