White matter water diffusion changes in primary Sjögren syndrome

LC Tzarouchi, AK Zikou, N Tsifetaki… - American Journal …, 2014 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Histopathologic studies have demonstrated WM damage
in primary Sjögren syndrome. The purpose of this study was to evaluate WM microstructural …

CNS involvement in primary Sjögren syndrome: Assessment of gray and white matter changes with MRI and voxel-based morphometry

LC Tzarouchi, N Tsifetaki, S Konitsiotis… - American Journal of …, 2011 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to evaluate with MRI the involvement of gray
matter and white matter structures in patients with primary Sjögren syndrome. SUBJECTS …

Disruption of brain white matter microstructure in primary Sjögren's syndrome: evidence from diffusion tensor imaging

BM Segal, BA Mueller, X Zhu, R Prosser… - …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Objectives. The relationship between cognitive symptoms and underlying neuropathology in
primary SS (PSS) is poorly understood. We used high-resolution quantitative brain MRI to …

Investigation of MS normal-appearing brain using diffusion tensor MRI with clinical correlations

O Ciccarelli, DJ Werring, CAM Wheeler–Kingshott… - Neurology, 2001 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To quantitatively investigate water diffusion changes in normal-appearing white
matter (NAWM) and gray matter in patients with MS, and to evaluate whether these changes …

A quantitative study of water diffusion in multiple sclerosis lesions and normal-appearing white matter using echo-planar imaging

M Filippi, G Iannucci, M Cercignani… - Archives of …, 2000 - jamanetwork.com
Objectives We used an optimized echo-planar pulse sequence for isotropically weighted
diffusion imaging (1) to measure mean diffusivity (D) in lesions and normal-appearing white …

[HTML][HTML] Cerebral microstructure analysis by diffusion-based MRI in systemic lupus erythematosus: lessons learned and research directions

E Silvagni, A Bortoluzzi, M Borrelli, A Bianchi… - Brain Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Diffusion-based magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies, namely diffusion-weighted
imaging (DWI) and diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI), have been performed in the context of …

Water diffusion is elevated in widespread regions of normal-appearing white matter in multiple sclerosis and correlates with diffusion in focal lesions

DJ Werring, CA Clark, AG Droogan… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2001 - journals.sagepub.com
Pathological changes in the normal-appearing white matter in multiple sclerosis are well
recognised, but their relationship to pathology in focal lesions is not well understood …

Functional connectivity and microstructural changes of the brain in primary Sjögren syndrome: The relationship with depression

A Andrianopoulou, AK Zikou, LG Astrakas… - Acta …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Fatigue and depression are among the most common manifestations of primary
Sjögren syndrome (pSS), but information is lacking on the relationship with brain function …

Brain white matter extracellular free-water increases are related to reduced neurocognitive function in systemic lupus erythematosus

X Qian, F Ji, KK Ng, AJ Koh, BRY Loo… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Brain white matter (WM) microstructural changes evaluated by diffusion MRI are
well documented in patients with SLE. Yet, the conventional diffusion tensor imaging …

Pathologic damage in MS assessed by diffusion-weighted and magnetization transfer MRI

M Cercignani, G Iannucci, MA Rocca, G Comi… - Neurology, 2000 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To compare diffusion characteristics of MS lesions, normal-appearing white
matter (NAWM) from patients, and normal white matter from control subjects, and to …