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. 2016 Jul 8;9:53. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2016.00053

Table 2.

Brain glucose hypometabolism in persons at risk of AD but in whom cognitive performance is normal.

Mean age (y) Brain region Brain glucose hypometabolism (% difference from control) Reference
Insulin resistant young women with PCOS 25 Frontal cortex -9 to -14 Castellano et al., 2015a
Middle temporal cortex
Young adult carriers of Presenilin-1 30 Posterior cingulate -14 to -25 Scholl et al., 2011
Parietal cortex
Temporal cortex
Young adult carriers of Apolipoprotein-E4 31 Parietal cortex -9 to -11 Reiman et al., 2004
Temporal cortex
Posterior cingulate
Prefrontal cortex
Maternal family history of AD 43 Parietal cortex -12 to -21 Mosconi et al., 2006
Temporal cortex
Hippocampus
Entorhinal cortex
Posterior cingulate
Cognitively healthy older adults 72 Frontal cortex -10 to -18 Nugent et al., 2016
Temporal cortex
Anterior cingulate
Putamen
Thalamus
Pre-diabetic older persons 74 Temporal cortex N/A Baker et al., 2011
Parietal cortex
Posterior cingulate
Precuneus
Prefrontal cortex

N/A, not available.