Cognitive abnormalities and cerebral perfusion defects in a community-dwelling cohort of elderly men with MMSE within the normal range
André-Petersson, Lena LU ; Thorsson, Ola LU and Siennicki-Lantz, Arkadiusz LU
(2018)
In Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
25(2).
p.200-212
- Abstract
Objectives: Mini Mental State Examination’s (MMSE’s) sensitivity in its upper level is questioned, hence we investigated cognitive abnormalities and defects in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in elderly with MMSE scores ≥24. Methods: One hundred and four men at age 81 with MMSE scores ≥24 (mean 28.4 ± 1.7), no dementia or stroke, were examined with neuropsychological test battery, and their rCBF was estimated using 99mTc-HMPAO SPECT. Results: MMSE was very sparsely correlated with rCBF. Instead, visuo-spatial tests were correlated with rCBF in parietal and occipital lobe, verbal tests with rCBF in frontal and temporal-parietal lobes, and most of all between Digit Symbol and all rCBF regions, especially in subcortical gray... (More)
Objectives: Mini Mental State Examination’s (MMSE’s) sensitivity in its upper level is questioned, hence we investigated cognitive abnormalities and defects in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in elderly with MMSE scores ≥24. Methods: One hundred and four men at age 81 with MMSE scores ≥24 (mean 28.4 ± 1.7), no dementia or stroke, were examined with neuropsychological test battery, and their rCBF was estimated using 99mTc-HMPAO SPECT. Results: MMSE was very sparsely correlated with rCBF. Instead, visuo-spatial tests were correlated with rCBF in parietal and occipital lobe, verbal tests with rCBF in frontal and temporal-parietal lobes, and most of all between Digit Symbol and all rCBF regions, especially in subcortical gray and white matter. In a cluster of low achievers, test of Synonyms, followed by Digit Symbol and Benton test, had highest discriminatory importance. Low achievers had generalized rCBF changes especially in subcortical areas. Only lower scores on two MMSE items, figure drawing and calculation, could discriminate the clusters. Conclusion: A substantial number of octogenarian men with MMSE ≥ 24p have widespread rCBF changes corresponding to a decreased speeded performance and verbal capacity.
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- André-Petersson, Lena
LU
; Thorsson, Ola
LU
and Siennicki-Lantz, Arkadiusz
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2018
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- aged, 80 and over, cohort studies, emission-computed, single-photon, Neuropsychological tests, tomography
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- Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
- volume
- 25
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 200 - 212
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85009177524
- pmid:28068866
- ISSN
- 1382-5585
- DOI
- 10.1080/13825585.2016.1277970
- language
- English
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- yes
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