Relevance of brain lesion location for cognition in vascular mild cognitive impairment.
Dementia
Lesion probability map
Lesions
Mild cognitive impairment
Small vessel disease
White matter
Journal
NeuroImage. Clinical
ISSN: 2213-1582
Titre abrégé: Neuroimage Clin
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101597070
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2019
2019
Historique:
received:
04
09
2018
revised:
27
01
2019
accepted:
22
03
2019
pubmed:
31
3
2019
medline:
22
1
2020
entrez:
31
3
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Vascular mild cognitive impairment (VMCI) is a potentially transitional state between normal aging and vascular dementia. The presence of macroscopic white matter lesions (WML) of moderate or severe extension on brain MRI is the hallmark of the VMCI. To assess the clinical relevance of the frequency of WML in patients with VMCI independently of total lesion volume (LV). In this multicenter study, we included 110 patients with VMCI (age: 74.3 ± 6.6 years; sex: 60 women). Cognitive assessment was performed with the VMCI-Tuscany Neuropsychological Battery, which allowed to identify four VMCI groups: amnestic single (n = 9) and multi-domain (n = 76), non-amnestic single- (n = 10) and multi-domain (n = 15). Distribution and frequency of WML on MRI FLAIR images were evaluated with lesion probability map (LPM). Voxelwise statistics was performed with nonparametric permutation tests, controlling for age, sex, slice thickness, center, magnetic field strength, total LV and head size (p < .01, family-wise error-corrected for multiple comparisons across space). LPM of the WML had a fairly symmetric and widespread distribution across brain. A higher frequency of WML along association tracts of the WM such as inferior longitudinal fascicle, inferior fronto-occipital fascicle and superior longitudinal fascicle, was correlated with worst cognitive scores at the Trail Making Test Part A and Copy of the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure. The non-amnestic groups showed a higher frequency of WML in the anterior cingulum and superior longitudinal fascicle close to the frontal gyrus. Our study showed that in patients with VMCI, independently of total LV, the higher frequency of lesions along association tracts of the WM, which mediate intrahemispheric long-range connectivity, is related with psychomotor speed and constructional praxis. Moreover, a prevalence of lesions in the frontal WM seems to characterize VMCI patients with involvement of non-amnestic domains.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Vascular mild cognitive impairment (VMCI) is a potentially transitional state between normal aging and vascular dementia. The presence of macroscopic white matter lesions (WML) of moderate or severe extension on brain MRI is the hallmark of the VMCI.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the clinical relevance of the frequency of WML in patients with VMCI independently of total lesion volume (LV).
METHODS
In this multicenter study, we included 110 patients with VMCI (age: 74.3 ± 6.6 years; sex: 60 women). Cognitive assessment was performed with the VMCI-Tuscany Neuropsychological Battery, which allowed to identify four VMCI groups: amnestic single (n = 9) and multi-domain (n = 76), non-amnestic single- (n = 10) and multi-domain (n = 15). Distribution and frequency of WML on MRI FLAIR images were evaluated with lesion probability map (LPM). Voxelwise statistics was performed with nonparametric permutation tests, controlling for age, sex, slice thickness, center, magnetic field strength, total LV and head size (p < .01, family-wise error-corrected for multiple comparisons across space).
RESULTS
LPM of the WML had a fairly symmetric and widespread distribution across brain. A higher frequency of WML along association tracts of the WM such as inferior longitudinal fascicle, inferior fronto-occipital fascicle and superior longitudinal fascicle, was correlated with worst cognitive scores at the Trail Making Test Part A and Copy of the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure. The non-amnestic groups showed a higher frequency of WML in the anterior cingulum and superior longitudinal fascicle close to the frontal gyrus.
CONCLUSIONS
Our study showed that in patients with VMCI, independently of total LV, the higher frequency of lesions along association tracts of the WM, which mediate intrahemispheric long-range connectivity, is related with psychomotor speed and constructional praxis. Moreover, a prevalence of lesions in the frontal WM seems to characterize VMCI patients with involvement of non-amnestic domains.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30927600
pii: S2213-1582(19)30139-1
doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2019.101789
pmc: PMC6439281
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
101789Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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