Abnormal cerebral metabolite concentrations in patients with probable alzheimer disease

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Abstract
To establish whether recently described abnormalities of peak ratios are the result of changes in metabolite concentrations, quaintitative 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy was performed in 10 patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) and seven normal elderly. CSF volumes, metabolite T1 and T2relaxation rates, ratios and concentrations of Kacetyl residues, creatine, choline residues, myeinositol, glutamine plus glutamate (Glx), and glucose were obtained. Difference spectroscopy and quantitative assays showed a 50% increase in myo‐inositol (6.4–9.8 mM; P < 0.005) and a decrease in N‐acetyl in occipital gray matter. A reduction in β,γ‐Glx and a significant increase in intracerebral [glucose], greater than attributable to CSF, were defined. Choline concentration increased with age, but was not elevated above normal in AD patients. These findings indicate the need for quantitative 1H MRS to substantiate metabolite ratios. The increased myo‐inositol concentration in AD is demonstrated by these studies.