Presence of central atrophy was visually assessed by an experienced neuroradiologist. Hypertension A history of hypertension was assessed by a physician from medical history and medical record for an ICD-10 diagnosis of primary or secondary hypertension. Current use of antihypertensive treatment was ...
Although these changes could simply reflect tissue atrophy in AD [30], with a corresponding loss of blood supply and metabolism, they are associated with hypoxia [114] and it has been reported that the decrease of metabolism is greater than would be expected for the amount of atrophy occurring...
MRI and PET scans have shown that patients at the early stages of Alzheimer's disease have medial temporal lobe atrophy and decreased neural activity in the parietal lobe and frontal lobe. List some of the symptoms of early-onset ...