Accumulation of iron in the putamen predicts its shrinkage in healthy older adults: A multi-occasion longitudinal study.
Daugherty AM1, Raz N2.
Neuroimage. 2015 Dec 30. pii: S1053-8119(15)01158-1.
doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.12.045.

Abstract
Accumulation of non-heme iron is believed to play a major role in neurodegeneration of the basal ganglia. In healthy aging, however, the temporal relationship between change in brain iron content and age-related volume loss is unclear. Here, we present
the first long-term longitudinal multi-occasion investigation of changes in iron content and volume in the neostriatum in a sample of healthy middle-aged and older adults (N=32; ages 49-83years at baseline). Iron content, estimated via R2* relaxometry,
increased in the putamen, but not the caudate nucleus. In the former, the rate of accumulation was coupled with change in volume. Moreover, greater baseline iron content predicted faster shrinkage and smaller volumes seven years later. Older age
partially accounted for individual differences in neostriatal iron content and volume, but vascular risk did not. Thus, brain iron content may be a promising biomarker of impending decline in normal aging.

Copyright © 2015. Published by Elsevier Inc.
KEYWORDS:
Aging; Oxidative stress; R2*; Striatum; Susceptibility weighted imaging

PMID: 26746579

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