PMID- 9094049
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19970613
LR  - 20190724
IS  - 0022-510X (Print)
IS  - 0022-510X (Linking)
VI  - 145
IP  - 2
DP  - 1997 Feb 12
TI  - Age-related changes in cerebral MR angiography.
PG  - 195-203
AB  - Two hundred forty four neurologically normal subjects (118 males and 126 females, 
      aged 7 to 82 yrs.) were evaluated to assess the correlation of the degree of 
      visualization of cerebral arteries on magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) with 
      aging, sex, laterality or lacunar infarctions on magnetic resonance imaging 
      (MRI). A single volume three-dimensional transformation time-of-flight pulse 
      sequence with slab thickness of 115 mm was used to obtain axial, saggital and 
      coronal projection images. A total of 6 arteries including bilateral anterior 
      cerebral arteries (ACAs), middle cerebral arteries (MCAs) and posterior cerebral 
      arteries (PCAs) for every subject were each graded into 8 scores by the degree of 
      visualization of the arteries. Results show that an age-related decline of 
      visualization of the cerebral arteries in ACA (r = -0.603, p < 0.001), MCA (r = 
      -0.452, p < 0.001) and PCA (r = -0.537, p < 0.001). The arteries were better 
      visualized in females than males during the fifth decade (p < 0.01). No 
      substantial relationship was observed between the visualization and sex in the 
      other decades, laterality or lacunar infarctions. Thus, the cerebral MRA showed 
      an age-related decline of visualization of the arteries and a sex-difference of 
      the visualization in the fifth decade, probably due to the decline of the blood 
      flow velocity with aging and a difference in it between females and males in the 
      fifth decade.
FAU - Kajiya, Y
AU  - Kajiya Y
AD  - Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.
FAU - Kajiya, Y
AU  - Kajiya Y
FAU - Nakajo, M
AU  - Nakajo M
LA  - eng
PT  - Clinical Trial
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Neurol Sci
JT  - Journal of the neurological sciences
JID - 0375403
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Aging/*physiology
MH  - Cerebral Arteries/anatomy & histology/*physiology
MH  - Cerebral Infarction/pathology
MH  - Child
MH  - Female
MH  - Functional Laterality/physiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Magnetic Resonance Angiography
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Reference Values
MH  - Regression Analysis
MH  - Sex Characteristics
EDAT- 1997/02/12 00:00
MHDA- 1997/02/12 00:01
CRDT- 1997/02/12 00:00
PHST- 1997/02/12 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1997/02/12 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1997/02/12 00:00 [entrez]
AID - S0022510X96001992 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0022-510x(96)00199-2 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Neurol Sci. 1997 Feb 12;145(2):195-203. doi: 10.1016/s0022-510x(96)00199-2.