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CKD in early life has been associated with neurocognitive deficits and disturbances in iron metabolism. Excess iron accumulation may exacerbate inflammatory and oxidative stress pathways linked to neurocognitive decline in CKD. No animal studies have yet investigated brain iron metabolism in early-life CKD, including PKD, or confirmed these findings through histological analysis. Utilizing a conditional\n                    <jats:italic>Pkd2<\/jats:italic>\n                    knockout mouse, we investigated the effect of kidney disease on early brain development and brain iron deposition through neuroimaging and histology. By postnatal day 19, PKD mice had significantly increased blood urea nitrogen (BUN, mean\u2009=\u2009141\u2009mg\/dL\u2009\u00b1\u20090.6,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u20090.01) and cyst burden (mean\u2009=\u200983.1%\u2009\u00b1\u20095.4,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u20090.01). Brain volumetrics did not differ longitudinally between groups; however, PKD mice had significantly shorter T2* relaxation times across multiple brain regions (total brain, gray and white matter, cerebral cortex, cerebellum, brainstem, hippocampus, and globus pallidus), indicating increased iron deposition. Perl\u2019s Prussian blue staining confirmed increased iron in the cerebral cortex of PKD mice. 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