title: Correlation between rates of brain atrophy and cognitive decline in AD.
abstract: Twenty-nine untreated patients diagnosed with probable AD and 15 control patients underwent two or more clinical and volumetric MRI assessments with intervals ranging from 5 months to 6 years. The change in global cerebral volume for an individual was calculated by a novel method of registration and subtraction of serial scans. Rate of global cerebral volume loss correlated strongly with rate of change in Mini-Mental State Examination scores (r = 0.80, p < 0.001), implying clinical relevance to this marker of progression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neurology, Institute of Neurology, University College, London, UK.
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Scahill
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Crum
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Rossor
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000473:pathology* / Q000523:psychology; D001284:Atrophy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests