Clinical features and brain structural changes in magnetic resonance imaging in Alzheimer’s disease patients with apathy

Autor: Hui Zhao, Rui-Dan Wang, Qiu-jin Yu, Du-yu Ding, Li-Xia Li, Jun-hua Gao, Shu-yang Yu, Li-jun Zuo, Peng Guo, Rong-Yan Zhu, Li Liu, Zhao Jin, Ya-Ou Liu, Wan-Lin Zhu, Wei Zhang, Yang Hu, Shao-wu Li, Teng-hong Lian, Xiaomin Wang, Dan-ning Li
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Aging. 12:19083-19094
ISSN: 1945-4589
DOI: 10.18632/aging.103705
Popis: Background Apathy is common in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. However, its relation with other clinical symptoms in AD and brain structural changes in magnetic resonance imaging is unclear. Results Compared with AD with no apathy group, cognitive function and activities of daily living were significantly impaired and neuropsychiatric symptoms were obviously presented in AD with apathy group (P 0.05). Correlation analyses and multiple linear analyses revealed that thickness of left temporal pole and volume of posterior corpus callosum were significantly and negatively correlated with Modified Apathy Estimation Scale score in AD patients (P Conclusions Apathy with AD is positively correlated with cognitive impairment, neuropsychiatric symptoms and poor activities of daily living. Atrophy of left temporal pole and posterior corpus callosum presented by MRI is positively related with apathy of AD. Methods In this study, 137 AD patients were recruited and divided into AD with apathy group and AD with no apathy group according to Modified Apathy Estimation Scale score. We evaluated patients' cognitive function, neuropsychiatric symptoms and activities of daily living, detected the frequency of Apolipoprotein E genotypes and measured cortical thickness and volume by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Databáze: OpenAIRE