Table 2.
Cerebral blood flow in patients with AD.
| Year | Patients (n) | Controls (n) | Methodologies | Phenotype | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 36 | 12 | 133Xe inhalation | CBF reduced in AD group | 144 |
| 1988 | 16 | 16 | SPECT | CBF in frontal and posterior temporo-parietal cortex in AD group | 145 |
| 2000 | 18 | 11 | ASL-MRI | CBF reduced in temporal, parietal, frontal, and posterior cingulate cortex in AD group | 151 |
| 2002 | 59 | 12 | SPECT | CBF reduced in temporal, parietal, frontal cortex and hippocampus in AD group | 146 |
| 2005 | 20 | 23 | ASL-MRI | CBF reduced in parietal, frontal, and posterior cingulate cortex in AD group | 157 |
| 2006 | 10 | - | ASL-MRI | CBF reduced in parietal and temporal cortex, precuneus and cingulate gyrus in AD group | 155 |
| 2006 | - | - | Transcranial Doppler | CBF velocity reduced in the posterior cerebral artery in AD group | 196 |
| 2008 | 12 | 20 | ASL-MRI | CBF reduced in cingulate, temporal, parahippocampal, and fusiform gyri, thalamus, insula, and hippocampus in AD group | 150 |
| 2009 | 19 | 22 | ASL-MRI | Brain perfusion was reduced in the AD group | 158 |
| 2009 | 37 | 38 | ASL-MRI | CBF reduced in parietal, frontal, temporal, and orbitofrontal cortex in AD group | 149 |
| 2013 | 71 | 73 | ASL-MRI | CBF reduced in precuneus and parietal cortex in AD group | 152 |
| 2014 | 17 | 37 | ASL-MRI | CBF lower in cingulate gyrus, precuneus, and occipital region in AD group | 154 |
| 2014 | 182 | 51 | ASL-MRI | CBF reduced in throughout the brain in AD patients | 148 |
| 2016 | 107 | 104 | ASL-MRI | CBF reduced in advanced AD | 153 |
| 2017 | 74 | 62 | Phase-contrast MRI | Whole-brain perfusion was significantly lower in the AD group | 159 |
| 2017 | 97 | 4636 | Phase-contrast MRI | CBF associated with dementia risk | 160 |
| 2021 | 5861 | 4548 | Meta-Analysis | CBF reduced in AD | 147 |
| 2021 | 156 | - | ASL-MRI | Reduced CBF is associated with elevated tau in the entorhinal cortex in AD | 156 |
SPECT : Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography; ASL-MRI: Arterial Spin Labeled Magnetic Resonance Imaging.