Abstract
The purposes of the present study were to explore whether hippocampal atrophy exists in pure subcortical vascular dementia (SVaD) as defined by negative 11C-Pittsburg compound-B (PiB-) positron emission tomography and to compare hippocampal volume and shape between PiB- SVaD and PiB positive (PiB+) Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia. Hippocampal volume and shape were compared among 40 patients with PiB- SVaD, 34 with PiB+ AD, and 21 elderly with normal cognitive function (NC). The normalized hippocampal volume of PiB- SVaD was significantly smaller than NC but larger than that of PiB+ AD (NC > PiB- SVaD > PiB+ AD). Both PiB- SVaD and PiB+ AD patients had deflated shape changes in the cornus ammonis (CA) 1 and subiculum compared with NC. However, direct comparison between PiB- SVaD and PiB+ AD demonstrated more inward deformity in the subiculum of the left hippocampus in PiB+ AD. PiB- SVaD patients did have smaller hippocampal volumes and inward shape change on CA 1 and subiculum compared with NC, suggesting that cumulative ischemia without amyloid pathology could lead to hippocampal atrophy and shape changes.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 485-491 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Neurobiology of Aging |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords
- Alzheimer's disease
- Hippocampus
- PiB-PET
- Vascular dementia