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@ARTICLE{Arndt:280971,
author = {Arndt, Philipp and Boewe, Stefanie and Brüggemann, Jascha
and Garcia-Garcia, Berta and Yakupov, Renat and Vockert,
Niklas and Maas, Anne and Pfister, Malte and Perosa,
Valentina and Dubai, Marwa Al and Jansen, Robin and Meuth,
Sven G and Dörner, Marc and Müller, Patrick and Henneicke,
Solveig and Schreiber, Frank and Neumann, Katja and Mattern,
Hendrik and Schreiber, Stefanie},
title = {{P}utamen vascularization on high-resolution 7{T} {MRI} is
associated with perfusion and cognitive performance in
cerebral small vessel disease.},
journal = {NeuroImage},
volume = {319},
issn = {1053-8119},
address = {Orlando, Fla.},
publisher = {Academic Press},
reportid = {DZNE-2025-01053},
pages = {121426},
year = {2025},
abstract = {In cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD), compromised
arterial supply to the deep gray matter contributes to
cognitive decline. While CSVD frequently involves
lenticulostriate arteries supplying the putamen, the
functional consequences of altered putaminal vascular
architecture remain unclear. We hypothesized that a less
homogeneous arterial network in the putamen is associated
with impaired perfusion and worse cognitive performance in
CSVD.We enrolled 16 CSVD patients with cerebral microbleeds
and 21 age‑matched controls (mean age 71 years; 38 $\%$
female). High-resolution 7 T time‑of‑flight angiography
was used to segment all visible intraputaminal vessels. For
each voxel in the putamen, the distance to its nearest
segmented vessel was computed to generate a vessel distance
map; the mean vessel distance reflects the homogeneity of
the arterial network. Putaminal perfusion was quantified via
multi‑inversion time pulsed arterial spin labeling (ASL)
at 3 T, and CSVD severity was scored on clinical 3 T MRI.
All participants completed a comprehensive
neuropsychological battery to derive a global cognition
composite score.Linear regression revealed that higher CSVD
MRI scores predicted larger mean vessel distance, reflecting
a sparser arterial network, in both the right (B = 0.12, β
= 0.42, p = 0.010) and left putamen (B = 0.13, β = 0.43, p
= 0.014). Across all participants, increased vessel distance
was also associated with prolonged arterial transit time in
the right (B = 0.044, β = 0.50, p = 0.009) and left putamen
(B = 0.042, β = 0.49, p = 0.009). Finally, in a
multivariable linear regression adjusting for demographics,
vascular risk factors, and CSVD severity, greater vessel
distance in the right putamen was associated with lower
global cognitive performance (B = -1.26, β = -0.34, p =
0.012).This study demonstrates the impact of an impaired
arterial network in the putamen on blood supply and
cognitive function across the continuum of CSVD.},
keywords = {Arterial spin labelling (Other) / Basal ganglia (Other) /
Cerebral small vessel disease (Other) / Cognition (Other) /
Lenticulostriate arteries (Other) / Putamen (Other) / Vessel
distance mapping (Other)},
cin = {AG Schreiber / AG Düzel / AG Maaß},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1310010 / I:(DE-2719)5000006 /
I:(DE-2719)1311001},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:40850635},
doi = {10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121426},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/280971},
}