Brain Temperature as an Indicator of Cognitive Function in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients.

ABSTRACT: Whether brain temperature noninvasively extracted by magnetic resonance imaging has a role in identifying brain changes in the later phases of mild to moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) is not known. This prospective study aimed to evaluate if TBI patients in subacute and chronic phases had altered brain temperature measured by whole-brain magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (WB-MRSI) and if the measurable brain temperature had any relationship with cognitive function scores. WB-MRSI was performed on eight TBI patients and fifteen age- and sex-matched control subjects. Brain temperature (T) was extracted from the brain's major metabolites and compared between the two groups. The T of the patients was tested for correlation with cognitive function test scores. The results showed sig

SUBMITTER: Kitagawa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10818445 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature