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3D Modeling of the Lateral Ventricles and Histological Characterization of Periventricular Tissue in Humans and Mouse
Published on: May 19, 2015
Surgery is associated with ventricular enlargement as well as cognitive and functional decline
Katie J Schenning1, Charles F Murchison2, Nora C Mattek3
1Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
Introduction:
In preclinical studies, surgery/anesthesia contribute to cognitive decline and enhance neuropathologic changes underlying Alzheimer's disease (AD). Nevertheless, the link between surgery, anesthesia, apolipoprotein E ε4 (APOE ε4), and AD remains unclear.
Methods:
We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of two prospective longitudinal aging studies. Mixed-effects statistical models were used to assess the relationship between surgical/anesthetic exposure, the APOE genotype, and rate of change in measures of cognition, function, and brain volumes.
Results:
The surgical group (n = 182) experienced a more rapid rate of deterioration compared with the nonsurgical group (n = 345) in several cognitive, functional, and brain magnetic resonance imaging measures. Furthermore, there was a significant synergistic effect of anesthesia/surgery exposure and presence of the APOE ε4 allele in the decline of multiple cognitive and functional measures.
Discussion:
These data provide insight into the role of surgical exposure as a risk factor for cognitive and functional decline in older adults.
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