New Imaging Biomarkers Predictive of MA Progression

Summary

The pathophysiology of AD is complex. In addition to amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary degeneration, there is a metabolic alteration of the energy pathways, oxidative phosphorylation and glycolysis, which are involved in brain function. Several authors have shown a series of early metabolic dysregulations via an increase in phosphorylation at the origin of neuronal death. Ultra-high field imaging (7T MRI) may allow, with its better spatial resolution and advanced imaging techniques, to shed light on the mechanisms of progression of Alzheimer's disease. A Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) examination can be coupled to brain MRI without additional risk for the patient. Multinuclear 1H-31P metabolic imaging is a promising tool that can provide information on the metabolic evolutionary profile of AD. Thus, we propose a longitudinal study in patients with early-stage AD on 7T MRI-MRS.

Interventions

• MRI follow-up · OTHER

  MRI follow-up for patient with early onset Alzheimer's disease

Published eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria:

* French-speaking patients aged 60 to 90 years,
* Patient in the context of Alzheimer's disease \* for which imaging after MRI is prescribed as part of the usual diagnostic process,

  \*Alzheimer's disease is diagnosed by the doctor of the memory consultation and is defined by :Evidence of a storage disorder in verbal episodic memory at LR/RI defined by a sum of LR \< 17/48 and sum of RT \< 40/48 +/- Impairment of executive functions possible (BREF, TMT grefex, verbal fluencies) +/- Impairment of instrumental functions possible (Grémots noun naming, Rey's figure, Mahieux's Battery).
* MMSE score ≥18,
* Written informed consent after the patient has been informed,
* Progressive decline for at least 6 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

--Partially or completely illiterate patient unable to read and write,

* Patient with an absolute contraindication to 7T MRI
* Severe psychiatric pathology not balanced,
* Non-degenerative neurological disease (stroke, multiple sclerosis ...),
* Patient with tumor or inflammatory pathology, or vascular leukopathy visualized in MRI (Fazekas score \> 3)

Sites (1)

• Chu Poitiers, Poitiers, France · RECRUITING