SPECT study of regional cerebral blood flow in alzheimer disease

F. J. Bonte, E. D. Ross, H. H. Chehabi, M. D. Devous

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Abstract

A common cause of dementia in late midlife and old age is Alzheimer disease (AD), which affects more than one in 20 individuals over the age of 65. Past studies of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in patients with AD have suggested blood flow abnormalities, but findings have differed. We have studied 37 patients diagnosed as having AD with inhalation and washout of B3Xe and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), obtaining evidence of abnormal rCBF patterns in 19. Flow reductions were most common in the temporoparietal regions and were occasionally found in the frontal areas. Investigators using positron-emission tomography (PET) have identified similar findings with respect to rCBF and regional oxygen, glucose, and protein metabolism. The SPECT determination of rCBF, which gives information similar to that provided by PET, may assume importance in the diagnosis of AD and in the differential diagnosis of the dementias.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)579-583
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of computer assisted tomography
Volume10
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1986

Keywords

  • Blood, flow dynamics
  • Dementia
  • Emission computed tomography
  • Single-photon emission computed tomography
  • Xenon

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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