Abstract #4172
            Aging-Related Reduction in Physiological Signal Contribution to Resting State fMRI
                      Wendy W Ni                     1,2                    , Catie Chang                     3                    , 						Hesamoddin Jahanian                     2                    , Gary H Glover                     2                    , 						and Greg Zaharchuk                     2          
            
            1
           
           Department of Electrical Engineering, 
						Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States,
           
            2
           
           Department 
						of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United 
						States,
           
            3
           
           Advanced 
						MRI Section, LFMI, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, United 
						States
          
            
          In this study, we analyze the percentage of resting 
						state BOLD fMRI signal variance attributable to cardiac 
						and respiratory fluctuations, as quantified using the 
						RVHR model, in young normal subjects, elderly subjects 
						with hypertension and chronic kidney disease, and 
						elderly normal subjects. We found a statistically 
						significant difference (p<0.05 with Bonferroni 
						correction) between the young group and each elderly 
						group, but not between the elderly groups. This finding 
						supplements previous work to indicate an association of 
						aging with increased non-physiological fluctuations 
						and/or reduction or change in neurovascular response to 
						physiological stimulation in resting state.
         
 
            
				
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