An age and gender dependency of metabolite concentrations in basal ganglia in children with spastic diplegia: proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study |
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Authors: | Kulak Wojciech Sobaniec Wojciech Smigielska-Kuzia Joanna Kubas Bozena Zawada Bozena Otapowicz Dorota |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland. kulak@hot.pl |
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Abstract: | We determined metabolite profile in spastic diplegic children compared to controls in left basal ganglia of brain in using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in correlation with age and gender. Twenty-four patients with spastic diplegia and twenty-six healthy children were examined. The relative concentrations of N-acetylaspartate, choline, and myoinositol were measured in relation to creatine and different combinations of metabolites within 8-cm(3) brain voxel. Children with spastic diplegia showed reduced ratios of N-acetylaspartate/creatine, N-acetylaspartate/ choline, and N-acetylaspartate/myoinositol in the basal ganglia compared to the control group. Patients and controls subjects demonstrated a significant age-dependent increase in N-acetylaspartate/creatine, N-acetylaspartate/choline in the basal ganglia. No gender-dependent difference was shown in children with cerebral palsy for all tested metabolite ratios. Gender-related differences because of increased ratio N-acetylaspartate/choline in girls in controls were detected. These results indicate that maturation of brain exists in cerebral palsy and healthy children to a higher degree in healthy children. |
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