Jelle Praet, Nikolay V Manyakov, Leacky Muchene, Zhenhua Mai, Vasilis Terzopoulos, Steve de Backer, An Torremans, Pieter-Jan Guns, Tom Van De Casteele, Astrid Bottelbergs, Bianca Van Broeck, Jan Sijbers, Dirk Smeets, Ziv Shkedy, Luc Bijnens, Darrel J Pemberton, Mark E Schmidt, Annemie Van der Linden, Marleen Verhoye
BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder and the most common cause of dementia in the elderly population. In this study, we used the APP/PS1 transgenic mouse model to explore the feasibility of using diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) as a tool for the early detection of microstructural changes in the brain due to amyloid-β (Aβ) plaque deposition. METHODS: We longitudinally acquired DKI data of wild-type (WT) and APP/PS1 mice at 2, 4, 6 and 8 months of age, after which these mice were sacrificed for histological examination...
January 9, 2018: Alzheimer's Research & Therapy