阿尔茨海默病的脑血流灌注研究

目的探讨AD患者脑血流灌注的特征性变化。方法选择20例确诊AD患者和10例认知正常者,对所有入组对象行SPECT脑血流灌注显像检查,对所得图像进行视觉分析和半定量分析,比较两组对象各脑区血流灌注情况的差异,并比较AD患者左、右脑叶脑血流灌注的差异。结果 (1)视觉分析结果显示,AD组以颞叶或顶叶脑血流灌注减低为主,各占55%,其中双侧颞顶叶血流灌注减低者占15%,单侧颞顶叶血流灌注减低占20%。正常认知组SPECT影像学表现各异,额叶、颞叶、顶叶、枕叶、丘脑、基底节血流灌注减少情况均存在,各占10%。但无双侧颞顶叶血流灌注减少者,40%表现完全正常。(2)半定量分析结果显示,AD组在右额叶、双侧颞顶叶、右枕叶血流灌注显著低于正常认知组(P<0.05),以右侧颞叶血流灌注降低最明显,左右颞顶叶血流低灌注程度对比无显著性差异。结论 AD患者的SPECT特征性表现为双侧对称性颞顶叶血流低灌注,其中右侧颞叶血流灌注下降最严重。     

强迫症与抑郁症的脑单光子发射计算机断层扫描对照研究

目的探讨强迫症、抑郁症局部脑血流量(rCBF)特点。方法应用单光子发射计算机断层扫描(SPECT)技术,对首发且未经治疗的39例强迫症患者、36例抑郁症患者和39名正常人于静息状态下行脑血流显像。以小脑皮质的放射性计数值为参考,对局部脑血流进行半定量分析。结果强迫症组两侧前额叶、前颞叶rCBF高于正常组(P<0.01);抑郁症组两侧前额叶、枕叶、扣带回及右前颞叶、右顶叶rCBF低于正常组(P<0.05);在两侧前额叶、前颞叶、顶叶、枕叶及右后额叶、扣带回,强迫症组rCBF高于抑郁症组(P<0.05)。结论强迫症组的前额叶及前颞叶呈高灌注改变,抑郁症组脑血流普遍低灌注,SPECT技术可望作为二者鉴别诊断的客观依据之一。     

抑郁症患者SPECT研究

目的 探讨抑郁症脑血流灌注的特点及与临床症状的相关性。方法 开放式收集门诊及住院诊断为抑郁症患者37例,进行治疗前后的^99mTc-双半胱乙脂（ECD）单光子发射型计算机断层扫描（SPECT）技术,测量患者治疗前后脑血流灌注（rCBF）显像,半定量测定rCBF,并与12例正常对照者比较。结果 37例抑郁症患者双侧额叶、双侧颞叶、双侧顶叶,双侧枕叶、左基底核有脑低灌注现象。治疗后临床康复者各部位脑灌注明显改善,差异有显著性（P〈0.05）。结论 抑郁症患者存在额叶、颡叶、顶叶及枕叶多区域的脑血流低灌注,其中以左侧较为明显,治疗后明显改善。     

脑CT灌注成像在首发抑郁症患者诊断中的效果

目的分析脑CT灌注成像在首发抑郁症患者中的诊断价值。方法选取本院2020年1月～2021年1月期间收治的180例首发抑郁症患者作为观察组,同时选取同期门诊体检的180例健康人员作为对照组,均进行脑CT灌注成像检查,比较两组平扫、增强扫描后颅脑各脑叶CT值。结果 (1)两组左顶叶、右顶叶、左颞叶、右颞叶、左枕叶、右枕叶平扫后CT值、TIP、MTT、rCBF、rCBV差异无统计学意义(P0.05),观察组左额叶、右额叶平扫CT值均低于对照组(P0.05)。(2)两组左顶叶、右顶叶、左颞叶、右颞叶、左枕叶、右枕叶增强扫描后CT值、TIP、MTT、rCBF、rCBV差异无统计学意义(P0.05),观察组左额叶、右额叶增强扫描CT值均低于对照组(P0.05)。结论首发抑郁症患者左右额叶脑组织密度CT值均低于正常对照,可能存在大脑额叶功能改变,对首发抑郁症诊断具有一定的临床价值。     

血管性认知障碍的脑灌注研究

目的探讨血管性认知障碍(VCI)的危险因素,观察VCI患者的脑血流灌注情况。方法选取本院记忆障碍门诊就诊的急性脑梗死患者。所有患者在发病3月后行神经心理学量表评估及头颅MR(包括动态磁敏感对比增强扫描)检查,根据认知评定结果将患者分为认知正常组(对照组)、非痴呆性血管性认知障碍(VCIND)组和血管性痴呆(VaD)组。分析各组基本临床资料及额叶、颞叶、顶叶、丘脑、海马、后扣带回的灌注特点。结果共纳入对照组30例,VCIND组21例,VaD组21例。对照组糖化血红蛋白(HbA1c)水平低于VCIND组及VaD组(P <0.005)。HbA1C是VCI的独立危险因素(P <0.005)。VCIND组右侧额颞叶的平均通过时间(MTT)及右侧后扣带回的达峰时间(TTP)大于对照组(P <0.005),VaD组双侧额叶、右侧颞叶、左侧顶叶、双侧后扣带回的MTT值大于对照组及VCIND组(P <0.005),VaD组双侧海马的MTT及TTP值大于对照组(P <0.005),VaD组左侧颞顶叶、双侧海马的相对脑血流量、相对脑血容量小于对照组(P <0.005)。结论高水平的HbA1C是VCI的独立危险因素。VCI患者存在脑灌注减低,早期以额叶、颞叶及后扣带回的轻度灌注损伤为主,后期损伤程度加重,海马等区域逐渐受累。     

轻度认知功能障碍的神经心理学和脑血流灌注研究

目的　用神经心理学和脑血流灌注检查探讨轻度认知功能障碍 (MCI)特点 ,分析其与阿尔茨海默病 (AD)和健康衰老的差异。方法　对 2 1例MCI ,18例AD和 19例健康老人进行简易智力状态检查 (MMSE) ,日常生活能力量表(ADL)和总体衰退量表 (GDS)评定 ,韦克斯勒记忆测验 (WMS)及SPECT检查。SPECT结果作半定量分析 (以放射性计数比值 -RAR表示 )。结果　认知功能评定结果 :与健康老人相比 ,MCI除ADL成绩外 ,其余均显著降低 ;与AD相比 ,MMSE、ADL、GDS以及WMS中的短时记忆和语言记忆成绩均显著优于AD(P <0 0 5 )。脑血流灌注比较结果 :MCI组与健康老人各部位的RAR无差异 ;与AD组相比 ,扣带回、左基底节、左枕叶、右颞上回、双侧额叶、双侧颞下回和双侧顶叶RAR均显著增高 (P <0 0 5 )。以顶叶RAR为变量作聚类分析产生两类MCI(MCI 4和MCI 16) ,MCI 16在左丘脑的血流灌注低于健康老人(P <0 0 1) ,在双侧颞下回和右颞上回高于AD(P <0 0 1)。结论　MCI为一组异质性疾病 ,认知功能缺损和脑血流灌注的改变均存在多种类型。顶叶能对MCI进行有效分类。     

弥散张量成像对阿尔茨海默病脑白质改变的评价

目的分析阿尔茨海默病(Alzheimer's disease,AD)脑白质结构改变及与认知功能的关系。方法对37例AD组和32例对照组行简易精神状态量表(mini-mental State examinationn,MMSE)评估和DTI扫描。采用基于全脑体素分析法对两组全脑白质各向异性(fractional anisotropy,FA)图进行比较,采用t检验分析FA值差异,并评估AD组MMSE评分与FA值相关性。结果 AD患者出现FA值下降区域广泛分布在右侧额叶、颞叶、枕叶、丘脑及双侧扣带回、胼胝体、楔前叶、顶叶下回、顶下小叶、缘上回及海马旁回(其中P0.001,未经校正的P值);当使用经FWE校正的P0.05后,AD患者右侧扣带回、左侧胼胝体、颞叶下回及双侧顶叶下回、额叶下回、楔前叶区域FA值较对照组显著下降。AD患者FA值下降与MMSE量表评分呈正相关,(P0.001,未经校正)。结论 AD患者存在特定脑区白质结构改变,并与认知功能损害程度呈正相关。     

抑郁症患者局部脑血流变化的SPECT研究

目的用SPECT测定抑郁症患者的局部脑血流(rCBF),比较乙酰唑胺脑负荷试验后脑血流灌注变化,观察抑郁症患者脑血管的调节能力,以及是否存在潜在缺血灶。方法以18例未经抗抑郁治疗的抑郁症患者为研究对象,19名正常人作为对照组,行单光子发射计算机断层扫描(SPECT)检查。抑郁症患者48h后口服乙酰唑胺2g,再行SPECT检查。观察服用乙酰唑胺前后脑内血流的变化。结果抑郁组患者双侧额叶、颞叶的rCBF显著下降(P<0.01～0.05),左顶叶、右基底节rCBF也明显降低(P<0.05);同时,抑郁症患者局部脑血流低灌注存在不对称性,左侧灌注更低。服用乙酰唑胺后,原脑内各血流灌注下降部位恢复正常血供,未发现潜在缺血病灶。结论抑郁症患者某些特定部位存在脑血流灌注下降;乙酰唑胺脑负荷SPECT试验未发现抑郁症患者存在潜在缺血部位,而且使其局部脑血流低灌注状态恢复正常。     

抑郁症患者局部脑血流的研究

目的：了解抑郁症患者局部脑血流灌注的特点：方法：应用单光子发射计算机断层扫描对20例抑郁症患者及18例正常对照者局部脑血流灌注进行对比分析。结果：抑郁症组双侧基底核、双侧额叶、左颞叶及左枕叶局部血流低灌注；抑郁症组与对照组左右大脑半球局部血流灌注无显著性差异：结论：抑郁症患者局部脑血流存在低灌注，但未发现局部脑血流低灌注有侧化现象。     

躯体形式障碍35例SPECT研究

目的　探讨躯体形式障碍脑灌注特点与潜在意义。方法　开放性收集门诊和住院诊断 为躯体形式障碍病人35例;进行99mTc 双半胱乙脂(ECD)单光子发射型计算机断层显像(SPECT)脑血 流灌注(rCBF)断层显像,半定量测定rCBF。结果　35例躯体形式障碍病人均出现有不同部位的脑 低灌注现象;具体为右额叶(13例,37%),左额叶(11例,31%),右颞叶(13例,37%),左颞叶(11例, 31%),右顶叶(11例,31%),左顶叶(4例,11%),右基底节(14例,40%),左基底节(17例,49%),右丘 脑(1例,3%),左丘脑(1例,3%),盐酸文拉法辛治疗2周后不同部位脑血流低灌注均明显改善,差异 有显著性(P<0.05)。结论　躯体形式障碍不同临床表现相应呈现额叶、基底节、颞叶、顶叶不同区域 脑血流低灌注,治疗后明显改善。     

Voxel-based analyses of gray/white matter volume and diffusion tensor data in major depression

The purpose of this study is to use voxel-based analysis to simultaneously elucidate regional changes in gray/white matter volume, mean diffusivity (MD), and fractional anisotropy (FA) in patients with unipolar major depressive disorder. We studied 21 right-handed patients and 42 age- and gender-matched right-handed normal subjects. Local areas showing significant gray matter volume reduction in depressive patients compared with controls were observed in the right parahippocampal gyrus, hippocampus, bilateral middle frontal gyri, bilateral anterior cingulate cortices, left parietal and occipital lobes, and right superior temporal gyrus. Local areas showing an increase of MD in depressive patients were observed in the bilateral parahippocampal gyri, hippocampus, pons, cerebellum, left frontal and temporal lobes, and right frontal lobe. There was no significant difference between the two groups for FA and white matter volume in the entire brain. Although there was no local area where brain volume and MD were significantly correlated with disease severity, FA tended to correlate negatively with total days depressed in the right anterior cingulate and the left frontal white matter. These results suggest that the frontolimbic neural circuit might play an important role in the neuropathology of patients with major depressive disorder.     

Use of functional MRI in epilepsy]

For the purpose of examining pathophysiological mechanisms of a memory function in epileptic patients or an utility of fMRI for a presurgical assessment in neurosurgical treatment of epilepsy, activated areas in fMRI during verbal or visual memory task were investigated in patient group of temporal lobe epilepsy and normal subject group. Patient group of temporal lobe epilepsy consisted of 7 cases, of which 3 and 3 cases had left and right temporal foci, respectively, except 1 case having undetermined laterality of temporal foci. Normal subjects were 16 cases. All the epileptic and normal subjects were right-handed except for 1 lefty normal subject. Verbal memory tasks were composed of covert and overt recall tasks of 10 words given auditorily, while visual ones were recall tasks of 6 figures given visually. Eventually, in normal subjects, the left side-dominant medial frontal lobes including the superior frontal and anterior cingulate gyri were mainly activated in fMRI during the covert recall tasks of verbal memory, while the left side-dominant inferior frontal and precentral gyri as the motor language areas were chiefly activated in addition to the medial frontal lobe during the overt recall tasks. Further, the bilateral occipital lobes were activated in fMRI during the recall tasks of visual memory. Also in patient groups of temporal lobe epilepsy, the activated areas in fMRI during these tasks were the same as in normal subject group, regardless of the laterality of epileptic temporal foci. These results suggest that fMRI is useful for the determination of the lateralization of the cerebral hemisphere contributing to verbal memory function and therefore for the presurgical assessment of memory function in neurosurgical treatment of epilepsy.     

Longitudinal changes in cortical thickness in children after traumatic brain injury and their relation to behavioral regulation and emotional control

The purpose of this study was to assess patterns of cortical development over time in children who had sustained traumatic brain injury (TBI) as compared to children with orthopedic injury (OI), and to examine how these patterns related to emotional control and behavioral dysregulation, two common post-TBI symptoms. Cortical thickness was measured at approximately 3 and 18 months post-injury in 20 children aged 8.2-17.5 years who had sustained moderate-to-severe closed head injury and 21 children aged 7.4-16.7 years who had sustained OI. At approximately 3 months post-injury, the TBI group evidenced decreased cortical thickness bilaterally in aspects of the superior frontal, dorsolateral frontal, orbital frontal, and anterior cingulate regions compared to the control cohort, areas of anticipated vulnerability to TBI-induced change. At 18 months post-injury, some of the regions previously evident at 3 months post-injury remained significantly decreased in the TBI group, including bilateral frontal, fusiform, and lingual regions. Additional regions of significant cortical thinning emerged at this time interval (bilateral frontal regions and fusiform gyrus and left parietal regions). However, differences in other regions appeared attenuated (no longer areas of significant cortical thinning) by 18 months post-injury including large bilateral regions of the medial aspects of the frontal lobes and anterior cingulate. Cortical thinning within the OI group was evident over time in dorsolateral frontal and temporal regions bilaterally and aspects of the left medial frontal and precuneus, and right inferior parietal regions. Longitudinal analyses within the TBI group revealed decreases in cortical thickness over time in numerous aspects throughout the right and left cortical surface, but with notable "sparing" of the right and left frontal and temporal poles, the medial aspects of both the frontal lobes, the left fusiform gyrus, and the cingulate bilaterally. An analysis of longitudinal changes in cortical thickness over time (18 months-3 months) in the TBI versus OI group demonstrated regions of relative cortical thinning in the TBI group in bilateral superior parietal and right paracentral regions, but relative cortical thickness increases in aspects of the medial orbital frontal lobes and bilateral cingulate and in the right lateral orbital frontal lobe. Finally, findings from analyses correlating the longitudinal cortical thickness changes in TBI with symptom report on the Emotional Control subscale of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) demonstrated a region of significant correlation in the right medial frontal and right anterior cingulate gyrus. A region of significant correlation between the longitudinal cortical thickness changes in the TBI group and symptom report on the Behavioral Regulation Index was also seen in the medial aspect of the left frontal lobe. Longitudinal analyses of cortical thickness highlight an important deviation from the expected pattern of developmental change in children and adolescents with TBI, particularly in the medial frontal lobes, where typical patterns of thinning fail to occur over time. Regions which fail to undergo expected cortical thinning in the medial aspects of the frontal lobes correlate with difficulties in emotional control and behavioral regulation, common problems for youth with TBI. Examination of post-TBI brain development in children may be critical to identification of children that may be at risk for persistent problems with executive functioning deficits and the development of interventions to address these issues.     

Brain functional changes in facial expression recognition in patients with major depressive disorder before and after antidepressant treatment A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Functional magnetic resonance imaging was used during emotion recognition to identify changes in functional brain activation in 21 first-episode, treatment-naive major depressive disorder patients before and after antidepressant treatment. Following escitalopram oxalate treatment, patients exhibited decreased activation in bilateral precentral gyrus, bilateral middle frontal gyrus, left middle temporal gyrus, bilateral postcentral gyrus, left cingulate and right parahippocampal gyrus, and increased activation in right superior frontal gyrus, bilateral superior parietal lobule and left occipital gyrus during sad facial expression recognition. After antidepressant treatment, patients also exhibited decreased activation in the bilateral middle frontal gyrus, bilateral cingulate and right parahippocampal gyrus, and increased activation in the right inferior frontal gyrus, left fusiform gyrus and right precuneus during happy facial expression recognition. Our experimental findings indicate that the limbic-cortical network might be a key target region for antidepressant treatment in major depressive disorder.     

首发抑郁症青少年患者的大脑功能——静息态功能磁共振成像的病例对照研究(英文)

背景:青少年抑郁症对患者及其家庭成员会产生长期严重的痛苦,但这种致残状况的潜在机制仍不清楚。目的:比较未经药物的青少年首发抑郁症患者和匹配的对照者之间的大脑功能静息状态。方法 :使用3T磁共振扫描仪对15名青少年抑郁症患者和16名对照者进行功能磁共振静息状态扫描。采用低频振荡振幅(amplitude of low frequency fluctuation,ALFF)来评估脑功能静息态。结果 :青少年抑郁症患者的儿童抑郁量表评分的均值(标准差)高于对照组(22.13[9.21]与9.37[5.65])。与对照组相比,青少年抑郁症患者在扣带回后部、左颞下回、右颞上回、右岛叶、右侧顶叶和右侧梭状回具有较高的ALFF;而在双侧楔叶、左枕叶和左内侧额叶表现出较低的ALFF。结论 :青少年抑郁症与大脑多个区域的显著功能变化有关。     

Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomographic Perfusion Imaging in Autopsy-Diagnosed Dementia

Physiological imaging of regional cerebral blood flow with single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) has been proposed to be diagnostically useful in the evaluation of patients with dementia because of the frequent finding of temporal and parietal lobe hypoperfusion in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). A major limitation of SPECT to date has been the selection of patients using clinical criteria, which may be unreliable in excluding patients with non-Alzheimer dementias from study. SPECT with the perfusion tracer ¹²³l-N-isopropyl-p-iodoamphetamine was used to study 16 dementia patients who were subsequently followed to autopsy, as well as 16 elderly control subjects. Eleven dementia patients had the diagnosis of AD confirmed by autopsy, while 5 had other, nonAD dementias. SPECT perfusion patterns were evaluated as regional ratios of lobar radioactivity counts normalized to either activity counts in the occipital lobes (occipital ratio) or activity counts in the entire tomographic slice (whole-slice ratio). Results showed that the relative frontal perfusion differentiated non-AD patients from control subjects and AD patients regardless of which ratio method was used, while temporal and parietal relative perfusion ratios were more effective at differentiating AD from non-AD patients when the whole-slice ratio was used, although the ratio used did not affect the differentiation of AD patients from control subjects. Scatterplots of the whole-slice ratio in the right parietal and left temporal lobes showed no overlap between AD and non-AD patients and control subjects. These results support the diagnostic utility of SPECT in the clinical evaluation of dementia patients, particularly in distinguishing AD from non-AD dementias during life.     

Acupuncture at Waiguan （SJ5） and sham points influences activation of functional brain areas of ischemic stroke patients： a functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Most studies addressing the specificity of meridians and acupuncture points have focused mainly on the different neural effects of acupuncture at different points in healthy individuals. This study examined the effects of acupuncture on brain function in a pathological context. Sixteen patients with ischemic stroke were randomly assigned to true point group （true acupuncture at right Waiguan （SJ5）） and sham point group （sham acupuncture）. Results of functional magnetic resonance imaging revealed activation in right parietal lobe （Brodmann areas 7 and 19）, the right temporal lobe （Brodmann area 39）, the right limbic lobe （Brodmann area 23） and bilateral oc-cipital lobes （Brodmann area 18）. Furthermore, inhibition of bilateral frontal lobes （Brodmann area 4, 6, and 45）, right parietal lobe （Brodmann areas 1 and 5） and left temporal lobe （Brodmann area 21 ） were observed in the true point group. Activation in the precuneus of right parietal lobe （Brodmann area 7） and inhibition of the left superior frontal gyrus （Brodmann area 10） was observed in the sham group. Compared with sham acupuncture, acupuncture at Waiguan in stroke patients inhibited Brodmann area 5 on the healthy side. Results indicated that the altered specificity of sensation-associated cortex （Brodmann area 5） is possibly associated with a central mechanism of acupuncture at Waiguan for stroke patients.