Cerebral Volumetric Correlates of Apathy in Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitively Normal Older Adults: Meta-Analysis,Label-Based Review,and Study of an Independent Cohort
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Cerebral Volumetric Correlates of Apathy in Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitively Normal Older Adults: Meta-Analysis,Label-Based Review,and Study of an Independent Cohort
Affecting nearly half of the patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), apathy is associated with higher morbidity and reduced quality of life. Basal ganglia and cortical atrophy have been implicated in apathy. However, the findings have varied across studies and left unclear whether subdomains of apathy may involve distinct neuroanatomical correlates.
Objective:
To identify neuroanatomical correlates of AD-associated apathy.
Methods:
We performed a meta-analysis and label-based review of the literature. Further, following published routines of voxel-based morphometry, we aimed to confirm the findings in an independent cohort of 19 patients with AD/mild cognitive impairment and 25 healthy controls assessed with the Apathy Evaluation Scale.
Results:
Meta-analysis of 167 AD and 56 healthy controls showed convergence toward smaller basal ganglia gray matter volume (GMV) in apathy. Label-based review showed anterior cingulate, putamen, insula, inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) and middle temporal gyrus (MTG) atrophy in AD apathy. In the independent cohort, with small-volume-correction, right putamen and MTG showed GMVs in negative correlation with Apathy Evaluation Scale total, behavioral, and emotional scores, and right IFG with emotional score (p < 0.05 family-wise error (FWE)-corrected), controlling for age, education, intracranial volume, and depression. With the Mini-Mental State Examination scores included as an additional covariate, the correlation of right putamen GMV with behavioral and emotional score, right MTG GMV with total and emotional score, and right IFG GMV with emotional score were significant.
Conclusion:
The findings implicate putamen, MTG and IFG atrophy in AD associated apathy, potentially independent of cognitive impairment and depression, and suggest potentially distinct volumetric correlates of apathy.
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