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Effects of a 6-Month Cognitive Intervention on Brain Metabolism in Patients with Amnestic MCI and Mild Alzheimer's Disease

Förster, Stefan, Buschert, Verena C., Teipel, Stefan J., Friese, Uwe, Buchholz, Hans-Georg, Drzezga, Alexander, Hampel, Harald, Bartenstein, Peter +1 more·2011·Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Abstract

The effect of cognitive intervention on brain metabolism in AD is largely unexplored. Therefore, we aimed to investigate cognitive parameters and 18FDG PET to test for effects of a cognitive intervention in patients with aMCI or mild AD. Patients with aMCI (N = 24) or mild AD (N = 15) were randomly assigned either to cognitive intervention groups (IGs), receiving weekly sessions of group-based multicomponent cognitive intervention, or active control groups (CGs), receiving pencil-paper exercises for self-study. We obtained resting-state FDG-PET scans and neuropsychological testing at baseline and after six-months. Normalized FDG-PET images were analyzed using voxel-based SPM5 approaches to determine longitudinal changes, group-by-time interactions and correlations with neuropsychological outcome parameters. Primary global cognitive outcome was determined by analyses of covariance with MMSE and ADAS-cog scores as dependent measures. Both, aMCI and AD subgroups of CGs showed widespread bilateral cortical declines in FDG uptake, while the AD subgroup of IGs showed discrete decline or rather no decline in case of the aMCI subgroup. Group by time analyses revealed strongest attenuation of metabolic decline in the aMCI subgroup of the IGs, involving left anterior temporal pole and anterior cingulate gyrus. However, correlation analyses revealed only weak non-significant associations between increased FDG uptake and improvement in primary or secondary outcome parameters. Concurrently, there was significant improvement in global cognitive status in the aMCI subgroup of the IGs. A six-month cognitive intervention imparted cognitive benefits in patients with aMCI, which were concurrent with an attenuated decline of glucose metabolism in cortical regions affected by neurodegenerative AD.

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Authors
Förster, S., Buschert, V. C., Teipel, S. J., Friese, U., Buchholz, H.-G., Drzezga, A., Hampel, H., Bartenstein, P., & Buerger, K.
Affiliations
  • TUM Klinikum (DE)
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
  • German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DE)
  • Osnabrück University (DE)
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
  • Trinity College Dublin (IE)
  • Dementia Research Section and Memory Clinic, Alzheimer Memorial Center and Geriatric Psychiatry Branch, Department of Psychiatry Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
Venue
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
Published
2011-10-04
Volume
26
Issue
s3
Pages
337-348
ISSN
  • 1387-2877 (ISSN-L)
  • 1875-8908
OpenAlex
W117480735
Cited by
54
References
37
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich) (submittedVersion)
  • DZNE Pub (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
Keywords
cognitive intervention, amnestic mild cognitive impairment
MeSH terms
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alzheimer Disease, Amnesia, Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome, Fluorodeoxyglucose F18, Positron-Emission Tomography, Cognitive Dysfunction

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