Journal
NEUROIMAGE
Volume 23, Issue 2, Pages 708-716Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.07.006
Keywords
voxel-based morphometry; computational neuroanatomy; Alzheimer's disease; mild cognitive impairment
Funding
- Medical Research Council [G116/143] Funding Source: Medline
- MRC [G116/143] Funding Source: UKRI
- Alzheimers Research UK [ART-EG2003B-2] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [G116/143] Funding Source: researchfish
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Purpose. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is thought to be the prodromal phase to Alzheimer's disease (AD). We analyzed patterns of gray matter (GM) loss to examine what characterizes MCI and what determines the difference with AD. Materials and methods. Thirty-three subjects with AD, 14 normal elderly controls (NCLR), and 22 amnestic MCI subjects were included and underwent brain MR imaging. Global GM volume was assessed using segmentation and local GM volume was assessed using voxel-based morphometry (VBM); VBM was optimized for template mismatch and statistical mass. Results. AD subjects had significantly (12.3%) lower mean global GM volume when compared to controls (517 +/- 58 vs. 590 +/- 52 ml; P < 0.001). Global GM volume in the MCI group (552 +/- 52) was intermediate between these two: 6.2% lower than AD and 6.5% higher than the controls but not significantly different from either group. VBM showed that subjects with MCI had significant local reductions in gray matter in the medial temporal lobe (MTL), the insula, and thalamus compared to NCLR subjects. By contrast, when compared to subjects with AD, MCI subjects had more GM in the parietal association areas and the anterior and the posterior cingulate. Conclusion. GM loss in the MTL characterizes MCI, while GM loss in the parietal and cingulate cortices might be a feature of AD. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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