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Neurol."],"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Background<\/jats:title><jats:p>R2* relaxometry and quantitative susceptibility mapping can be combined to distinguish between microstructural changes and iron deposition in white matter. Here, we aimed to explore microstructural changes in the white matter associated with clinical presentations such as cognitive impairment in patients with idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) using R2* relaxometry analysis in combination with quantitative susceptibility mapping.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We evaluated 16 patients clinically diagnosed with possible or probable iNPH and 18 matched healthy controls (HC) who were chosen based on similarity in age and sex. R2* and quantitative susceptibility mapping were compared using voxel-wise and atlas-based one-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Finally, partial correlation analyses were performed to assess the relationship between R2* and clinical presentations.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>R2* was lower in some white matter regions, including the bilateral superior longitudinal fascicle and sagittal stratum, in the iNPH group compared to the HC group. The voxel-based quantitative susceptibility mapping results did not differ between the groups. The atlas-based group comparisons yielded negative mean susceptibility values in almost all brain regions, indicating no clear paramagnetic iron deposition in the white matter of any subject. R2* and cognitive performance scores between the left superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF) and right sagittal stratum (SS) were positively correlated. In addition to that, R2* and gait disturbance scores between left SS were negatively correlated.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our analysis highlights the microstructural changes without iron deposition in the SLF and SS, and their association with cognitive impairment and gait disturbance in patients with iNPH.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fneur.2023.1251230","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,5]],"date-time":"2023-09-05T07:02:37Z","timestamp":1693897357000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Assessing white matter microstructural changes in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus using voxel-based R2* relaxometry analysis"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Yuya","family":"Kano","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuto","family":"Uchida","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hirohito","family":"Kan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Keita","family":"Sakurai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Susumu","family":"Kobayashi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kento","family":"Seko","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Keisuke","family":"Mizutani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Toshihiko","family":"Usami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Koji","family":"Takada","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Noriyuki","family":"Matsukawa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"117","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM196507152730301","article-title":"Symptomatic occult hydrocephalus with \u201cnormal\u201d cerebrospinal-fluid pressure: a treatable syndrome","volume":"273","author":"Adams","year":"1965","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"key":"ref2","first-page":"1277","article-title":"CSF spaces in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: morphology and volumetry","volume":"19","author":"Kitagaki","year":"1998","journal-title":"AJNR Am J Neuroradiol"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1186\/1743-8454-7-18","article-title":"Study of INPH on neurological improvement (SINPHONI). 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