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Cortical thinning of parahippocampal subregions in very early Alzheimer's disease

Krumm, Sabine and Kivisaari, Sasa L. and Probst, Alphonse and Monsch, Andreas U. and Reinhardt, Julia and Ulmer, Stephan and Stippich, Christoph and Kressig, Reto W. and Taylor, Kirsten I.. (2016) Cortical thinning of parahippocampal subregions in very early Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Aging, 38. pp. 188-196.

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Abstract

The stereotypical pattern of neurofibrillary tangle spreading in the earliest stages of typical Alzheimer's dementia (AD) predicts that medial perirhinal cortex (mPRC) atrophy precedes entorhinal cortex (ERC) atrophy, whereas the status of the parahippocampal cortex (PHC) remains unclear. Atrophy studies have focused on more advanced rather than early AD patients, and usually segment the entire PRC as opposed to the mPRC versus lateral PRC (lPRC). The present study therefore determined the extent of ERC, mPRC, lPRC, and PHC atrophy in very early AD (mean Mini-Mental State Examination score = 26) patients and its presumed prodrome amnestic mild cognitive impairment (mean Mini-Mental State Examination score = 28) compared to demographically matched controls. PHG structures were manually segmented (blinded rater) and cortical thicknesses extracted. ERC and mPRC were similarly atrophied in both patient groups. The lPRC was atrophied in the AD group only. Thus, atrophic changes in very early AD broadly map onto the pattern of neurofibrillary tangle spreading and suggest that mPRC, ERC, and lPRC, but not PHC-associated functional impairments, characterize very early-stage AD.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Geriatrie > Geriatrie (Kressig)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Geriatrie > Geriatrie (Kressig)
07 Faculty of Psychology > Departement Psychologie
UniBasel Contributors:Monsch, Andreas U. U and Krumm, Sabine
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0197-4580
e-ISSN:1558-1497
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Deposited On:09 Oct 2017 10:02

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