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MRI monitoring of macaque monkeys in neuroscience: Case studies, resource and normative data comparisons

Authors :
Fabien Balezeau
Yukiko Kikuchi
Francesca Rocchi
Richard C. Saunders
Christopher I. Petkov
Rocio Fernandez-Palacios O'Connor
Kathy L. Murphy
Felix Schneider
Benjamin P. Wilson
Ross S. Muers
Matthew A. Howard
Christoph W. Blau
Timothy D. Griffiths
Jennifer Nacef
Alexander Thiele
Source :
NeuroImage, Vol 230, Iss, Pp 117778-(2021), Neuroimage
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Elsevier, 2021.

Abstract

Information from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is useful for diagnosis and treatment management of human neurological patients. MRI monitoring might also prove useful for non-human animals involved in neuroscience research provided that MRI is available and feasible and that there are no MRI contra-indications precluding scanning. However, MRI monitoring is not established in macaques and a resource is urgently needed that could grow with scientific community contributions. Here we show the utility and potential benefits of MRI-based monitoring in a few diverse cases with macaque monkeys. We also establish a PRIMatE MRI Monitoring (PRIME-MRM) resource within the PRIMatE Data Exchange (PRIME-DE) and quantitatively compare the cases to normative information drawn from MRI data from typical macaques in PRIME-DE. In the cases, the monkeys presented with no or mild/moderate clinical signs, were well otherwise and MRI scanning did not present a significant increase in welfare impact. Therefore, they were identified as suitable candidates for clinical investigation, MRI-based monitoring and treatment. For each case, we show MRI quantification of internal controls in relation to treatment steps and comparisons with normative data in typical monkeys drawn from PRIME-DE. We found that MRI assists in precise and early diagnosis of cerebral events and can be useful for visualising, treating and quantifying treatment response. The scientific community could now grow the PRIME-MRM resource with other cases and larger samples to further assess and increase the evidence base on the benefits of MRI monitoring of primates, complementing the animals' clinical monitoring and treatment regime.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10959572 and 10538119
Volume :
230
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
NeuroImage
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....97a39fbac8a5d20b5800e81b43cbb670