Brain structure changes over time in normal and mildly impaired aged persons.

Autor: Smith CD; Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.; Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA., Van Eldik LJ; Alzheimer's Disease Center, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.; Department of Neuroscience, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA., Jicha GA; Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.; Alzheimer's Disease Center, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA., Schmitt FA; Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.; Alzheimer's Disease Center, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA., Nelson PT; Alzheimer's Disease Center, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA., Abner EL; Alzheimer's Disease Center, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.; Department of Epidemiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA., Kryscio RJ; Alzheimer's Disease Center, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.; Department of Statistics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA., Murphy RR; Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.; Alzheimer's Disease Center, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA., Andersen AH; Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.; Department of Neuroscience, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: AIMS neuroscience [AIMS Neurosci] 2020 May 20; Vol. 7 (2), pp. 120-135. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 May 20 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI: 10.3934/Neuroscience.2020009
Abstrakt: Structural brain changes in aging are known to occur even in the absence of dementia, but the magnitudes and regions involved vary between studies. To further characterize these changes, we analyzed paired MRI images acquired with identical protocols and scanner over a median 5.8-year interval. The normal study group comprised 78 elders (25M 53F, baseline age range 70-78 years) who underwent an annual standardized expert assessment of cognition and health and who maintained normal cognition for the duration of the study. We found a longitudinal grey matter (GM) loss rate of 2.56 ± 0.07 ml/year (0.20 ± 0.04%/year) and a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) expansion rate of 2.97 ± 0.07 ml/year (0.22 ± 0.04%/year). Hippocampal volume loss rate was higher than the GM and CSF global rates, 0.0114 ± 0.0004 ml/year (0.49 ± 0.04%/year). Regions of greatest GM loss were posterior inferior frontal lobe, medial parietal lobe and dorsal cerebellum. Rates of GM loss and CSF expansion were on the low end of the range of other published values, perhaps due to the relatively good health of the elder volunteers in this study. An additional smaller group of 6 subjects diagnosed with MCI at baseline were followed as well, and comparisons were made with the normal group in terms of both global and regional GM loss and CSF expansion rates. An increased rate of GM loss was found in the hippocampus bilaterally for the MCI group.
Competing Interests: Conflict of interest: All authors declare no conflicts of interest in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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