Despite advancements, the prevalence of HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment remains at approximately 40%, attributed to factors like pre-cART (combination antiretroviral therapy) irreversible brain injury. People with HIV (PWH) treated with cART do not show significant neurocognitive changes over relatively short follow-up periods. However, quantitative neuroimaging may be able to detect ongoing subtle microstructural changes. This study aimed to investigate the sensitivity of tensor-valued diffusion encoding in detecting such changes in brain microstructural integrity in cART-treated PWH. Additionally, it explored relationships between these metrics, neurocognitive scores, and plasma levels of neurofilament light (NFL) chain and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP). Using MRI at 3T, 24 PWH and 31 healthy controls underwent cross-sectional examination. The results revealed significant variations in b-tensor encoding metrics across white matter regions, with associations observed between these metrics, cognitive performance, and blood markers of neuronal and glial injury (NFL and GFAP). Moreover, a significant interaction between HIV status and imaging metrics was observed, particularly impacting total cognitive scores in both gray and white matter. These findings suggest that b-tensor encoding metrics offer heightened sensitivity in detecting subtle changes associated with axonal injury in HIV infection, underscoring their potential clinical relevance in understanding neurocognitive impairment in PWH.
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