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Characterization of the Hemodynamic Profile of Early Alzheimer's Disease via Arterial Spin Labeling Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Arterial spin labeling is a completely non-invasive method for blood-flow measurement techniques. Alzheimer's disease pathology includes microvascular abnormalities in addition to practically all risk factors having a vascular component that reduces cerebral perfusion. Hemodynamic parameters of cerebral blood flow and arterial transit time were estimated via single-compartment modeling of pseudo continuous arterial spin labeling data and neurocognitive test scores (Alzheimer's disease assessment scale and mini-mental state examination) were compared between a group of healthy (N=20) and early Alzheimer's disease (N=25) subjects before and six months after the Alzheimer's subjects began treatment with cholinesterase inhibitors. The early Alzheimer's group showed improved CBF after 6 months' treatment in every Alzheimer's-prone region except the medial and lateral temporal lobes. No difference in arterial transit time was found between groups, indicating that the pathophysiological process causing hypoperfusion in Alzheimer's disease may differ from vascular dementia.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:OTU.1807/32232
Date21 March 2012
CreatorsChaudhary, Simone
ContributorsStefanovic, Bojana
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
Languageen_ca
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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