Single SPECT measures of cerebral cortical perfusion reflect time-index estimation of dementia severity in Alzheimer's disease.

J. Wesson Ashford, W J Shih, Jack Coupal, R Shetty, A. Schneider, Carlyne D. Cool, Abdul Aleem, VICKIE KIEFER, Marta S. Mendiondo, F A Schmitt

PubMed · 2000 · 48 citations · 0 references

Abstract

Cerebral cortical perfusion loss is temporally related to development of dementia. The spatial pattern of high, significant correlations between cortical perfusion and dementia severity shows a regional distribution that corresponds closely to the distribution of AD pathology described in autopsy studies.