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  Magnetic resonance imaging of noradrenergic neurons.

Watanabe, T., Tan, Z., Wang, X., Martinez Hernandez, A., & Frahm, J. (2019). Magnetic resonance imaging of noradrenergic neurons. Brain Structure and Function, 224(4), 1609-1625. doi:10.1007/s00429-019-01858-0.

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Watanabe, T.1, Author           
Tan, Z.1, Author           
Wang, X.1, Author           
Martinez Hernandez, A.2, Author           
Frahm, J.1, Author           
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1Biomedical NMR Research GmbH, MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Max Planck Society, ou_578634              
2Department of Genes and Behavior, MPI for biophysical chemistry, Max Planck Society, ou_persistent34              

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Free keywords: Alzheimer’s disease; Dorsal motor vagus nucleus; Locus coeruleus; Magnetization transfer; Neuromelanin; Nucleus tractus solitarius
 Abstract: Noradrenaline is a neurotransmitter involved in general arousal, selective attention, memory, inflammation, and neurodegeneration. The purpose of this work was to delineate noradrenergic neurons in vivo by T1-weighted MRI with magnetization transfer (MT). In the brainstem of human and mice, MRI identified the locus coeruleus, dorsal motor vagus nucleus, and nucleus tractus solitarius. Given (1) the long T1 and low magnetization transfer ratio for the noradrenergic cell groups compared to other gray matter, (2) significant correlation between MT MRI signal intensity and proton density, and (3) no correlation between magnetization transfer ratio (or R1) and iron, copper, or manganese in human brain, the high MRI signal of the noradrenergic neurons must be attributed to abundant water protons interacting with any T1-shortening paramagnetic ions in active cells rather than to specific T1-shortening molecules. The absence of a high MRI signal from the locus coeruleus of Ear2(-/-) mice lacking noradrenergic neurons confirms that cell bodies of noradrenergic neurons are the source of the bright MRI appearance. The observation of this high signal in DBH(-/-) mice, in 3-week-old mice, and in mice under hyperoxia/hypercapnia/hypoxia together with the general absence of neuromelanin (NM) in noradrenergic neurons of young rodents further excludes that it is due to NM, dopamine β-hydroxylase, their binding to paramagnetic ions, blood inflow, or hemoglobin. Instead, these findings indicate a high density of water protons whose T1 is shortened by paramagnetic ions as the relevant source of the high MRI signal. In the brain of APP/PS1/Ear2(-/-) mice, a transgenic model of Alzheimer's disease, MRI detected noradrenergic neuron loss in the locus coeruleus. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy revealed that a 60-75% reduction of noradrenaline is responsible for a reduction of N-acetylaspartate and glutamate in the hippocampus as well as for a shortening of the water proton T2 in the frontal cortex. These results suggest that a concurrent shortage of noradrenaline in Alzheimer's disease accelerates pathologic processes such as inflammation and neuron loss.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2019-03-222019-05
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1007/s00429-019-01858-0
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 224 (4) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 1609 - 1625 Identifier: -