Korean J Vet Res > Volume 52(2); 2012 > Article
Korean Journal of Veterinary Research 2012;52(2):83-87.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14405/kjvr.2012.52.2.083    Published online June 30, 2012.
Cerebellar maturation ratio of forebrain and brainstem at magnetic resonance imaging in the micropig
Kang-Jae Yi, Jun-Young Kim, Namsoon Lee, Mihyun Choi, Jung-Hee Yoon, Min-Cheol Choi
Department of Veterinary Medical Imaging, College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University
Abstract
The study of pigs as a human disease model has been conducted in neuroscience. But the morphological development of pig brain by using MRI is rare. The purpose of this study is to determine whether cerebellum maintains consistent proportion to other brain regions in aging. Clinically healthy sixteen micropigs, 1, 2, 4, and 8 months were studied. The micropigs were anesthetized with isoflorane. MRI was acquired using a 0.3T system. To figure out development of ratio that allowed identification of normal cerebellum size, we measured the area of the cerebellum, brainstem, and forebrain from the mid-sagittal brain images on T1W. Mid-sagittal cross-sectional area (CSA) of total brain, forebrain, brainstem, and cerebellum were expressed as absolute values and also as percentages which were compared between the four age groups of micropigs for the purpose to define the effect of age on brain morphometry. It was found that there was not a significant difference in the percentage of the brain occupied by an individual region between groups although the absolute CSA differed significantly among age groups. There was no effect of age on the ratio between the cerebellum and total brain in 4 age groups. The normal size of cerebellum changes during brain development maintained a consistent ratio to other brain regions in normal micropigs. The ratio of CSA quantified on the mid-sagittal MR images offers a suitable method to detect presence of cerebellar anomalies in micropigs.
Key Words: cerebellum, maturation, micropig, MRI
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