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 | |
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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.