Shoko Hara, Junko Kikuta, Kaito Takabayashi, Koji Kamagata, Shihori Hayashi, Motoki Inaji, Yoji Tanaka, Masaaki Hori, Kenji Ishii, Tadashi Nariai, Toshiaki Taoka, Shinji Naganawa, Shigeki Aoki, Taketoshi Maehara
Moyamoya disease (MMD) causes cerebral arterial stenosis and hemodynamic disturbance, the latter of which may disrupt glymphatic system activity, the waste clearance system. We evaluated 46 adult patients with MMD and 33 age- and sex-matched controls using diffusivity along the perivascular space (ALPS) measured with diffusion tensor imaging (ALPS index), which may partly reflect glymphatic system activity, and multishell diffusion MRI to generate freewater maps. Twenty-three patients were also evaluated via 15 O-gas positron emission tomography (PET), and all patients underwent cognitive tests...
April 4, 2024: Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism