Milotta, Giorgia;
Green, Isobel;
Roiser, Jonathan P;
Callaghan, Martina F;
(2023)
In vivo multi-parameter mapping of the habenula using MRI.
Scientific Reports
, 13
(1)
, Article 3754. 10.1038/s41598-023-28446-x.
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Abstract
The habenula is a small, epithalamic brain structure situated between the mediodorsal thalamus and the third ventricle. It plays an important role in the reward circuitry of the brain and is implicated in psychiatric conditions, such as depression. The importance of the habenula for human cognition and mental health make it a key structure of interest for neuroimaging studies. However, few studies have characterised the physical properties of the human habenula using magnetic resonance imaging because its challenging visualisation in vivo, primarily due to its subcortical location and small size. To date, microstructural characterization of the habenula has focused on quantitative susceptibility mapping. In this work, we complement this previous characterisation with measures of longitudinal and effective transverse relaxation rates, proton density and magnetisation transfer saturation using a high-resolution quantitative multi-parametric mapping protocol at 3T, in a cohort of 26 healthy participants. The habenula had consistent boundaries across the various parameter maps and was most clearly visualised on the longitudinal relaxation rate maps. We have provided a quantitative multi-parametric characterisation that may be useful for future sequence optimisation to enhance visualisation of the habenula, and additionally provides reference values for future studies investigating pathological differences in habenula microstructure.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | In vivo multi-parameter mapping of the habenula using MRI |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-023-28446-x |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28446-x |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third-party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Humans, Habenula, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Neuroimaging, Behavior Therapy, Cognition |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Imaging Neuroscience |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10167027 |
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