Fig. 1
From: Neuroimaging in vascular cognitive impairment: a state-of-the-art review
Typical metabolic patterns for different types of dementia compared to normal controls and vascular dementia (VD). Alzheimer’s disease (AD), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and Lewy-Body dementia (LBD) show distinct cortical patterns of decreased metabolism, while multisystem atrophy type P (MSD-P) shows a decreased metabolism in the putamen on both sides. In contrast, a typical feature of VD is the simultaneous occurrence of patchy, often asymmetrical cortical and subcortical areas of decreased glucose metabolism