Hemodynamic Impairment Measured by Positron-Emission Tomography Is Regionally Associated with Decreased Cortical Thickness in Moyamoya Phenomenon.
John J LeeJoshua S ShimonyH JafriAllyson ZazuliaRalph G DaceyGregory J ZipfelColin P DerdeynPublished in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2018)
Chronic hemodynamic impairment, as indicated by a higher regional oxygen extraction fraction ratio, was significantly predictive of reduced cortical thickness in mixed-effects analysis of FreeSurfer regions. This phenomenon may be related to reversible metabolic down-regulation.