期刊
JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
卷 31, 期 -, 页码 S59-S74出版社
IOS PRESS
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2012-120292
关键词
Apolipoprotein E; cerebral blood flow; functional; hippocampus; magnetic resonance imaging; memory; mild cognitive impairment
资金
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) [F31 NS59193, K24 AG26431, R01 AG12674, R01 NS051661, R01 084796]
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of older adults at risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD) by virtue of their cognitive (i.e., mild cognitive impairment [MCI]) and/or genetic (i.e., apolipoprotein E [APOE] epsilon 4 allele) status demonstrate divergent brain response patterns during memory encoding across studies. Using arterial spin labeling MRI, we examined the influence of AD risk on resting cerebral blood flow (CBF) as well as the CBF and blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) signal response to memory encoding in the medial temporal lobes (MTL) in 45 older adults (29 cognitively normal [14 APOE epsilon 4 carriers and 15 noncarriers]; 16 MCI [8 APOE epsilon 4 carriers, 8 noncarriers]). Risk groups were comparable in terms of mean age, years of education, gender distribution, and vascular risk burden. Individuals at genetic risk for AD by virtue of the APOE epsilon 4 allele demonstrated increased MTL resting state CBF relative to epsilon 4 noncarriers, whereas individuals characterized as MCI showed decreased MTL resting state CBF relative to their cognitively normal peers. For percent change CBF, there was a trend toward a cognitive status by genotype interaction. In the cognitively normal group, there was no difference in percent change CBF based on APOE genotype. In contrast, in the MCI group, APOE epsilon 4 carriers demonstrated significantly greater percent change in CBF relative to epsilon 4 noncarriers. No group differences were found for BOLD response. Findings suggest that abnormal resting state CBF and CBF response to memory encoding may be early indicators of brain dysfunction in individuals at risk for developing AD.
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