Sodium magnetic resonance imaging in Friedreich ataxia – A preliminary study

J.S. Krahe, S. Romanzetti, I. Dogan, C. Didszun, J.B. Schulz, K. Reetz, Clinical Neurophysiology, Volume 129, Issue 8, 2018, Pages e71-e72, doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2018.04.656.

The increase of TSC in cerebellum and brainstem in FRDA patients suggests the diagnostic potential of in vivo sodium MRI to differentiate between patients and controls. Moreover, this was related to more severe ataxia, as assessed by the SARA. These preliminary results support our hypothesis that sodium MRI may be a new imaging marker that could shed new insights into the metabolic pathophysiological mechanisms of FRDA.

Sodium magnetic resonance imaging in Friedreich ataxia – A preliminary study