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ArticleRadiologia brasileira

Posterior cingulate gyri metabolic alterations in HIV-positive patients with and without memory deficits.

Diogo G Corrêa, Eelco van Duinkerken, Nicolle Zimmermann, Rochele P Fonseca, Emerson L Gasparetto

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Article in Radiologia brasileira. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Diogo G CorrêaDepartment of Radiology, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-4902-0021
Eelco van DuinkerkenCenter for Epilepsy, Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0558-9435
Nicolle ZimmermannCenter for Epilepsy, Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-4771-4070
Rochele P FonsecaDepartment of Psychology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6767-8439
Emerson L GasparettoDepartment of Radiology, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-5764-6724
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · BRAmsterdam University Medical Centers · NLInstituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer · BRPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveWe aimed to evaluate whether human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients with and without clinically significant memory deficits and healthy control participants differ on in vivo hydrogen-1 magnetic resonance spectroscopy (H-MRS) in the posterior cingulate gyri. MATERIALS AND

methodsIn total, 21 HIV-positive patients with memory deficit (HIV+wMD) were compared with 15 HIV-positive patients without memory deficit (HIV+wOMD) and 22 sex-, age-, and education-matched control participants. Memory impairments were classified based on the participants' performance on the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test. Short echo time (30 ms), single-voxel H-MRS was performed using a 1.5-T magnetic resonance scanner.

resultsThe HIV+wMD and HIV+wOMD groups had higher choline/creatine ratio in the posterior cingulate gyri than the control group. There were no significant metabolite ratio differences between the HIV+wMD and HIV+wOMD groups.

conclusionHIV-positive patients with and without memory deficits had significantly higher choline/creatine ratios than controls in the posterior cingulate gyri, which may reflect cerebral inflammation, altered cell membrane metabolism, microgliosis, and/or astrocytosis.

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HIVMagnetic resonance spectroscopyMemory deficitPosterior cingulate gyrus

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