title: Infusion-based manganese-enhanced MRI: a new imaging technique to visualize the mouse brain.
abstract: Manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging is a technique that employs the divalent ion of the paramagnetic metal manganese (Mn(2+)) as an effective contrast agent to visualize, in vivo, the mammalian brain. As total achievable contrast is directly proportional to the net amount of Mn(2+) accumulated in the brain, there is a great interest in optimizing administration protocols to increase the effective delivery of Mn(2+) to the brain while avoiding the toxic effects of Mn(2+) overexposure. In this study, we investigated outcomes following continuous slow systemic infusion of manganese chloride (MnCl(2)) into the mouse via mini-osmotic pump administration. The effects of increasing fractionated rates of Mn(2+) infusion on signal enhancement in regions of the brain were analyzed in a three-treatment study. We acquired whole-brain 3-D T1-weighted images and performed region of interest quantitative analysis to compare mean normalized signal in Mn(2+) treatments spanning 3, 7, or 14 days of infusion (rates of 1, 0.5, and 0.25 μL/h, respectively). Evidence of Mn(2+) transport at the conclusion of each infusion treatment was observed throughout the brains of normally behaving mice. Regions of particular Mn(2+) accumulation include the olfactory bulbs, cortex, infralimbic cortex, habenula, thalamus, hippocampal formation, amygdala, hypothalamus, inferior colliculus, and cerebellum. Signals measured at the completion of each infusion treatment indicate comparable means for all examined fractionated rates of Mn(2+) infusion. In this current study, we achieved a significantly higher dose of Mn(2+) (180 mg/kg) than that employed in previous studies without any observable toxic effects on animal physiology or behavior.
authors: Section on Neural Gene Expression, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, 9000 Rockville Pike, Building 49, Room 5A51, Bethesda, MD 20892-4483, USA.
authors: Stephanie I
authors: SI
authors: Mok
authors: Jeeva P
authors: JP
authors: Munasinghe
authors: W Scott
authors: WS
authors: Young
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