期刊
JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
卷 278, 期 1-2, 页码 102-106出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.12.009
关键词
Mild cognitive impairment; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fiber tract; White matter
资金
- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2007CB512308]
- National Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China [2007AA0200Z435]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30770779, 30825014]
- Plan Period-Intervention and Control on Ageing Related Disease (Diagnosis and Treatment of Mild Cognitive Impairment) [2006BA102B01]
The association fiber tracts integrity of the inter-hemispheric and within-hemispheric communication was poor understood in amnestic type mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) patients by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). A region of interest-based DTI approach was applied to explore fiber tract differences between 22 aMCI patients and 22 well-matched normal aging. Correlations were also sought between fractional anisotropy (FA) values and the cognitive performance scores in the aMCI patients. Extensive impairment of association fiber tracts integrity was observed in aMCI patients, including bilateral inferior fronto-occipital fascicles, the genu of corpus callosum, bilateral cingulate bundles and bilateral superior longitudinal fascicles II (SLE II) subcomponent. In addition, the FA value of right SLE II was significantly negatively correlated to the performance of Trail Making Test A and B, whilst the values of right posterior cingulate bundle was significantly positive correlation with MMSE score. As aMCI is a putative prodromal syndrome to Alzheimer's disease (AD), this study suggested that investigation of association fiber tracts between remote cortexes may yield important new data to predict whether a patient will eventually develop AD. Crown Copyright (c) 2008 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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