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Low Body Weight in Alzheimer's Disease is Associated with Mesial Temporal Cortex Atrophy Neurol 46:1585-1591, Grundman,M.,et al, 1996 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract There are reports of weight loss and low body mass index(BMI)in patients with AD.The mesial temporal cortex(MTC)is involved in feeding behavior and memory and is preferentially involved in AD.We studied 74 subjects, including 58 AD patients and 16 control subjects,to determine whether BMI is associated with atrophy of the MTC or other brain regions.We used MRI morphometric analysis to provide measures of regional brain atrophy.AD patients had significant brain atrophy in all measured brain regions, except the white matter,compared with normal control subjects.The MTC was the only brain region significantly associated with BMI jiun AD patients (r=0.39,p=0.003).Multiple analysis indicated that addition of brain regions other than the MTC to the model did not significantly add to the prediction of BMI.We conclude that low BMI correlates best and specifically with MTC atrophy.This finding supports a connection between limbic system damage and low body weight in AD.

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