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Deterioration of abstract reasoning ability in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease: correlation with regional grey matter volume loss revealed by diffeomorphic anatomical registration through exponentiated lie algebra analysis

Authors: Takashi Yoshiura, Akio Hiwatashi, Koji Yamashita, Yasumasa Ohyagi, Akira Monji, Yukihisa Takayama, Norihiro Kamano, Toshiro Kawashima, Jun-ichi Kira, Hiroshi Honda

Published in: European Radiology | Issue 2/2011

Abstract

Objective

To determine which brain regions are relevant to deterioration in abstract reasoning as measured by Raven’s Colored Progressive Matrices (CPM) in the context of dementia.

Methods

MR images of 37 consecutive patients including 19 with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and 18 with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) were retrospectively analyzed. All patients were administered the CPM. Regional grey matter (GM) volume was evaluated according to the regimens of voxel-based morphometry, during which a non-linear registration algorithm called Diffeomorphic Anatomical Registration Through Exponentiated Lie algebra was employed. Multiple regression analyses were used to map the regions where GM volumes were correlated with CPM scores.

Results

The strongest correlation with CPM scores was seen in the left middle frontal gyrus while a region with the largest volume was identified in the left superior temporal gyrus. Significant correlations were seen in 14 additional regions in the bilateral cerebral hemispheres and right cerebellum.

Conclusion

Deterioration of abstract reasoning ability in AD and aMCI measured by CPM is related to GM loss in multiple regions, which is in close agreement with the results of previous activation studies.

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Title: Deterioration of abstract reasoning ability in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease: correlation with regional grey matter volume loss revealed by diffeomorphic anatomical registration through exponentiated lie algebra analysis
Authors: Takashi Yoshiura
Akio Hiwatashi
Koji Yamashita
Yasumasa Ohyagi
Akira Monji
Yukihisa Takayama
Norihiro Kamano
Toshiro Kawashima
Jun-ichi Kira
Hiroshi Honda
Publication date: 01-02-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Radiology / Issue 2/2011
Print ISSN: 0938-7994
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1084
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-010-1939-8

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