The effect of education on rCBF changes in Alzheimer’s disease: a longitudinal SPECT study

Purpose To determine the relationship of differing levels of education on regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Methods Fifty-three patients with AD followed-up for an average of 36 months were divided into the high-educated group (HE, ≥12 years of schooling)...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging 2008-12, Vol.35 (12), p.2182-2190
Hauptverfasser:	Hanyu, Haruo, Sato, Tomohiko, Shimizu, Soichiro, Kanetaka, Hidekazu, Iwamoto, Toshihiko, Koizumi, Kiyoshi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Alzheimer Disease - diagnostic imaging Alzheimer Disease - physiopathology Alzheimer's disease Brain - blood supply Brain - diagnostic imaging Brain - physiopathology Brain research Cardiology Cerebrovascular Circulation Cognition & reasoning Cognition - physiology Education Educational Status Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Imaging Longitudinal Studies Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Nuclear Medicine Oncology Original Article Orthopedics Radiology Tomography Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
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Zusammenfassung:	Purpose To determine the relationship of differing levels of education on regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Methods Fifty-three patients with AD followed-up for an average of 36 months were divided into the high-educated group (HE, ≥12 years of schooling) and low-educated group (LE,
ISSN:	1619-7070 1619-7089
DOI:	10.1007/s00259-008-0848-4