Research Article

Resting-State Glucose Metabolism Level Is Associated with the Regional Pattern of Amyloid Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease

Table 2

2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) and [11C]-labeled Pittsburgh Compound B (PIB) uptakes in the default network regions and regions outside the default network in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and control subjects.

SubjectControlAD
RadiotracerFDGPIBFDGPIB

Default networkMFG1.20 ± 0.0741.09 ± 0.1040.96 ± 0.137††1.92 ± 0.229**
MTC0.81 ± 0.0411.06 ± 0.0840.74 ± 0.0691.16 ± 0.126*
LTC0.98 ± 0.0331.11 ± 0.0990.83 ± 0.1201.63 ± 0.207**
IP1.11 ± 0.0451.09 ± 0.0780.90 ± 0.123††1.84 ± 0.164**
PCC1.21 ± 0.0391.10 ± 0.0901.00 ± 0.1582.11 ± 0.198**
PFC1.11 ± 0.0421.08 ± 0.1520.93 ± 0.1151.88 ± 0.183**
OFC1.10 ± 0.0431.02 ± 0.1630.92 ± 0.1231.74 ± 0.161**
HIP0.82 ± 0.0521.03 ± 0.0820.76 ± 0.1091.03 ± 0.116

Nondefault networkPU1.21 ± 0.0801.21 ± 0.1941.16 ± 0.1182.05 ± 0.350**
STG1.04 ± 0.0421.13 ± 0.0900.89 ± 0.1351.57 ± 0.216*
TH1.19 ± 0.0901.29 ± 0.1091.08 ± 0.1151.44 ± 0.250
VC1.24 ± 0.0501.05 ± 0.1171.28 ± 0.1311.46 ± 0.250**
OC1.13 ± 0.0481.09 ± 0.0981.12 ± 0.1191.57 ± 0.220*
AMY0.72 ± 0.0501.00 ± 0.0960.69 ± 0.0621.06 ± 0.109

Mean ± SD.
versus FDG control, two-tailed t test.
†† versus FDG control.
* versus PIB control, two-tailed t test.
** versus. PIB control.
MFG: middle frontal gyrus, MTC: medial temporal cortex, LTC: lateral temporal cortex, IP: inferior parietal lobe, PCC: posterior cingulate cortex, PFC: prefrontal cortex, OFC: orbitofrontal cortex, HIP: hippocampus, PU: putamen, STG: superior temporal gyrus, TH: thalamus, VC: visual cortex, OC: occipital cortex, AMY: amygdala.