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Mixed-location cerebral microbleeds as a biomarker of neurodegeneration in a memory clinic population.

ABSTRACT: Cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) in the lobar and deep locations are associated with two distinct pathologies: cerebral amyloid angiopathy and hypertensive arteriopathy. However, the role of mixed-location CMBs in neurodegeneration remains unexplored. We investigated the associations between strictly lobar, strictly deep and mixed-location CMBs with markers of neurodegeneration. This study recruited 477 patients from a memory clinic who underwent 3T MRI scans. CMBs were categorized into strictly lobar, strictly deep and mixed-location. Cortical thickness, white matter volume and subcortical structural volumes were quantified using Free-Surfer. Linear regression models were performed to assess the association between CMBs and cerebral atrophy, and the mean difference (?) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were reported. In the regression analyses, mixed-location CMBs were associated with smaller cortical thickness of limbic region [?= -0.01; 95% CI= -0.02, -0.00, p=0.007) as well as with smaller accumbens volume [?= -0.01; 95% CI= -0.02, -0.00, p=0.004) and presubiculum region of hippocampus [?= -0.01; 95% CI= -0.02, -0.00, p=0.002). Strictly lobar CMBs were associated with smaller total white matter volume [?= -0.03; 95% CI= -0.04, -0.01, p<0.001] and with region specific white matter volumes. The underlying mechanism requires further research and may involve shared mechanisms of vascular dysfunction and neurodegeneration.

SUBMITTER: Gyanwali B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6914397 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Mixed-location cerebral microbleeds as a biomarker of neurodegeneration in a memory clinic population.

Gyanwali Bibek B Shaik Muhammad Amin MA Tan Chuen Seng CS Vrooman Henri H Venketasubramanian Narayanaswamy N Chen Christopher C Hilal Saima S

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Cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) in the lobar and deep locations are associated with two distinct pathologies: cerebral amyloid angiopathy and hypertensive arteriopathy. However, the role of mixed-location CMBs in neurodegeneration remains unexplored. We investigated the associations between strictly lobar, strictly deep and mixed-location CMBs with markers of neurodegeneration. This study recruited 477 patients from a memory clinic who underwent 3T MRI scans. CMBs were categorized into strictly loba ...[more]

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Project description:Background: Enlarged perivascular spaces (ePVS) are common finding on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in elderly. ePVS are thought to be associated with cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) such as white matter hyperintensities (WMH), lacunes, and cerebral microbleeds (CMBs). However, the different location of SVD and its relationship to ePVS distribution requires further investigation. Objective: To study the association between location and severity of SVD with ePVS from memory clinic and population-based settings. Methods: This study includes patients from an ongoing memory clinic based case-control study and participants from the population-based: Epidemiology of Dementia in Singapore study (EDIS). All participants underwent a comprehensive standardized evaluation including physical, medical and neuropsychological assessment and a brain MRI. CMBs and lacune location were categorized into strictly lobar, strictly deep and mixed, and ePVS location into centrum semiovale and basal ganglia. WMH volume was automatically segmented and was classified into anterior and posterior distribution. Negative binomial regression models were constructed to analyse associations between SVD and ePVS and the rate ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were reported. Results: Of 375 patients (median age = 73 years) from memory clinic and 583 participants (median age = 70 years) from EDIS, the median total ePVS count was 17.0 and 7.0, respectively. Increased severity of SVD was not associated with total ePVS counts in both memory clinic and EDIS study. Analysis with the location of SVD and ePVS also showed similar results. However, in EDIS study, presence of ≥2 lacunes [RR = 1.61, 95% CI = 1.3, 2.30, p = 0.009], presence of ≥2 CMBs [RR = 1.40, 95% CI = 1.08, 1.83, p = 0.012], and higher volume of WMH [RR = 1.41, 95% CI = 1.10, 1.81, p = 0.006] were associated with basal ganglia ePVS independent of age, gender and vascular risk factors. Conclusion: In this study, we found that the ePVS were not associated with the location and severity of SVD in the memory-clinic patients. However, only severity of SVD was associated with basal ganglia ePVS in the population-based setting. Our findings will need to be studied further in different cohorts so as to understand the mechanism underlying different SVD types in subclinical and clinical phases as well as for predicting cognitive decline.

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