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Cerebrovascular disease, neurodegeneration, and clinical phenotype in dementia with Lewy bodies

Ferreira, D; Nedelska, Z; Graff-Radford, J; Przybelski, SA; Lesnick, TG; Schwarz, CG; Botha, H; ... Kantarci, K; + view all (2021) Cerebrovascular disease, neurodegeneration, and clinical phenotype in dementia with Lewy bodies. Neurobiology of Aging , 105 pp. 252-261. 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.04.029. Green open access

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Abstract

We investigated whether cerebrovascular disease contributes to neurodegeneration and clinical phenotype in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Regional cortical thickness and subcortical gray matter volumes were estimated from structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in 165 DLB patients. Cortical and subcortical infarcts were recorded and white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) were assessed. Subcortical only infarcts were more frequent (13.3%) than cortical only infarcts (3.1%) or both subcortical and cortical infarcts (2.4%). Infarcts, irrespective of type, were associated with WMHs. A higher WMH volume was associated with thinner orbitofrontal, retrosplenial, and posterior cingulate cortices, smaller thalamus and pallidum, and larger caudate volume. A higher WMH volume was associated with the presence of visual hallucinations and lower global cognitive performance, and tended to be associated with the absence of probable rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder. Presence of infarcts was associated with the absence of parkinsonism. We conclude that cerebrovascular disease is associated with gray matter neurodegeneration in patients with probable DLB, which may have implications for the multifactorial treatment of probable DLB.

Type: Article
Title: Cerebrovascular disease, neurodegeneration, and clinical phenotype in dementia with Lewy bodies
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.04.029
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.04.0...
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
Keywords: Cerebrovascular disease, Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), Magnetic resonance imaging, Neurodegeneration, White matter hyperintensities, infarcts
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Brain Repair and Rehabilitation
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10130981
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