title: Normal canine brain maturation at magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: The normal neonatal canine brain exhibits marked differences from that of the mature brain. With development into adulthood, there is a decrease in relative water content and progressive myelination; these changes are observable with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and are characterized by a repeatable and predictable time course. We characterized these developmental changes on common MRI sequences and identified clinically useful milestones of transition. To accomplish this, 17 normal dogs underwent MRI of the brain at various times after birth from 1 to 36 weeks. Sequences acquired were T1-weighted (T1W), T2-weighted (T2W), fluid attenuated inversion recovery, short tau inversion recovery, and diffusion weighted imaging sequences. The images were assessed subjectively for gray and white matter relative signal intensity and results correlated with histologic findings. The development of the neonatal canine brain follows a pattern that qualitatively matches that observed in humans, and which can be characterized adequately on T1W and T2W images. At birth, the relative gray matter to white matter signal intensity of the cortex is reversed from that of the adult with an isointense transition at 3-4 weeks on T1W and 4-8 weeks on T2W images. This is followed by the expected mature gray matter to white matter relative intensity that undergoes continued development to a mostly adult appearance by 16 weeks. On the fluid attenuated inversion recovery sequence, the cortical gray and white matter exhibit an additional signal intensity reversal during the juvenile period that is due to the initial high relative water content at the subcortical white matter, with its marked T1 relaxation effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. wrgrossdi@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Bill
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Garcia-Tapia
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Riedesel
authors.forename: Norman Matthew
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Ellinwood
authors.forename: Jackie K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Jens
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D004285:Dogs / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000502:physiology; D012016:Reference Values; D013045:Species Specificity
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