Comparing Hippocampal Atrophy In Alzheimer'S Dementia And Dementia With Lewy Bodies
DEMENTIA AND GERIATRIC COGNITIVE DISORDERS(2012)
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Background/Aims: Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are the two most common neurodegenerative dementias. During the early stages, clinical distinction between them is often challenging. Our objective was to compare hippocampal atrophy patterns in mild AD and mild DLB. We hypothesized that DLB subjects have milder hippocampal atrophy relative to AD subjects. Methods: We analyzed the T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging data from 113 subjects: 55 AD, 16 DLB and 42 cognitively normal elderly (normal controls, NC). Using the hippocampal radial distance technique and multiple linear regression, we analyzed the effect of clinical diagnosis on hippocampal radial distance, while adjusting for sex and age. Three-dimensional statistical maps were adjusted for multiple comparisons using permutation-based statistics with a threshold of p < 0.01. Results: Compared to NC, AD exhibited significantly greater atrophy in the cornu ammonis (CA) 1, CA2-3 and subicular regions bilaterally while DLB showed left-predominant atrophy in the CA1 region and subiculum. Compared directly, AD and DLB did not reveal statistically significant differences. Conclusion: Hippocampal atrophy in mildly impaired DLB subjects is less severe than atrophy seen in mildly impaired AD subjects. Both AD and DLB show predominant atrophy of the CA1 subfield and subiculum. Copyright (C) 2012 S. Karger AG, Basel
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Alzheimer's disease, Dementia with Lewy bodies, Hippocampus, Magnetic resonance imaging, Atrophy
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