Aβ amyloid and glucose metabolism in three variants of primary progressive aphasia
| Autor: | Jennifer M. Ogar, William J. Jagust, Bruce L. Miller, Ansgar J. Furst, Caroline A. Racine, Nina F. Dronkers, James P. O'Neil, Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini, Elizabeth C. Mormino, Rayhan A. Lal, Gil D. Rabinovici |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Amyloid Article Primary progressive aphasia Alzheimer Disease Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Aphasia Image Processing Computer-Assisted medicine Humans Dementia Language disorder Aged Language Aged 80 and over Analysis of Variance Carbon Isotopes Amyloid beta-Peptides Aniline Compounds Language Tests Amyloidosis Logopenic progressive aphasia Middle Aged respiratory system medicine.disease Thiazoles Aphasia Primary Progressive Glucose Neurology Positron-Emission Tomography Female Neurology (clinical) Alzheimer's disease medicine.symptom Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Neurology. 64:388-401 |
| ISSN: | 0364-5134 |
| Popis: | Alzheimer's disease (AD) is found at autopsy in up to one third of patients with primary progressive aphasia (PPA), but clinical features that predict AD pathology in PPA are not well defined. We studied the relationships between language presentation, Abeta amyloidosis, and glucose metabolism in three PPA variants using [11C]-Pittsburgh compound B ([11C]PIB) and [18F]-labeled fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography ([18F]FDG-PET).Patients meeting PPA criteria (N = 15) were classified as logopenic aphasia (LPA), progressive nonfluent aphasia (PNFA), or semantic dementia (SD) based on language testing. [11C]PIB distribution volume ratios were calculated using Logan graphical analysis (cerebellar reference). [18F]FDG images were normalized to pons. Partial volume correction was applied.Elevated cortical PIB (by visual inspection) was more common in LPA (4/4 patients) than in PNFA (1/6) and SD (1/5) (p0.02). In PIB-positive PPA, PIB uptake was diffuse and indistinguishable from the pattern in matched AD patients (n = 10). FDG patterns were focal and varied by PPA subtype, with left temporoparietal hypometabolism in LPA, left frontal hypometabolism in PNFA, and left anterior temporal hypometabolism in SD. FDG uptake was significant asymmetric (favoring left hypometabolism) in PPA (p0.005) but not in AD.LPA is associated with Abeta amyloidosis, suggesting that subclassification of PPA based on language features can help predict the likelihood of AD pathology. Language phenotype in PPA is closely related to metabolic changes that are focal and anatomically distinct between subtypes, but not to amyloid deposition patterns that are diffuse and similar to AD. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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