Griffith H Randall, den Hollander Jan A, Okonkwo Ozioma C, O'Brien Timothy, Watts Ray L, Marson Daniel C
Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Alzheimers Dement. 2008 Nov;4(6):421-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2008.04.008.
Few comparative studies exist of metabolic brain changes among neurodegenerative illnesses. We compared brain metabolic abnormalities in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and in Parkinson's disease with dementia (PDD) as measured by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS).
Twelve patients with idiopathic PDD, 22 patients with probable mild AD, and 61 healthy older controls underwent posterior cingulate MRS.
Patients with AD exhibited reduced N-acetyl aspartate (NAA)/creatine (Cr) (P < .05) and increased choline (Cho)/Cr (P < .05) and myo-inositol (mI)/Cr (P < .01) compared with controls. Patients with PDD exhibited reduced NAA/Cr (P < .05) and glutamate (Glu)/Cr (P < .01) compared with controls. There was reduced Glu/Cr in PDD compared with AD (P < .01).
Patients with AD and patients with PDD exhibited distinct brain metabolic MRS profiles. Findings suggest that comparison of brain MRS profiles across dementias provides useful direction for future study.
关于神经退行性疾病中脑代谢变化的比较研究较少。我们通过质子磁共振波谱(MRS)比较了阿尔茨海默病(AD)和帕金森病痴呆(PDD)患者的脑代谢异常情况。
12例特发性PDD患者、22例可能为轻度AD的患者以及61名健康老年对照者接受了后扣带回MRS检查。
与对照组相比,AD患者的N-乙酰天门冬氨酸(NAA)/肌酸(Cr)降低(P <.05),胆碱(Cho)/Cr升高(P <.05),肌醇(mI)/Cr升高(P <.01)。与对照组相比,PDD患者的NAA/Cr降低(P <.05),谷氨酸(Glu)/Cr降低(P <.01)。与AD相比,PDD患者的Glu/Cr降低(P <.01)。
AD患者和PDD患者表现出不同的脑代谢MRS特征。研究结果表明,比较不同痴呆症患者的脑MRS特征可为未来研究提供有用的方向。