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Post-mortem Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectrometric Measures of Brain Regions in Patients with a Pathological Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease and Multi-infarct Dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John A. O. Besson ,
Philip V. Best  and
E. Roy Skinner
John A. O. Besson*
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, University of Aberdeen
Philip V. Best
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Aberdeen
E. Roy Skinner
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, University of Aberdeen
*
∗Department of Mental Health, Medical Buildings, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB9 2ZD
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Abstract

In-vitro spectrometric measures were made of spin-lattice (T1) and spin-spin (T2) relaxation times of samples of grey and white matter from the brains of 15 patients with a pathological diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, 5 with multi-infarct dementia, and 11 non-demented subjects. Relaxation times were significantly greater in the parietal white matter and temporal white matter of patients with Alzheimer's disease compared with that of the other subjects. This was associated with an increase in tissue water content. These findings confirm measures obtained in some imaging studies.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 160 , Issue 2 , February 1992 , pp. 187 - 190
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1992 

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