Changes of brain gray matter structure in Parkinson's disease patients with dementia

• 作 者: Jianguo Xia Jinlin Miu Hongbin Ding Xiuping Wang Hua Chen Juan Wang Juan Wu Jingli Zhao Huanxin Huang Weizhong Tian
• 机 构: Department of Radiology,Taizhou People's Hospital,Department of Radiology,the Fourth People's Hospit
• 出 处: Neural Regeneration Research
• 发表日期: 2013年14期
• 关键词: gyrus bilateral hippocampus impairment subcortical inferior frontal atrophy appa

Voxel-based morphometry is gaining considerable interest for studies examining Parkinson’s disease dementia patients.In this study,12 patients with clinically defined Parkinson’s disease and dementia and 12 non-demented patients with Parkinson’s disease were examined using a T1WI three-dimensional fast spoiled gradient echo sequence.Gray matter data were analyzed using a voxel-based morphometry method and independent sample t-test based on Statistical Parametric Mapping 5 software.Differences in gray matter volume were represented with statistical parametric mapping.Compared with Parkinson’s disease patients without dementia,decreased gray matter volume in Parkinson’s disease dementia patients was observed in the bilateral superior temporal gyrus,bilateral posterior cingulate and left cingulate gyrus,right parahippocampal gyrus and hippocampus,right precuneus and right cuneus,left inferior frontal gyrus and left insular lobe.No increased gray matter volume was apparent.These data indicate that gray matter atrophy in the limbic system and cerebral neocortex is related to the presence of dementia.

Voxel-based morphometry is gaining considerable interest for studies examining Parkinson’s disease dementia patients. In this study, 12 patients with clinically defined Parkinson’s disease and dementia and 12 non-demented patients with Parkinson’s disease were examined using a T1WI three-dimensional fast spoiled gradient echo sequence. Gray matter data were analyzed using a voxel-based morphometry method and independent sample t-test based on Statistical Parametric Mapping 5 software. Differences in gray matter volumes were represented with statistical parametric mapping. Compared with Parkinson’s disease patients without dementia, reduced gray matter volume in Parkinson’s disease dementia patients was observed in the bilateral superior temporal gyrus, bilateral posterior cingulate and left cingulate gyrus, right parahippocampal gyrus and hippocampus, right precuneus and right cuneus, left inferior frontal gyrus and left insular lobe. No increased gray matter volume was apparent. these data indic ate that gray matter atrophy in the limbic system and cerebral neocortex is related to the presence of dementia.