High-intensity signals in Alzheimer's disease without cerebrovascular risk factors: a magnetic resonance imaging evaluation

Am J Psychiatry. 1992 Feb;149(2):248-50. doi: 10.1176/ajp.149.2.248.

Abstract

The authors examined the relationship between Alzheimer's disease, without cerebrovascular risk factors, and high-intensity signals on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with a 1.5-tesla scanner. There were no significant differences in MRI high-intensity signals between subjects with Alzheimer's disease (N = 16) and healthy control subjects (N = 23).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Alzheimer Disease / complications
  • Alzheimer Disease / diagnosis*
  • Brain / anatomy & histology*
  • Brain Ischemia / complications
  • Caudate Nucleus / anatomy & histology
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation
  • Corpus Striatum / anatomy & histology
  • Diabetes Complications
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Risk Factors
  • Thalamus / anatomy & histology