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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Robert Barber, Dr Clive Ballard, Professor Ian McKeith, Dr Anil Gholkar OBE, Professor John O'Brien
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Objective: To compare global and regional atrophy on MRI in subjects with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), AD, vascular dementia VaD), and normal aging. In addition, the relationship between APOE-is an element of 4 genotype and volumetric indices was examined. Method: MRI-based volume measurements of the whole-brain, ventricles, frontal lobe, temporal lobe, hippocampus, and amygdala were acquired in elderly subjects with DLB (n = 27; mean age = 75.9 years), AD (n = 25; 77.2 years), VaD (n = 24; 76.9 years), and normal control subjects (n = 26; 76.2 years). Results: Subjects with DLB had significantly larger temporal lobe, hippocampal, and amygdala volumes than those with AD. No significant volumetric difference between subjects with DLB and VaD was observed. Compared with control subjects, ventricular volumes were increased in all patients with dementia, though those with DLB showed a relative preservation of whole-brain volume. There were no significant differences in frontal lobe volumes between the four groups. APOE-is an element of 4 status was not associated with volumetric indices. Conclusion: The findings support the hypothesis that DLB is associated with a relative preservation of temporal lobe structures. In the differentiation of DLB and AD, this may have important implications for diagnosis.
Author(s): Gholkar A; McKeith IG; O'Brien JT; Barber R; Ballard C
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Neurology
Year: 2000
Volume: 54
Issue: 6
Pages: 1304-1309
ISSN (print): 0028-3878
ISSN (electronic): 1526-632X
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
URL: http://www.neurology.org/content/54/6/1304
