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ArticleJournal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry2026

Metabolic brain networks in dementia with Lewy bodies: from prodromal to manifest disease stages.

Matej Perovnik, Urban Simončič, Jan Jamšek, Milica Gregorič Kramberger, Joachim Brumberg, Philipp Tobias Meyer, Daniela Perani, Silvia Paola Caminiti, Matthias Brendel, Anna Christina Stockbauer and 22 more

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Article in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

32 authors.

Matej PerovnikDepartment of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia matej.perovnik@kclj.si.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8595-7773
Urban SimončičFaculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Jan JamšekDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Milica Gregorič KrambergerDepartment of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Joachim BrumbergDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0959-4776
Philipp Tobias MeyerDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Daniela PeraniVita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
Silvia Paola CaminitiDepartment of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Matthias BrendelDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, LMU Hospital, Munich, Germany.
Anna Christina StockbauerMunich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany.
Valle CamachoNuclear Medicine Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0748-0847
Daniel AlcoleaSant Pau Memory Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3819-3245
Rik VandenbergheLaboratory for Cognitive Neurology, Department of Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6237-2502
Koen Van LaereNuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Ji Hyun KoDepartment of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Chong Sik LeeCHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam-si, Korea (the Republic of).
Matteo PardiniDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy.
Lorenzo LombardoDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy.
Alessandro PadovaniDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Andrea PilottoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2029-6606
Miguel A Ochoa-FigueroaDepartment of Clinical Physiology, Institution of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden.
Anette DavidssonDepartment of Clinical Physiology, Institution of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden.
Consuelo Cháfer-PericásAlzheimer's Disease Research Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
Lourdes Álvarez-SánchezAlzheimer's Disease Research Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
Valentina GaribottoDivision of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneve, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2422-698X
Afina W LemstraAlzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC Locatie De Boelelaan, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Daniel FerreiraDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Silvia Daniela MorbelliDepartment of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Chris C TangFeinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, New York, USA.
David EidelbergFeinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, New York, USA.
Maja TroštDepartment of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is the second most common neurodegenerative dementia, yet it remains under-recognised and misdiagnosed, which delays treatment, causes inaccurate prognosis and limits research opportunities. Imaging with 2-[

methodsWe analysed demographic, clinical and FDG PET imaging data of 1180 participants from 14 tertiary centres and two multicentre datasets. We included 379 DLB, 28 mild cognitive impairment-LB (MCI-LB), 195 dementia due to Alzheimer's disease (ADD), 172 MCI-AD without α-synuclein co-pathology (MCI-AD-S-), and 73 MCI-AD with α-synuclein co-pathology (S+) patients, along with a comparative group of 333 normal controls (NCs). From the scans, we calculated the expression of DLBRP, AD-related pattern (ADRP) and Parkinson's disease-related pattern (PDRP) and compared them across groups. DLBRP scores were correlated with clinical measurements.

resultsAcross independent cohorts, DLBRP robustly distinguished DLB from NCs (sensitivity >89%, specificity >90%), and scores correlated with Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Part III and independently predicted Mini-Mental State Examination. DLBRP was elevated already in MCI-LB. In a small longitudinal dataset, we observed steady increases in DLBRP expression with scores exceeding the diagnostic threshold prior to dementia onset. DLBRP and PDRP discriminated DLB from ADD (sensitivity, 74%-90%; specificity, 80%). In MCI-AD groups, ADRP was expressed, whereas DLBRP and PDRP were increased only in MCI-AD-S+, although comparatively less than in MCI-LB.

conclusionsThis study demonstrates the value of DLBRP in diagnosing prodromal and manifest DLB and distinguishing them from their AD counterparts. While overlap between patterns may reflect actual co-pathology, this possibility cannot be accepted without thorough pathological confirmation. The current findings support the use of DLBRP in patient evaluation and in future trial design.

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BrainLewy Body DiseaseAgedAged, 80 and overAlzheimer DiseaseBiomarkersCognitive DysfunctionDisease ProgressionFemaleFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansMaleMiddle AgedPositron-Emission TomographyProdromal SymptomsBiomarkersFluorodeoxyglucose F18ALZHEIMER'S DISEASELEWY BODY DEMENTIAPET, FUNCTIONAL IMAGING

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PMID41344886
PMCPMC13018819

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