Title
Cortical thickness measured from MRI in the YAC128 mouse model of Huntington's disease.
Abstract
A recent study found differences in localised regions of the cortex between the YAC128 mouse model of Huntington's Disease (HD) and wild-type mice. There are, however, few tools to automatically examine shape differences in the cortices of mice. This paper describes an algorithm for automatically measuring cortical thickness across the entire cortex from MRI of fixed mouse brain specimens. An analysis of the variance of the method showed that, on average, a 50 μm (0.05 mm) localised difference in cortical thickness can be measured using MR scans. Applying these methods to 8-month-old YAC128 mouse model mice representing an early stage of HD, we found an increase in cortical thickness in the sensorimotor cortex, and also revealed regions wherein decreasing striatal volume correlated with increasing cortical thickness, indicating a potential compensatory response.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.02.019
NeuroImage
Field
DocType
Volume
Cortex (botany),Developmental psychology,Anatomy,Neuroscience,Psychology,Sensorimotor cortex,Huntington's disease
Journal
41
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
1053-8119
17
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.21
9
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jason P Lerch138831.42
Jeffrey B. Carroll2433.03
Adrienne Dorr3223.09
Shoshana Spring4897.54
Alan C. Evans53045574.95
Michael R. Hayden66011.14
John G. Sled7688191.06
R. Mark Henkelman825124.84