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Deterioration of abstract reasoning ability in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: correlation with regional grey matter volume loss revealed by diffeomorphic anatomical registration through exponentiated lie algebra analysis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20809128     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To determine which brain regions are relevant to deterioration in abstract reasoning as measured by Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices (CPM) in the context of dementia.
METHODS: MR images of 37 consecutive patients including 19 with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and 18 with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) were retrospectively analyzed. All patients were administered the CPM. Regional grey matter (GM) volume was evaluated according to the regimens of voxel-based morphometry, during which a non-linear registration algorithm called Diffeomorphic Anatomical Registration Through Exponentiated Lie algebra was employed. Multiple regression analyses were used to map the regions where GM volumes were correlated with CPM scores.
RESULTS: The strongest correlation with CPM scores was seen in the left middle frontal gyrus while a region with the largest volume was identified in the left superior temporal gyrus. Significant correlations were seen in 14 additional regions in the bilateral cerebral hemispheres and right cerebellum.
CONCLUSION: Deterioration of abstract reasoning ability in AD and aMCI measured by CPM is related to GM loss in multiple regions, which is in close agreement with the results of previous activation studies.
Authors:
Takashi Yoshiura; Akio Hiwatashi; Koji Yamashita; Yasumasa Ohyagi; Akira Monji; Yukihisa Takayama; Norihiro Kamano; Toshiro Kawashima; Jun-Ichi Kira; Hiroshi Honda
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-08-31
Journal Detail:
Title:  European radiology     Volume:  21     ISSN:  1432-1084     ISO Abbreviation:  Eur Radiol     Publication Date:  2011 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-02-08     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9114774     Medline TA:  Eur Radiol     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  419-25     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi,, Higashi-ku,, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan, tyoshiu@radiol.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
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