Age-related differences in multiple measures of white matter integrity: A diffusion tensor imaging study of healthy aging.
dc.contributor.author | Bennett, Ilana J | |
dc.contributor.author | Madden, David J | |
dc.contributor.author | Vaidya, Chandan J | |
dc.contributor.author | Howard, Darlene V | |
dc.contributor.author | Howard, James H | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-04-01T15:42:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2025-04-01T15:42:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-03 | |
dc.description.abstract | Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) measures diffusion of molecular water, which can be used to calculate indices of white matter integrity. Early DTI studies of aging primarily focused on two global measures of integrity; the average rate (mean diffusivity, MD) and orientation coherence (fractional anisotropy, FA) of diffusion. More recent studies have added measures of water movement parallel (axial diffusivity, AD) and perpendicular (radial diffusivity, RD) to the primary diffusion direction, which are thought to reflect the neural bases of age differences in diffusion (i.e., axonal shrinkage and demyelination, respectively). In this study, patterns of age differences in white matter integrity were assessed by comparing younger and healthy older adults on multiple measures of integrity (FA, AD, and RD). Results revealed two commonly reported patterns (Radial Increase Only and Radial/Axial Increase), and one relatively novel pattern (Radial Increase/Axial Decrease) that varied by brain region and may reflect differential aging of microstructural (e.g., degree of myelination) and macrostructural (e.g., coherence of fiber orientation) properties of white matter. In addition, larger age differences in FA in frontal white matter were consistent with the anterior-posterior gradient of age differences in white matter integrity. Together, these findings complement other recent studies in providing information about patterns of diffusivity that are characteristic of healthy aging. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1065-9471 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1097-0193 | |
dc.identifier.uri | ||
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | Wiley | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Human brain mapping | |
dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1002/hbm.20872 | |
dc.rights.uri | ||
dc.subject | Brain | |
dc.subject | Nerve Fibers, Myelinated | |
dc.subject | Humans | |
dc.subject | Neuropsychological Tests | |
dc.subject | Health Status | |
dc.subject | Aging | |
dc.subject | Anisotropy | |
dc.subject | Adolescent | |
dc.subject | Aged | |
dc.subject | Middle Aged | |
dc.subject | Female | |
dc.subject | Male | |
dc.subject | Young Adult | |
dc.subject | Diffusion Tensor Imaging | |
dc.title | Age-related differences in multiple measures of white matter integrity: A diffusion tensor imaging study of healthy aging. | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
duke.contributor.orcid | Madden, David J|0000-0003-2815-6552 | |
pubs.begin-page | 378 | |
pubs.end-page | 390 | |
pubs.issue | 3 | |
pubs.organisational-group | Duke | |
pubs.organisational-group | School of Medicine | |
pubs.organisational-group | Trinity College of Arts & Sciences | |
pubs.organisational-group | Clinical Science Departments | |
pubs.organisational-group | Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences | |
pubs.organisational-group | Psychology & Neuroscience | |
pubs.organisational-group | University Institutes and Centers | |
pubs.organisational-group | Duke Institute for Brain Sciences | |
pubs.organisational-group | Center for Cognitive Neuroscience | |
pubs.organisational-group | Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences | |
pubs.publication-status | Published | |
pubs.volume | 31 |
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