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Published in: Clinical Neuroradiology 1/2017

01-03-2017 | Original Article

Global Cognitive Impairment in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients: A Structural MRI Study

Authors: Nicolle Zimmermann, Diogo Goulart Corrêa, Tadeu Almodovar Kubo, Tania Maria Netto, Denis Batista Pereira, Rochele Paz Fonseca, Emerson Leandro Gasparetto

Published in: Clinical Neuroradiology | Issue 1/2017

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Abstract

Objective

This study investigated differences in subcortical brain volumes of SLE patients with cognitive deficits (SLE-CD) and SLE patients with normal cognitive performance (SLE-CN), regardless of the presence of other neuropsychiatric symptoms.

Method

We studied 40 patients divided into two-matched groups (SLE-CD n = 20; SLE-CN n = 20), with age ranging from 21 to 63 years old (100 % female) and 14.73 ± 10.18 years of diagnosis. Magnetic resonance imaging exams were performed on a 1.5 T scanner. A neuropsychological flexible battery was applied individually, including reasoning/problem-solving, praxis, episodic and working memory, processing speed, language/fluency, executive functions (inhibition and flexibility), and sustained attention. Z score ≤ − 2.0 in any dimension was considered as a cut-off for being considered to possess cognitive deficits. One-way analyses of covariance (ANCOVA) were performed to compare the brain structure volumes between groups. The analyses were controlled for the effects of lupus-related neuropsychiatric disorders.

Results

SLE patients with cognitive deficits had significantly smaller volumes in the left hippocampus, amygdala, and the right hippocampus than SLE patients without cognitive deficits.

Conclusion

SLE patients with cognitive deficits appeared to have reduced temporal lobe structures when compared with SLE without cognitive deficits. These results corroborate a systems vulnerability model that investigated temporal lobe vulnerability during normal aging and in other neurological disorders.
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Metadata
Title
Global Cognitive Impairment in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients: A Structural MRI Study
Authors
Nicolle Zimmermann
Diogo Goulart Corrêa
Tadeu Almodovar Kubo
Tania Maria Netto
Denis Batista Pereira
Rochele Paz Fonseca
Emerson Leandro Gasparetto
Publication date
01-03-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Clinical Neuroradiology / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 1869-1439
Electronic ISSN: 1869-1447
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-015-0397-8

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