Regional Changes with Global Brain Hypometabolism Indicates a Physiological Triage Phenomenon and Can Explain Shared Pathophysiological Events in Alzheimer's & Small Vessel Diseases and Delirium

Overview

Journal Am J Nucl Med Mol Imaging

Date 2022 Jan 10

PMID 35003887

Authors

Sandeep K Gupta

Natalie Rutherford

Xenia Dolja-Gore

Tahne Watson

Balakrishnan R Nair

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Abstract

While reduced global brain metabolism is known in aging, Alzheimer's disease (AD), small vessel disease (SVD) and delirium, explanation of regional brain metabolic (rBM) changes is a challenge. We hypothesized that this may be explained by "triage phenomenon", to preserve metabolic supply to vital brain areas. We studied changes in rBM in 69 patients with at least 5% decline in global brain metabolism during active lymphoma. There was significant decline in the rBM of the inferior parietal, precuneus, superior parietal, lateral occipital, primary visual cortices (P<0.001) and in the right lateral prefrontal cortex (P=0.01). Some areas showed no change; multiple areas had significantly increased rBM (e.g. medial prefrontal, anterior cingulate, pons, cerebellum and mesial temporal cortices; P<0.001). We conclude the existence of a physiological triage phenomenon and argue a new hypothetical model to explain the shared events in the pathophysiology of aging, AD, SVD and delirium.

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