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Creatine kinase imaging (CKI) for in vivo whole-brain mapping of creatine kinase reaction kinetics

Widmaier, Mark  
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Kaiser, Antonia  
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Pandurevic, Pontus  
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November 20, 2025
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The creatine kinase (CK) is a key enzyme involved in brain bioenergetics, playing an important role in brain function and the pathogenesis of neurological and psychiatric diseases and cancers. However, imaging its activity noninvasively in the human brain remains a significant challenge. This study aims to advance 31 P magnetic resonance fingerprinting for Creatine Kinase Imaging (CKI). The method was implemented and validated on a clinical 7 Tesla MRI scanner. CKI enables whole-brain mapping of CK forward rate constant, revealing regional differences. Furthermore, a functional CKI (fCKI) study demonstrated a CK activation map in response to visual stimulation, revealing an increase in CK forward rate constant in the visual cortex. The novel imaging modalities, CKI and fCKI, have the potential to offer insights into brain bioenergetics both at rest and during activity, in both healthy and pathological conditions.

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DOI
10.1073/pnas.2505323122
Author(s)
Widmaier, Mark  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Kaiser, Antonia  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Pandurevic, Pontus  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Lim, Song-I  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Döring, André  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Huang, Zhiwei  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Wenz, Daniel  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Xiao, Ying  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Jiang, Yun
Lin, Yan
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Date Issued

2025-11-20

Publisher

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Volume

122

Issue

47

Article Number

e2505323122

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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CIBM-MRI  
LIFMET  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

Swiss National Science Foundation

320030 189064

Swiss National Science Foundation

213769

NIH/NCI

R37CA263583 and R01CA284172

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November 21, 2025
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