Apostolova, Liana G., Thompson, Paul M., Green, Amity E., Hwang, Kristy S., Zoumalan, Charleen, Jack, Clifford R., Jr., Harvey, Danielle J., Petersen, Ronald C., Thal, Leon J., Aisen, Paul S, Toga, Arthur W., Cummings, Jeffrey L., Decarli, Charles S.

We applied the hippocampal radial atrophy mapping technique to the baseline and follow-up magnetic resonance image data of 169 amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) participants in the imaging arm of the Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study MCI Donepezil/Vitamin E trial. Sixty percent of the subjects with none to mild hippocampal atrophy rated with the visual medial […]

Dysken, Maurice W., Guarino, Peter D., Vertrees, Julia E., Asthana, Sanjay, Sano, Mary, Llorente, Maria, Pallaki, Muralidhar, Love, Susan, Schellenberg, Gerard D., McCarten, J. Riley, Malphurs, Julie, Prieto, Susana, Chen, Peijun, Loreck, David J., Carney, Sara, Trapp, George, Bakshi, Rajbir S., Mintzer, Jacobo E., Heidebrink, Judith L., Vidal-Cardona, Ana, Arroyo, Lillian M., Cruz, Angel R., Kowall, Neil W., Chopra, Mohit P., Craft, Suzanne, Thielke, Stephen, Turvey, Carolyn L., Woodman, Catherine, Monnell, Kimberly A., Gordon, Kimberly, Tomaska, Julie, Vatassery, Govind

Background: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been associated with both oxidative stress and excessive glutamate activity. A clinical trial was designed to compare the effectiveness of (i) alpha-tocopherol, a vitamin E antioxidant; (ii) memantine (Namenda), an N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist; (iii) their combination; and (iv) placebo in delaying clinical progression in AD.; Methods: The Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies […]

Dysken, Maurice W., Sano, Mary, Asthana, Sanjay, Vertrees, Julia E., Pallaki, Muralidhar, Llorente, Maria, Love, Susan, Schellenberg, Gerard D., McCarten, J. Riley, Malphurs, Julie, Prieto, Susana, Chen, Peijun, Loreck, David J., Trapp, George, Bakshi, Rajbir S., Mintzer, Jacobo E., Heidebrink, Judith L., Vidal-Cardona, Ana, Arroyo, Lillian M., Cruz, Angel R., Zachariah, Sally, Kowall, Neil W., Chopra, Mohit P., Craft, Suzanne, Thielke, Stephen, Turvey, Carolyn L., Woodman, Catherine, Monnell, Kimberly A., Gordon, Kimberly, Tomaska, Julie, Segal, Yoav, Peduzzi, Peter N., Guarino, Peter D.

Importance: Although vitamin E and memantine have been shown to have beneficial effects in moderately severe Alzheimer disease (AD), evidence is limited in mild to moderate AD.; Objective: To determine if vitamin E (alpha tocopherol), memantine, or both slow progression of mild to moderate AD in patients taking an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor.; Design, Setting, and Participants: […]