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01 May 2013. VOL 4, ISSUE 5 Previous Issue Next Issue

The Fallout of the 2013 Budget Cuts on the NIH and the NIA and an Urgent Call for Action to Prevent Similar Cuts in the Future
Krupa Shah, Neeraj L. Shah

2013, 4 (5): 233-234 | DOI: 10.14336/AD.2013.0400233

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Relationship of Clinical and Cognitive Variables with Brain Morphometric Abnormalities in Alzheimer’s Disease: a Voxel Based Morphometric Study Using 3-Tesla MRI
Bhavani S. Bagepally, John P. John, Mathew Varghese, Harsha N. Halahalli, Lakshminarayanan Kota, Palanimuthu T. Sivakumar, Srikala Bharath, Sanjeev Jain

2013, 4 (5): 235-243 | DOI: 10.14336/AD.2013.0400235

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Age-Related Defects in Erythrocyte 2,3-Diphosphoglycerate Metabolism in Dementia
Yury G. Kaminsky, V. Prakash Reddy, Ghulam Md Ashraf, Ausaf Ahmad, Valery V. Benberin, Elena A. Kosenko, Gjumrakch Aliev

2013, 4 (5): 244-255 | DOI: 10.14336/AD.2013.0400244

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Impact of Resistance Circuit Training on Neuromuscular, Cardiorespiratory and Body Composition Adaptations in the Elderly
Salvador Romero-Arenas, Miryam Martínez-Pascual, Pedro E. Alcaraz

2013, 4 (5): 256-263 | DOI: 10.14336/AD.2013.0400256

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Anorexia of Aging and Gut Hormones
Deniz Atalayer, Nerys M. Astbury

2013, 4 (5): 264-275 | DOI: 10.14336/AD.2013.0400264

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Carbonyl Stress in Aging Process: Role of Vitamins and Phytochemicals as Redox Regulators
Volkan Ergin, Reza Ebrahimi Hariry, Çimen Karasu

2013, 4 (5): 276-294 | DOI: 10.14336/AD.2013.0400276

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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: An update for 2013 Clinical Features, Pathophysiology, Management and Therapeutic Trials
Paul H. Gordon

2013, 4 (5): 295-310 | DOI: 10.14336/AD.2013.0400295

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01 May 2013. Vol.4 No.5
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is associated with widespread structural and functional brain alterations. The current study examined the gray matter (GM) voxel based morphometric (VBM) correlates of cognitive and clinical severity scores in patients with AD. The study included 34 patients with AD according to NINCDS/ADRDA AD criteria and 28 matched elderly controls. All subjects were clinically evaluated using Hindi Mental Status Examination (HMSE), Everyday Abilities Scale for India (EASI) and the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) scale. The structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data were acquired using a 3 Tesla MRI scanner and VBM analysis was performed using VBM5.1 toolbox. The patients with AD had significantly lower GM volume, white matter volume and total brain volume as compared to controls. The HMSE scores were positively correlated (p=0.009) and EASI (p=0.04) & CDR (p=0.0004) were negatively correlated with the total GM volumes in patients with AD. The VBM analysis revealed diffuse GM atrophy in patients with AD. Frontal& temporal GM volumes were positively correlated with the HMSE scores. Thus the results of the study replicate the previous observations of generalized GM atrophy, in an Indian sample with AD. The cognitive decline, clinical dementia severity and impairment in activities of daily living were correlated whole brain GM and WM volumes as well as with specific brain regional atrophy in AD. However further studies with larger samples & with more detailed cognitive evaluation are required for confirmation & validation of the relationship between regional morphometric abnormalities and cognitive deficits in AD.

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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is associated with widespread structural and functional brain alterations. The current study examined the gray matter (GM) voxel based morphometric (VBM) correlates of cognitive and clinical severity scores in patients with AD. The study included 34 patients with AD according to NINCDS/ADRDA AD criteria and 28 matched elderly controls. All subjects were clinically evaluated using Hindi Mental Status Examination (HMSE), Everyday Abilities Scale for India (EASI) and the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) scale. The structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data were acquired using a 3 Tesla MRI scanner and VBM analysis was performed using VBM5.1 toolbox. The patients with AD had significantly lower GM volume, white matter volume and total brain volume as compared to controls. The HMSE scores were positively correlated (p=0.009) and EASI (p=0.04) & CDR (p=0.0004) were negatively correlated with the total GM volumes in patients with AD. The VBM analysis revealed diffuse GM atrophy in patients with AD. Frontal& temporal GM volumes were positively correlated with the HMSE scores. Thus the results of the study replicate the previous observations of generalized GM atrophy, in an Indian sample with AD. The cognitive decline, clinical dementia severity and impairment in activities of daily living were correlated whole brain GM and WM volumes as well as with specific brain regional atrophy in AD. However further studies with larger samples & with more detailed cognitive evaluation are required for confirmation & validation of the relationship between regional morphometric abnormalities and cognitive deficits in AD.