Abstract
To investigate the relationship between mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and white
matter integrity, cerebral blood flow perfusion in patients with cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD). Methods:
A total of 52 CSVD patients with MCI were recruited and assigned to the MCI group, and 40 healthy volunteers
were selected as the control group. Cognitive function was evaluated by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment
Scale (MoCA); cerebral blood flow (CBF) was measured by Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) of MR perfusion
imaging technique; fractional anisotropy (FA) values and the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) were
measured by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Results were analyzed to evaluate the relationship between severity
of cognitive impairment and cerebral blood flow perfusion. Results: The total MoCA scale scores and visual
space/execution, naming, attention/calculation, language, abstract thinking, and delayed memory scores in MCI
group were significantly lower than those in control group (P<0.05). Compared with the control group, the MCI
group showed decreased FA values and CBF in the bilateral centrum semiovale, bilateral frontal lobe, and apical
frontal lobe (P<0.05) and increased ADC in the bilateral frontal lobe and apical frontal lobe (P<0.05). FA values
in the right centrum semiovale, bilateral frontal lobe, and apical frontal lobe were positively correlated with CBF
(P<0.05), and the ADC in the bilateral frontal lobe and apical frontal lobe were negatively correlated with CBF
(P<0.05). FA values in the right centrum semiovale and bilateral frontal lobe were positively correlated with the
MoCA score (P<0.05), and the ADC in the bilateral frontal lobe was negatively correlated with the MoCA score
(P<0.05). CBF in the bilateral frontal lobe and apical frontal lobe was positively correlated with the MoCA score
(P<0.05). Conclusion: In CSVD patients, the integrity of white matter is an important imaging marker of MCI
and shows a relationship to cerebral perfusion.
Key words
cerebral small vessel disease
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Relationship between Cognitive Impairment and White Matter Integrity, Cerebral Blood Flow
Perfusion in Patients with Cerebral Small Vessel Disease[J]. Neural Injury and Functional Reconstruction. 2019, 14(9): 433-436
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