title: Patterns of atrophy differ among specific subtypes of mild cognitive impairment.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In most patients, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) represents the clinically evident prodromal phase of dementia. This is most well established in amnestic MCI, which is most commonly a precursor to Alzheimer disease (AD). It follows, however, that subjects with MCI who have impairment in nonmemory domains may progress to non-AD degenerative dementias.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To investigate patterns of cerebral atrophy associated with specific subtypes of MCI.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case-control study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Community-based sample at a tertiary referral center.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred forty-five subjects with MCI and 145 age- and sex-matched cognitively normal control subjects. Mild cognitive impairment was classified as amnestic, single cognitive domain; amnestic, multiple domain; nonamnestic, single domain; and nonamnestic, multiple domain. Subjects with nonamnestic single-domain MCI were classified into language, attention/executive, and visuospatial subgroups on the basis of specific cognitive impairment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patterns of gray matter loss in the MCI groups compared with control subjects, assessed using voxel-based morphometry.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Subjects in the amnestic single- and multiple-domain groups showed loss in the medial and inferior temporal lobes compared with control subjects, and those in the multiple-domain group also had involvement of the posterior temporal lobe, parietal association cortex, and posterior cingulate. Subjects in the nonamnestic single-domain group with language impairment showed loss in the left anterior inferior temporal lobe. The group with attention/executive deficits showed loss in the basal forebrain and hypothalamus. No coherent patterns of loss were observed in the other subgroups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The pattern of atrophy in the amnestic MCI groups is consistent with the concept that MCI in most of these subjects represents prodromal AD. However, the varying patterns in the language and attention/executive subgroups suggest that these subjects may have a different underlying disorder.
authors: Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
authors: Jennifer L
authors: JL
authors: Whitwell
authors: Ronald C
authors: RC
authors: Petersen
authors: Selamawit
authors: S
authors: Negash
authors: Stephen D
authors: SD
authors: Weigand
authors: Kejal
authors: K
authors: Kantarci
authors: Robert J
authors: RJ
authors: Ivnik
authors: David S
authors: DS
authors: Knopman
authors: Bradley F
authors: BF
authors: Boeve
authors: Glenn E
authors: GE
authors: Smith
authors: Clifford R
authors: CR
authors: Jack
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000209:etiology; D001288:Attention; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003704:Dementia / Q000209:etiology; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
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