期刊
ALZHEIMER DISEASE & ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
卷 19, 期 4, 页码 202-213出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/01.wad.0000189050.41064.03
关键词
frontotemporal lobar degeneration; imaging; language; SPECT
资金
- NIA NIH HHS [P30 AG12300, AG019724] Funding Source: Medline
The characterization of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is complicated and not widely recognized. Connected language measures (ie, discourse) and functional neuroimaging may advance knowledge specifying early distinctions among frontal dementias. The present Study examined the correspondence of discourse measures with (1) clinical diagnosis and (2) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging. Nineteen subjects were selected from Alzheimer's Disease Center (ADC) participants if they were diagnosed with early-stage frontotemporal lobar degeneration and also underwent single photon emission Computed tomography and discourse evaluation. First, clinical diagnoses given by specialists at all Alzheimers Disease Center were compared with the discourse-based diagnostic profiles. Secondly, compromised brain regions that were predicted from discourse profiles were compared with SPECT findings. Results revealed a significant correspondence between the ADC diagnosis and the discourse-based diagnoses. Also, the discourse profiles across frontotemporal lobar degeneration subtypes were consistently associated with distinctive patterns of SPECT hypometabolism in the right frontal, left frontal, or left temporal lobes. These findings suggest that discourse methods may be systematized to provide ail efficient adjunct measure beyond the traditional word and sentential level measures. Objectifying complex language performance may contribute to early detection and differentiation among frontotemporal lobar degeneration variants because consensus in the literature states that language is a core disturbance of frontotemporal lobar degeneration.
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