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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Exp Neurol. 2024;5(2):42–64. doi: 10.33696/neurol.5.087

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.