Treatment monitoring and response prediction with proton MR spectroscopy in AD |
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| Authors: | Jessen F Traeber F Freymann K Maier W Schild H H Block W |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Germany. jessen@uni-bonn.de |
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| Abstract: | In this proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS) study, the authors correlated cognitive improvement after 3 months of treatment with donepezil with changes of N-acetylaspartate (NAA) level and NAA/Creatine (Cr) ratio in the medial temporal and parietal lobe of 17 patients with Alzheimer disease. Treatment response was associated with an increase of NAA and NAA/Cr in the parietal lobe. Low baseline NAA/Cr in the parietal lobe predicted positive treatment outcome. |
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