| Literature DB >> 16894124 |
F Jessen1, F Traeber, K Freymann, W Maier, H H Schild, W Block.
Abstract
In this proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS) study, the authors correlated cognitive improvement after 3 months of treatment with donepezil with changes of N-acetylaspartate (NAA) level and NAA/Creatine (Cr) ratio in the medial temporal and parietal lobe of 17 patients with Alzheimer disease. Treatment response was associated with an increase of NAA and NAA/Cr in the parietal lobe. Low baseline NAA/Cr in the parietal lobe predicted positive treatment outcome.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16894124 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000228218.68451.31
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurology ISSN: 0028-3878 Impact factor: 9.910