Journal
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 7, Pages 2698-2705Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-016-4669-8
Keywords
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Aged; Mild cognitive impairment; Alzheimer disease; Neurotransmitters
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30870713]
- Tianjin Science and Technology Support Projects [16JCYBJC25900, 15ZCZDSY00520, 13JCQNJC14400]
- Tianjin Bureau of Public Health Projects [15KG134]
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To explore the changes of glutamate-glutamine (Glx) and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the brain in normal old age and cognitive impairment using magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Seventeen normal young controls (NYC), 15 normal elderly controls (NEC), 21 patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and 17 with Alzheimer disease (AD) patients were included in this study. Glx and GABA+ levels in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and right hippocampus (rHP) were measured by using a MEGA-PRESS sequence. Glx/Cr and GABA+/Cr ratios were compared between NYC and NEC and between the three elderly groups using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA); the tissue fractions of voxels were used as covariates. The relationships between metabolite ratios and cognitive performance were analysed using Spearman correlation coefficients. For NEC and NYC groups, Glx/Cr and GABA+/Cr ratios were lower in NEC in ACC and rHP. For the three elderly groups, Glx/Cr ratio was lower in AD in ACC compared to NEC and MCI; Glx/Cr ratio was lower in AD in rHP compared to NEC. There was no significant decrease for GABA+/Cr ratio. Glx and GABA levels may decrease simultaneously in normal aged, and Glx level decreased predominantly in AD, and it is helpful in the early diagnosis of AD. aEuro cent Glx and GABA levels may decrease simultaneously in normal aged. aEuro cent Glx level may decrease predominantly in Alzheimer disease. aEuro cent The balance in excitatory-inhibitory systems may be broken in AD. aEuro cent Decreased Glx level may be helpful in early diagnosis of AD.
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