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American Journal of Neuroradiology 20:845-852 (5 1999)
© 1999 American Society of Neuroradiology

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The Evolution of Cerebral Blood Flow in the Developing Brain: Evaluation with Iodine-123 Iodoamphetamine SPECT and Correlation with MR Imaging

Aya M. Tokumaru^,a, A. James Barkovich^a, Toshihiro O'uchi^a, Takeshi Matsuo^a and Shouichi Kusano^a

^a From the Department of Radiology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa City, Saitama-Ken, Japan (A.M.T., S.K.); the Department of Neuroradiology, University of California, San Francisco (A.J.B.); and the Department of Radiology, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa City, Chiba-Ken, Japan (T.O., T.M.).

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Although it is well established that brain maturation correlates temporally with the functions the newborn or infant performs at various stages of development, the precise relationship between function and anatomic brain maturation remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the developmental changes of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in infants and children using iodine-123 iodoamphetamine (¹²³I-IMP) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). These findings were correlated with the MR imaging appearance of the brain and with known developmental changes.

METHODS: Twenty-one ¹²³I-IMP SPECT examinations of 17 patients, ranging in age from neonates to 2 years, were reviewed retrospectively. All children had had transient neurologic events in the neonatal period that did not significantly affect subsequent neuropsychological development. MR studies were performed in 12 of these patients and the MR findings were correlated with the SPECT results.

RESULTS: SPECT studies showed a consistent pattern of evolving changes in ¹²³I-IMP uptake, most likely reflecting evolution of rCBF. From the 34th postconceptional week until the end of the second month after term delivery, there was predominant uptake in the thalami, brain stem, and paleocerebellum, with relatively less cortical activity. Radionuclide uptake in both the perirolandic and occipital cortices was well seen around the 40th postconceptional week and increased rapidly thereafter, with a predominance of parietal activity. By 3 months, radionuclide uptake in the cerebellar hemispheres and parietofrontal cortices increased. Frontal and temporal activity increased by age 6 to 8 months. Uptake in the basal ganglia increased by 8 months. By the beginning of the second year, rCBF showed a similar topographic pattern to that in adults.

CONCLUSION: The time course of the changes in ¹²³I-IMP uptake in the developing brain as detected by SPECT is similar to that of myelination and most likely reflects an overall topologic maturational pattern of the brain.

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