Abstract
Objective: To investigate effects and functional mechanism of compound Congrongyizhi Capsule (CCRC), a Chinese medicine, on cognitive functions against amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) patients with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) based on n-back task. Methods: Forty-one aMCI participants from hospital and local communities in Beijing and randomly divided into treatment (16 patients with CCRC capsule treatment), placebo (12 patients with placebo capsules) and control group (13 patients with no treatment). The duration of intervention lasted for 3 months. Neuropsychological tests and fMRI were applied to assess cognitive ability and brain activation changes after three months treatment. Results: Drug group (n=16) presented increased significance in the MMSE (P=0.008) and digit span (P<0.001) tests, while other scores of neuropsychological tests showed no statistical significance. fMRI results showed an increased brain negative activation in drug group during performing the n-back working-memory task in posterior cingulate (PCC), inferior frontal gyrus and lingual gyrus regions after 3 months; placebo and control group did not show the same effect. Meanwhile, there were negative correlations between left PCC activation levels and changed values of MMSE and digit span separately since increased negative activation was associated with better performance on the scores of MMSE and Digit Span tests. Conclusions: CCRC can increase negative activation degree of PCC under performing working memory tasks while this modulation are associated with better performance on the MMSE and Digit Span.
Keywords: BOLD functional MRI, brain activation, compound chinese medicines, mild cognitive impairment.
Current Alzheimer Research
Title:The Effects of CCRC on Cognition and Brain Activity in aMCI Patients: A Pilot Placebo Controlled BOLD fMRI Study
Volume: 11 Issue: 5
Author(s): Junying Zhang, Zijing Wang, Shijun Xu, Yaojing Chen, Kewei Chen, Li Liu, Yongyan Wang, Rongjuan Guo and Zhanjun Zhang
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Keywords: BOLD functional MRI, brain activation, compound chinese medicines, mild cognitive impairment.
Abstract: Objective: To investigate effects and functional mechanism of compound Congrongyizhi Capsule (CCRC), a Chinese medicine, on cognitive functions against amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) patients with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) based on n-back task. Methods: Forty-one aMCI participants from hospital and local communities in Beijing and randomly divided into treatment (16 patients with CCRC capsule treatment), placebo (12 patients with placebo capsules) and control group (13 patients with no treatment). The duration of intervention lasted for 3 months. Neuropsychological tests and fMRI were applied to assess cognitive ability and brain activation changes after three months treatment. Results: Drug group (n=16) presented increased significance in the MMSE (P=0.008) and digit span (P<0.001) tests, while other scores of neuropsychological tests showed no statistical significance. fMRI results showed an increased brain negative activation in drug group during performing the n-back working-memory task in posterior cingulate (PCC), inferior frontal gyrus and lingual gyrus regions after 3 months; placebo and control group did not show the same effect. Meanwhile, there were negative correlations between left PCC activation levels and changed values of MMSE and digit span separately since increased negative activation was associated with better performance on the scores of MMSE and Digit Span tests. Conclusions: CCRC can increase negative activation degree of PCC under performing working memory tasks while this modulation are associated with better performance on the MMSE and Digit Span.
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Zhang Junying, Wang Zijing, Xu Shijun, Chen Yaojing, Chen Kewei, Liu Li, Wang Yongyan, Guo Rongjuan and Zhang Zhanjun, The Effects of CCRC on Cognition and Brain Activity in aMCI Patients: A Pilot Placebo Controlled BOLD fMRI Study, Current Alzheimer Research 2014; 11 (5) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1567205011666140505095939
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1567205011666140505095939 |
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