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INTRODUCTION: Ischemic cardiovascular disease increases the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD). There is also growing evidence of an association between cerebrovascular pathology and the pathology of AD. Capillary dysfunction (CD), a condition in which capillary flow disturbances rather than arterial blood supply limit brain oxygen extraction, could represent an overlooked vascular contributor to neurodegeneration. We examined whether cortical capillary transit-time heterogeneity (CTH), an index of CD, is elevated in amyloid-positive patients with mild cognitive impairment (prodromal AD). METHODS: We performed structural and perfusion weighted MRI in 22 prodromal AD (pAD) patients and 21 healthy controls. RESULTS: We found hypoperfusion, reduced blood volume, and elevated CTH in the parietal and frontal cortices of pAD patients[DB1] compared to controls while only the precuneus showed focal cortical atrophy. DISCUSSION: We propose that prodromal AD is associated with microvascular flow disturbances that occur ahead of cortical atrophy and potentially act to limit local tissue oxygenation contributing to the development of neurodegeneration.
Author(s): Nielsen RB, Parbo P, Ismail R, Dalby R, Tietze A, Brændgaard H, Gottrup H, Brooks DJ, Østergaard L, Eskildsen SF
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring
Year: 2020
Volume: 12
Issue: 1
Online publication date: 21/05/2020
Acceptance date: 24/02/2020
Date deposited: 25/02/2020
ISSN (electronic): 2352-8729
Publisher: Wiley
URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12032
DOI: 10.1002/dad2.12032
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