title: Longitudinal cerebral perfusion decrease in mild alzheimer's disease revealed by SPECT with statistical parametric mapping method.
abstract: Fifteen patients with mild Alzheimer's disease received baseline and follow-up technetium-99m hexamethylpropylene amine oxime SPECT examinations paired with neuropsychological assessments, including the Cognitive Ability Screening Instruments (CASI). The differences between baseline and follow-up SPECT images were analyzed by the voxel-based paired t test of the statistical parametric mapping technique. A simple regression analysis was also conducted to analyze the correlation between CASI sub-scores and both sets of SPECT images. In comparison with baseline images, cerebral perfusion at follow-up was significantly reduced in the left superior and middle temporal gyri, right middle and inferior temporal gyri, and right fusiform gyrus. A significant correlation was demonstrated between the list-generating fluency CASI sub-score and perfusion of the left fusiform gyrus. The visual construction sub-score was significantly correlated with perfusion of the right superior and medial frontal gyri.
authors.affiliation: The Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Section of Neurology, #201 Section 2 Shih-Pai Road, Shih-pai, Taipei 11217, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yi-Chung
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ren-Shyan
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yi-Chu
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Pei-Ning
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ker-Neng
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Hsiu-Chih
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D010478:Chemotherapy, Cancer, Regional Perfusion / Q000379:methods*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods