2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Neuronal metabolic changes in preterm infants assessed using multi-voxel proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Project/Area Number |
23591513
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Pediatrics
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Research Institution | Iwate Medical University |
Principal Investigator |
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KAMEI Atsushi 岩手医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (70275551)
SASAKI Makoto 岩手医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (80205864)
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Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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Keywords | 超高磁場装置 / 磁気共鳴分光法 / 早産児 / GABA / 発達障害 |
Research Abstract |
This study aimed to reveal the difference of brain metabolic change using MRS within the first year of life between normal development and psychomotor retardation in preterm and low birth weight infants.We enrolled 17 infants who were born at 29 weeks gestation weighing 1,108g.They underwent MRS at 39-46 postconceptional weeks(PCW),47-60PCW,75-89PCW,and 90-104PCW.MRS was performed through the frontal lobe(FL)and the basal ganglia and thalamus(BG+Th).N-acetylaspartate(NAA)/creatine(Cr),choline/Cr and myoinositol(Ins)/Cr were determined.Thirteen infants had normal DQ and MRI were formed the contral group.Four infants had abnormalitied on MRI were classified as test subjects.The NAA/Cr in the BG+Th of two test subjects who were developmental delay was below -2SD of the mean of the controls from 61-74PCW and Ins/Cr was above +2SD at 90-104PCW.
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