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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2023

Neurovascular Correlates of Cobalamin, Folate, and Homocysteine in Dementia.

Min-Chien Tu, Hsiao-Wen Chung, Yen-Hsuan Hsu, Jir-Jei Yang, Wen-Chau Wu

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Article in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Min-Chien TuGraduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Hsiao-Wen ChungGraduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yen-Hsuan HsuDepartment of Psychology, National Chung Cheng University, Minxiong, Taiwan.
Jir-Jei YangDepartment of Medical Imaging, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan.
Wen-Chau WuGraduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
National Taiwan University · TWNational Chung Cheng University · TWTaipei Tzu Chi Hospital · TW

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Abstract

backgroundCobalamin (Cbl) and folate are common supplements clinicians prescribe as an adjuvant therapy for dementia patients, on the presumption of their neurotrophic and/or homocysteine (Hcy) lowering effect. However, the treatment efficacy has been found mixed and the effects of Cbl/folate/Hcy on the human brain remain to be elucidated.

objectiveTo explore the neurovascular correlates of Cbl/folate/Hcy in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and subcortical ischemic vascular dementia (SIVD).

methodsSixty-seven AD patients and 57 SIVD patients were prospectively and consecutively recruited from an outpatient clinic. Multimodal 3-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging was performed to quantitatively evaluate cerebral blood flow (CBF) and white matter integrity. The relationship between neuroimaging metrics and the serum levels of Cbl/folate/Hcy was examined by using the Kruskal-Wallis test, partial correlation analysis, and moderation analysis, at a significance level of 0.05.

resultsAs a whole, CBF mainly associated with Cbl/folate while white matter hyperintensities exclusively associated with Hcy. As compared with AD, SIVD exhibited more noticeable CBF correlates (spatially widespread with Cbl and focal with folate). In SIVD, a bilateral Cbl-moderated CBF coupling was found between medial prefrontal cortex and ipsilateral basal ganglia, while in the fronto-subcortical white matter tracts, elevated Hcy was associated with imaging metrics indicative of increased injury in both axon and myelin sheath.

conclusionsWe identified the neurovascular correlates of previously reported neurotrophic effect of Cbl/folate and neurotoxic effect of Hcy in dementia. The correlates exhibited distinct patterns in AD and SIVD. The findings may help improving the formulation of supplemental Cbl/folate treatment for dementia.

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Alzheimer DiseaseBrain IschemiaDementia, VascularBrainFolic AcidHomocysteineHumansVitamin B 12Folic AcidHomocysteineVitamin B 12Alzheimer’s diseasecerebral blood flowcobalaminhomocysteinemagnetic resonance imagingvascular dementia

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