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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Carnemolla, Sarah E.a; b | Kumfor, Fionaa; b | Liang, Cheng Taoa; b | Foxe, Davida; b | Ahmed, Rebekah M.b; c; d | Piguet, Oliviera; b; *
Affiliations: [a] University of Sydney, School of Psychology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | [b] University of Sydney, Brain & Mind Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | [c] Memory and Cognition Clinic, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | [d] University of Sydney, Central Sydney Medical School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Correspondence: [*] Correspondence to: Professor Olivier Piguet, The University of Sydney, Brain and Mind Centre, 94 Mallett St, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Sydney, Australia. Tel.: +612 9114 4144; E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract: Background:Olfactory dysfunction is highly prevalent in dementia syndromes, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The structural integrity of the olfactory bulb (OB) is thought to play a critical role in odor detection and identification, but no MRI study has measured OB volume in FTD, or measured OB volume longitudinally in AD. Objective:To measure OB volume in FTD and AD patients longitudinally using MRI. Methods:This study measured OB volumes using MRI in patients diagnosed with behavioral-variant FTD (n = 55), semantic dementia (n = 34), progressive non-fluent aphasia (n = 30), AD (n = 50), and healthy age-matched controls (n = 55) at their first visit to a dementia research clinic (‘baseline’). Imaging data in patients 12-months later were analyzed where available (n = 84) for longitudinal assessment. Volumes of subcortical and cortical olfactory regions (‘olfactory network’) were obtained via surface-based morphometry. Results:Results revealed that in AD and FTD at baseline, OB volumes were similar to controls, whereas volumes of olfactory network regions were significantly reduced in all patient groups except in progressive non-fluent aphasia. Longitudinal data revealed that OB volume became significantly reduced (10–25% volume reduction) in all dementia groups with disease progression. Conclusion:Olfactory dysfunction is common in patients diagnosed with AD or FTD, but our results indicate that there is no detectable volume loss to the OBs upon first presentation to the clinic. Our findings indicate that the OBs become detectably atrophied later in the disease process. OB atrophy indicates the potential usefulness for OBs to be targeted in interventions to improve olfactory function.
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia, magnetic resonance imaging, neurodegeneration, olfaction, olfactory bulb
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-220080
Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 89, no. 1, pp. 51-66, 2022
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