《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2020, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (5): 592-596.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2020.05.020

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Hippocampal Subfield Volumes before and after Treatment for Mild Alzheimer's Disease: Study with Magnetic Resonance Imaging

LIU Yu1,CAO Zhi-hong2a,LUO Yi-feng2a(),SHAN Hai-rong2a,XIE Wen-chao2a,ZHANG Xiao-jie2b,WANG Wen-yun2b   

  1. 1.Department of Radiology, Yixing Second People's Hospital, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214200, China
    2.a. Department of Neurology; b. Department of Neurology, Affiliated Yixing Hospital of Jiangsu University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214200, China
  • Received:2019-07-21 Revised:2019-10-17 Published:2020-05-25 Online:2020-05-29
  • Contact: LUO Yi-feng E-mail:luoyifeng1207@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Jiangsu Youth Medical Talents Project(QNRC2016207);Jiangsu Commission of Health and Family Planning Projects(H201656);Wuxi Commission of Health and Family Planning Projects(Z201610);Wuxi Commission of Health and Family Planning Projects(T201601);Wuxi Science and Technology Planning(CSZ0N1632)

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the hippocampal subfield volumes before and after taking hydrochloric donepezil in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD).Methods From January, 2017 to June, 2018, 25 mild AD patients accepted hydrochloric donepezil (treatment group), 25 patients accepted placebo (placebo group) and 25 age- and gender-matched healthy old people (control group) were scanned with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) under 3D-T1 TFE sequence before and after a six-month treatment, and the automated segmentation of the hippocampus subfields was fulfilled with FreeSurfer and the hippocampus subfield volumes were compared, while the patients were assessed with Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).Results Compared with the control group, the volumes of left CA1, CA2-3 and CA4-DG, and right CA1 and CA2-3 were reduced in patients before treatment (t > 2.294, P< 0.05). The volume of left CA4-DG increased in the treatment group compared with that of the placebo group after treatment (t = 2.196, P< 0.05), and the volume of bilateral CA1 and CA2-3 tended to increase but not significantly (t < 1.888, P> 0.065). The MMSE score was more in the treatment group than in the placebo group after treatment (t = 2.764, P< 0.05).Conclusion The association with asymmetric atrophy in the hippocampal subfields has been found in mild AD patients, especially in left CA4-DG, which may be used as a valuable marker for diagnosis and evaluation for treatment at early stage.

Key words: Alzheimer's disease, hippocampus, magnetic resonance imaging, diagnosis, evaluation

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