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Rodini M, Bonarota S, Serra L, Caltagirone C, Carlesimo GA. Could Accelerated Long-Term Forgetting Be a Feature of the Higher Rate of Memory Complaints Associated with Subjective Cognitive Decline? An Exploratory Study. J Alzheimers Dis 2024:JAD240218. [PMID: 39031357 DOI: 10.3233/jad-240218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/22/2024]
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Background Recently, subjective cognitive decline (SCD) was proposed as an early risk factor for future Alzheimer's disease (AD). Objective In this study, we investigated whether accelerated long-term forgetting (ALF), assessed with extended testing intervals than those adopted in clinical practice, might be a cognitive feature of SCD. Using an explorative MRI analysis of the SCD sample, we attempted to investigate the areas most likely involved in the ALF pattern. Methods We recruited 31 individuals with SCD from our memory clinic and subdivided them based on their rate of memory complaints into mild SCDs (n = 18) and severe SCDs (n = 13). A long-term forgetting procedure, involving the recall of verbal and visuo-spatial material at four testing delays (i.e., immediate, 30 min, 24 h, and 7 days post-encoding) was used to compare the two sub-groups of SCDs with a healthy control group (HC; n = 16). Results No significant between-group difference was found on the standard neuropsychological tests, nor in the immediate and 30 min recall of the experimental procedure. By contrast, on the verbal test severe SCDs forgot significantly more than HCs in the prolonged intervals (i.e., 24 h and 7 days), with the greatest decline between 30 min and 24 h. Finally, in the whole SCD sample, we found significant associations between functional connectivity values within some cortical networks involved in memory (default mode network, salience network, and fronto-parietal network) and verbal long-term measures. Conclusions Our preliminary findings suggest that long-term forgetting procedures could be a sensitive neuropsychological tool for detecting memory concerns in SCDs, contributing to early AD detection.
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- Marta Rodini
- Laboratory of Neuropsychology of Memory, Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Neurorehabilitation, IRCSS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Neurorehabilitation, IRCSS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Neurorehabilitation, IRCSS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neuropsychology of Memory, Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Neurorehabilitation, IRCSS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
- Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Neurorehabilitation, IRCSS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neuropsychology of Memory, Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Neurorehabilitation, IRCSS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
- Department of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
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García-Martínez M, Pozueta-Cantudo A, Lage C, Martínez-Dubarbie F, López-García S, Fernández-Matarrubia M, Corrales-Pardo A, Bravo M, Cavada NC, Anuarbe P, Infante J, López-Higuera JM, Rodríguez-Cobo L, Rodríguez-Rodríguez E, Butler CR, Sánchez-Juan P. LAM Test: A New Cognitive Marker for Early Detection in Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2024:JAD240067. [PMID: 38943389 DOI: 10.3233/jad-240067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/01/2024]
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Background With the arrival of disease-modifying treatments, it is mandatory to find new cognitive markers that are sensitive to Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology in preclinical stages. Objective To determine the utility of a newly developed Learning and Associative Memory face test: LAM test. This study examined the relationship between AD cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers and performance on LAM test, and assessed its potential clinical applicability to detect subtle changes in cognitively healthy subjects at risk for AD. Methods We studied eighty cognitively healthy volunteers from the Valdecilla cohort. 61% were women and the mean age was 67.34 years (±6.416). All participants underwent a lumbar puncture for determination of CSF biomarkers and an extensive neuropsychological assessment, including performance on learning and associative memory indices of the LAM-test after 30 min and after 1 week, and two classic word lists to assess verbal episodic memory: the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) and the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT). We analyzed cognitive performance according to amyloid status (A+ versus A-) and to ATN model (A-T-N-; A+T-N-; A+T+N-/A+T+N+). Results Performance on the LAM-test was significantly correlated with CSF Aβ ratio. A+ participants performed worse on both learning (mean difference = 2.19, p = 0.002) and memory LAM measures than A- (mean difference = 2.19, p = 0.004). A decline in performance was observed along the Alzheimer's continuum, with significant differences between ATN groups. Conclusions Our findings suggest that LAM test could be a useful tool for the early detection of subjects within the AD continuum, outperforming classical memory tests.
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- María García-Martínez
- Neurology Service, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
- Institute for Research Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL), Santander, Cantabria, Spain
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- Neurology Service, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
- Institute for Research Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL), Santander, Cantabria, Spain
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- Neurology Service, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
- Institute for Research Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL), Santander, Cantabria, Spain
- Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain health, Global Brain Health Institute, UCSF-TCD, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Neurology Service, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
- Institute for Research Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL), Santander, Cantabria, Spain
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- Neurology Service, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
- Institute for Research Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL), Santander, Cantabria, Spain
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- Neurology Service, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
- Institute for Research Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL), Santander, Cantabria, Spain
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- Neurology Service, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
- Institute for Research Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL), Santander, Cantabria, Spain
- Universidad Europea del Atlántico, Santander, Spain
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- Neurology Service, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
- Institute for Research Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL), Santander, Cantabria, Spain
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- Neurology Service, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
- Institute for Research Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL), Santander, Cantabria, Spain
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- Photonics Engineering Group, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- Neurology Service, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
- Institute for Research Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL), Santander, Cantabria, Spain
- CIBERNED, Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Deparment of Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- Institute for Research Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL), Santander, Cantabria, Spain
- CIBER-BBN, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Photonics Engineering Group, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- Neurology Service, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
- Institute for Research Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL), Santander, Cantabria, Spain
- CIBERNED, Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Deparment of Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- CIBERNED, Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- CIEN Foundation/Queen Sofia Foundation Alzheimer Center, Madrid, Spain
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Hamilton LJ, Krendl AC. Evidence for the role of affective theory of mind in face-name associative memory. NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENT, AND COGNITION. SECTION B, AGING, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITION 2024; 31:417-437. [PMID: 36999681 PMCID: PMC10544671 DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2023.2194607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/01/2023]
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Poor face-name recall has been associated with age-related impairments in cognitive functioning, namely declines in episodic memory and executive control. However, the role of social cognitive function - the ability to remember, process, and store information about others - has been largely overlooked in this work. Extensive work has shown that social and nonsocial cognitive processes rely on unique, albeit overlapping, mechanisms. In the current study, we explored whether social cognitive functioning - specifically the ability to infer other people's mental states (i.e., theory of mind) - facilitates better face-name learning. To do this, a sample of 289 older and young adults completed a face-name learning paradigm along with standard assessments of episodic memory and executive control alongside two theory of mind measures, one static and one dynamic. In addition to expected age differences, several key effects emerged. Age-related differences in recognition were explained by episodic memory, not social cognition. However, age effects in recall were explained by both episodic memory and social cognition, specifically affective theory of mind in the dynamic task. Altogether, we contend that face-name recall can be supported by social cognitive functioning, namely understanding emotions. While acknowledging the influence of task characteristics (i.e., lures, target ages), we interpret these findings in light of existing accounts of age differences in face-name associative memory.
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- Lucas J Hamilton
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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Rentz DM, Klinger HM, Samaroo A, Fitzpatrick C, Schneider OR, Amagai S, Peipert JD. Face Name Associative Memory Exam and biomarker status in the ARMADA study: Advancing reliable measurement in Alzheimer's disease and cognitive aging. ALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIA (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2023; 15:e12473. [PMID: 37693224 PMCID: PMC10483494 DOI: 10.1002/dad2.12473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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The Face Name Associative Memory Exam (FNAME) was introduced into the NIH Toolbox as part of the ARMADA study and establishes normative data for diverse participants, ages 64 to 85+, and proposes cutoff scores between biomarker positive versus negative (+/-) groups. The FNAME was administered to 257 participants across the clinical spectrum with 122 having amyloid biomarkers. Linear regression explored the association between demographics and FNAME and between amyloid (+/-) groups. Receiver operating characteristic curves (ROC) identified performance thresholds that best discriminated between biomarker (+/-) individuals. Lower FNAME scores occurred in males, older ages, Black/African Americans, Hispanics, and biomarker-positive participants. ROC analyses demonstrated acceptable accuracy (0.73 to 0.77) but only when combined with clinical status. The diagnostic discrimination of amyloid positivity was acceptable but not excellent, suggesting the FNAME may be a better screening indicator of clinical status rather than amyloid deposition in cognitively normal individuals. Normative data are provided.
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- Dorene M. Rentz
- Departments of NeurologyMassachusetts General HospitalBrigham and Women's HospitalHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Departments of NeurologyMassachusetts General HospitalBrigham and Women's HospitalHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Departments of NeurologyMassachusetts General HospitalBrigham and Women's HospitalHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIllinoisUSA
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Pascual-Lucas M, Allué JA, Sarasa L, Fandos N, Castillo S, Terencio J, Sarasa M, Tartari JP, Sanabria Á, Tárraga L, Ruíz A, Marquié M, Seo SW, Jang H, Boada M. Clinical performance of an antibody-free assay for plasma Aβ42/Aβ40 to detect early alterations of Alzheimer's disease in individuals with subjective cognitive decline. Alzheimers Res Ther 2023; 15:2. [PMID: 36604729 PMCID: PMC9814201 DOI: 10.1186/s13195-022-01143-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Accessible and cost-effective diagnostic tools are urgently needed to accurately quantify blood biomarkers to support early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In this study, we investigated the ability of plasma amyloid-beta (Aβ)42/Aβ40 ratio measured by an antibody-free mass-spectrometric (MS) method, ABtest-MS, to detect early pathological changes of AD. METHODS This cohort study included data from the baseline and 2-year follow-up visits from the Fundació ACE Healthy Brain Initiative (FACEHBI) study. Plasma Aβ42/Aβ40 was measured with ABtest-MS and compared to 18F-Florbetaben PET as the reference standard (cutoff for early amyloid deposition of 13.5 centiloids). Cross-validation was performed in an independent DPUK-Korean cohort. Additionally, associations of plasma Aβ42/Aβ40 with episodic memory performance and brain atrophy were assessed. RESULTS The FACEHBI cohort at baseline included 200 healthy individuals with subjective cognitive decline (SCD), of which 36 (18%) were Aβ-PET positive. Plasma Aβ42/Aβ40 levels were significantly lower in Aβ-PET positive individuals (median [interquartile range, IQR], 0.215 [0.203-0.236]) versus Aβ-PET negative subjects (median [IQR], 0.261 [0.244-0.279]) (P < .001). Plasma Aβ42/Aβ40 was significantly correlated with Aβ-PET levels (rho = -0.390; P < .001) and identified Aβ-PET status with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.87 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.80-0.93). A cutoff for the Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio of 0.241 (maximum Youden index) yielded a sensitivity of 86.1% and a specificity of 80.5%. These findings were cross-validated in an independent DPUK-Korean cohort (AUC 0.86 [95% CI 0.77-0.95]). Lower plasma Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio was associated with worse episodic memory performance and increased brain atrophy. Plasma Aβ42/Aβ40 at baseline predicted clinical conversion to mild cognitive impairment and longitudinal changes in amyloid deposition and brain atrophy at 2-year follow-up. CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that plasma Aβ42/Aβ40, as determined by this MS-based assay, has potential value as an accurate and cost-effective tool to identify individuals in the earliest stages of AD, supporting its implementation in clinical trials, preventative strategies and clinical practice.
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- grid.410675.10000 0001 2325 3084Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona - Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.410675.10000 0001 2325 3084Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona - Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain ,grid.418264.d0000 0004 1762 4012CIBERNED, Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.410675.10000 0001 2325 3084Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona - Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain ,grid.418264.d0000 0004 1762 4012CIBERNED, Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.410675.10000 0001 2325 3084Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona - Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain ,grid.418264.d0000 0004 1762 4012CIBERNED, Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.410675.10000 0001 2325 3084Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona - Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain ,grid.418264.d0000 0004 1762 4012CIBERNED, Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.264381.a0000 0001 2181 989XDepartment of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- grid.264381.a0000 0001 2181 989XDepartment of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- grid.410675.10000 0001 2325 3084Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona - Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain ,grid.418264.d0000 0004 1762 4012CIBERNED, Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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The Use of Executive Fluency Tasks to Detect Cognitive Impairment in Individuals with Subjective Cognitive Decline. Behav Sci (Basel) 2022; 12:bs12120491. [PMID: 36546974 PMCID: PMC9774264 DOI: 10.3390/bs12120491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 11/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Although evidence has indicated that subjective cognitive decline (SCD) may be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the objectification of cognitive impairment in SCD is challenging, mainly due to the lack of sensitivity in assessment tools. The present study investigated the potential contribution of two verbal fluency tasks with high executive processing loads to the identification of cognitive impairment in SCD. METHODS A total of 60 adults with SCD and 60 healthy controls (HCs) performed one free action (verb) fluency task and two fluency tasks with more executive processing load-an alternating fluency task and an orthographic constraint fluency task-and the results were compared. RESULT In the free action fluency task, the performance of the participants with SCD and the HCs was similar. However, HCs performed significantly better than SCD in the alternating fluency task, which required mental flexibility, and the orthographic constraint fluency task, which required inhibition. DISCUSSION The study findings suggest that verbal fluency tasks with high executive processing load could be useful in detecting cognitive deficits at the preclinical stage of AD. The inclusion of such tests in assessment batteries should be considered in order to improve the detection of subtle cognitive impairment in preclinical major neurocognitive disorder populations.
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Siquier A, Andrés P. Face name matching and memory complaints in Parkinson’s disease. Front Psychol 2022; 13:1051488. [DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1051488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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ObjectiveMemory impairment is a hallmark cognitive deficit in Parkinson’s disease (PD). However, it remains unclear which processes underlie this deficit in PD. Also, little is known on these patients’ subjective experiences of memory difficulties and their relationship with objective measures. We aim to portray memory deficits in PD by combining objective and subjective memory measures.MethodsFifteen PD patients and 15 controls were assessed with an extended version of the Face-Name Associative Memory Exam (FNAME) and the Memory Failures of Everyday Questionnaire (MFE-28). We also explored the relationship among clinical and cognitive variables.ResultsParticipants with PD presented with more memory complaints. On the FNAME, these patients exhibited lower performance in free recall, as well as in name recognition and matching. Importantly, when controlling for initial learning, group effects disappeared, except for matching. Associative memory therefore was significantly compromised in PD and correlated with subjective memory complaints (SMC).ConclusionOur findings suggest that associative memory may constitute a sensitive measure to detect subtle memory deficits in PD. Moreover, the current study further clarifies the source of memory impairment in PD. Thus, our study highlights the clinical value of including associative memory tests such as the FNAME in PD neuropsychological assessment.
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Wang J, Wang K, Liu T, Wang L, Suo D, Xie Y, Funahashi S, Wu J, Pei G. Abnormal Dynamic Functional Networks in Subjective Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's Disease. Front Comput Neurosci 2022; 16:885126. [PMID: 35586480 PMCID: PMC9108158 DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2022.885126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) is considered to be the preclinical stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and has the potential for the early diagnosis and intervention of AD. It was implicated that CSF-tau, which increases very early in the disease process in AD, has a high sensitivity and specificity to differentiate AD from normal aging, and the highly connected brain regions behaved more tau burden in patients with AD. Thus, a highly connected state measured by dynamic functional connectivity may serve as the early changes of AD. In this study, forty-five normal controls (NC), thirty-six individuals with SCD, and thirty-five patients with AD were enrolled to obtain the resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scanning. Sliding windows, Pearson correlation, and clustering analysis were combined to investigate the different levels of information transformation states. Three states, namely, the low state, the middle state, and the high state, were characterized based on the strength of functional connectivity between each pair of brain regions. For the global dynamic functional connectivity analysis, statistically significant differences were found among groups in the three states, and the functional connectivity in the middle state was positively correlated with cognitive scales. Furthermore, the whole brain was parcellated into four networks, namely, default mode network (DMN), cognitive control network (CCN), sensorimotor network (SMN), and occipital-cerebellum network (OCN). For the local network analysis, statistically significant differences in CCN for low state and SMN for middle state and high state were found in normal controls and patients with AD. Meanwhile, the differences were also found in normal controls and individuals with SCD. In addition, the functional connectivity in SMN for high state was positively correlated with cognitive scales. Converging results showed the changes in dynamic functional states in individuals with SCD and patients with AD. In addition, the changes were mainly in the high strength of the functional connectivity state.
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- Jue Wang
- School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Laboratory of Cognitive Brain Science, Department of Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Research Center for Medical Artificial Intelligence, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Shenzhen, China
- *Correspondence: Jinglong Wu
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- School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
- Guangying Pei
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Alegret M, Sotolongo-Grau O, de Antonio EE, Pérez-Cordón A, Orellana A, Espinosa A, Gil S, Jiménez D, Ortega G, Sanabria A, Roberto N, Hernández I, Rosende-Roca M, Tartari JP, Alarcon-Martin E, de Rojas I, Montrreal L, Morató X, Cano A, Rentz DM, Tárraga L, Ruiz A, Valero S, Marquié M, Boada M. Automatized FACEmemory® scoring is related to Alzheimer's disease phenotype and biomarkers in early-onset mild cognitive impairment: the BIOFACE cohort. Alzheimers Res Ther 2022; 14:43. [PMID: 35303916 PMCID: PMC8933921 DOI: 10.1186/s13195-022-00988-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Background FACEmemory® is the first computerized, self-administered verbal episodic memory test with voice recognition. It can be conducted under minimal supervision and contains an automatic scoring system to avoid administrator errors. Moreover, it is suitable for discriminating between cognitively healthy and amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) individuals, and it is associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers. This study aimed to determine whether FACEmemory scoring is related to performance on classical memory tests and to AD biomarkers of brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and CSF in patients with early-onset MCI (EOMCI). Methods Ninety-four patients with EOMCI from the BIOFACE study completed FACEmemory, classical memory tests (the Spanish version of the Word Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test -FCSRT-, the Word List from the Wechsler Memory Scale, third edition, and the Spanish version of the Rey–Osterrieth Complex Figure Test), and a brain MRI. Eighty-two individuals also underwent a lumbar puncture. Results FACEmemory scoring was moderately correlated with FCSRT scoring. With regard to neuroimaging MRI results, worse execution on FACEmemory was associated with lower cortical volume in the right prefrontal and inferior parietal areas, along with the left temporal and associative occipital areas. Moreover, the total FACEmemory score correlated with CSF AD biomarkers (Aβ1-42/Aβ1-40 ratio, p181-tau, and Aβ1-42/p181-tau ratio). When performance on FACEmemory was compared among the ATN classification groups, significant differences between the AD group and normal and SNAP groups were found. Conclusions FACEmemory is a promising tool for detecting memory deficits sensitive to early-onset AD, but it also allows the detection of memory-impaired cases due to other etiologies. Our findings suggest that FACEmemory scoring can detect the AD endophenotype and that it is also associated with AD-related changes in MRI and CSF in patients with EOMCI. The computerized FACEmemory tool might be an opportunity to facilitate early detection of MCI in younger people than 65, who have a growing interest in new technologies.
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- Montserrat Alegret
- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain. .,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona-Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Validation and Normative Data of the Spanish Version of the Face Name Associative Memory Exam (S-FNAME). J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2022; 28:74-84. [PMID: 33749568 DOI: 10.1017/s1355617721000084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The relevance of the episodic memory in the prediction of brain aging is well known. The Face Name Associative Memory Exam (FNAME) is a valued associative memory measure related to Alzheimer's disease (AD) biomarkers, such as amyloid-β deposition preclinical AD individuals. Previous validation of the Spanish version of the FNAME test (S-FNAME) provided normative data and psychometric characteristics. The study was limited to subjects attending a memory clinic and included a reduced sample with gender inequality distribution. The purpose of this study was to assess S-FNAME psychometric properties and provide normative data in a larger independent sample of cognitively healthy individuals. METHOD S-FNAME was administered to 511 cognitively healthy volunteers (242 women, aged 41-65 years) participating in the Barcelona Brain Health Initiative cohort study. RESULTS Factor analysis supported construct validity revealing two underlying components: face-name and face-occupation and explaining 95.34% of the total variance, with satisfactory goodness of fit. Correlations between S-FNAME and Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test were statistically significant and confirmed its convergent validity. We also found weak correlations with non-memory tests supporting divergent validity. Women showed better scores, and S-FNAME was positively correlated with education and negatively with age. Finally, we generated normative data. CONCLUSIONS The S-FNAME test exhibits good psychometric properties, consistent with previous findings, resulting in a valid and reliable tool to assess episodic memory in cognitively healthy middle-aged adults. It is a promising test for the early detection of subtle memory dysfunction associated with abnormal brain aging.
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Borcuk C, Héraud C, Herbeaux K, Diringer M, Panzer É, Scuto J, Hashimoto S, Saido TC, Saito T, Goutagny R, Battaglia D, Mathis C. Early memory deficits and extensive brain network disorganization in the AppNL-F/MAPT double knock-in mouse model of familial Alzheimer's disease. AGING BRAIN 2022; 2:100042. [PMID: 36908877 PMCID: PMC9997176 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbas.2022.100042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
Abstract
A critical challenge in current research on Alzheimer's disease (AD) is to clarify the relationship between network dysfunction and the emergence of subtle memory deficits in itspreclinical stage. The AppNL-F/MAPT double knock-in (dKI) model with humanized β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) and tau was used to investigate both memory and network dysfunctions at an early stage. Young male dKI mice (2 to 6 months) were tested in three tasks taxing different aspects of recognition memory affected in preclinical AD. An early deficit first appeared in the object-place association task at the age of 4 months, when increased levels of β-CTF and Aβ were detected in both the hippocampus and the medial temporal cortex, and tau pathology was found only in the medial temporal cortex. Object-place task-dependent c-Fos activation was then analyzed in 22 subregions across the medial prefrontal cortex, claustrum, retrosplenial cortex, and medial temporal lobe. Increased c-Fos activation was detected in the entorhinal cortex and the claustrum of dKI mice. During recall, network efficiency was reduced across cingulate regions with a major disruption of information flow through the retrosplenial cortex. Our findings suggest that early perirhinal-entorhinal pathology is associated with abnormal activity which may spread to downstream regions such as the claustrum, the medial prefrontal cortex and ultimately the key retrosplenial hub which relays information from frontal to temporal lobes. The similarity between our findings and those reported in preclinical stages of AD suggests that the AppNL-F/MAPT dKI model has a high potential for providing key insights into preclinical AD.
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Key Words
- AD, Alzheimer’s disease
- ADAD, autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s disease
- Associative memory
- CLA, claustrum
- Claustrum
- DMN, default mode network
- EI, exploration index
- FC, functional connectivity
- Functional connectivity
- MI, Memory index
- MTC, medial temporal cortex
- MTL, medial temporal lobe
- Medial temporal cortex
- NOR, novel object recognition
- OL, Object location
- OP, object-place
- PS, Pattern Separation
- Preclinical Alzheimer disease
- Retrosplenial cortex
- aMCI, amnestic mild cognitive impairment
- amyloid beta, Aβ
- dKI, AppNL-F/MAPT double knock-in
- ptau Thr 181, Thr181phosphorylated tau protein
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- Christopher Borcuk
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Adaptatives (LNCA) UMR 7364, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Adaptatives (LNCA) UMR 7364, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Adaptatives (LNCA) UMR 7364, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Adaptatives (LNCA) UMR 7364, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Adaptatives (LNCA) UMR 7364, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Adaptatives (LNCA) UMR 7364, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratory for Proteolytic Neuroscience, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-city, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Laboratory for Proteolytic Neuroscience, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-city, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Laboratory for Proteolytic Neuroscience, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-city, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Adaptatives (LNCA) UMR 7364, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Adaptatives (LNCA) UMR 7364, F-67000 Strasbourg, France.,University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Studies (USIAS), F-67000 Strasbourg, France.,Université d'Aix-Marseille, Inserm, Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes (INS) UMR_S 1106, F-13005 Marseille, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Adaptatives (LNCA) UMR 7364, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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Ortega G, Espinosa A, Alegret M, Monté-Rubio GC, Sotolongo-Grau O, Sanabria A, Tartari JP, Rodríguez-Gómez O, Marquié M, Vivas A, Gómez-Chiari M, Alarcón-Martín E, Pérez-Cordón A, Roberto N, Hernández I, Rosende-Roca M, Vargas L, Mauleón A, Abdelnour C, Esteban De Antonio E, López-Cuevas R, Alonso-Lana S, Moreno-Grau S, de Rojas I, Orellana A, Montrreal L, Tárraga L, Ruiz A, Boada M, Valero S. Combination of white matter hyperintensities and Aβ burden is related to cognitive composites domain scores in subjective cognitive decline: the FACEHBI cohort. Alzheimers Res Ther 2021; 13:141. [PMID: 34404456 PMCID: PMC8371791 DOI: 10.1186/s13195-021-00877-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND To explore whether the combination of white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) and amyloid-beta (Aβ) deposition is associated with worse cognitive performance on cognitive composites (CCs) domain scores in individuals with subjective cognitive decline (SCD). METHODS Two hundred participants from the FACEHBI cohort underwent structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 18F-florbetaben positron emission tomography (FBB-PET), and neuropsychological assessment. WMHs were addressed through the Fazekas scale, the Age-Related White Matter Changes (ARWMC) scale, and the FreeSurfer pipeline. Eight CCs domain scores were created using the principal component analysis (PCA). Age, sex, education, and apolipoprotein E (APOE) were used as adjusting variables. RESULTS Adjusted multiple linear regression models showed that FreeSurfer (B - .245; 95% CI - .1.676, - .393, p = .016) and β burden (SUVR) (B - .180; 95% CI - 2.140, - .292; p = .070) were associated with face-name associative memory CCs domain score, although the latest one was not statistically significant after correction for multiple testing (p = .070). There was non-significant interaction of these two factors on this same CCs domain score (p = .54). However, its cumulative effects on face-name associative performance indicated that those individuals with either higher WMH load or higher Aβ burden showed the worst performance on the face-name associative memory CCs domain score. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that increased WMH load and increased Aβ are independently associated with poorer episodic memory performance in SCD individuals, indicating a cumulative effect of the combination of these two pathological conditions in promoting lower cognitive performance, an aspect that could help in terms of treatment and prevention.
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- G Ortega
- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain.
- Networking Research Center On Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Networking Research Center On Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Networking Research Center On Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Networking Research Center On Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Networking Research Center On Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Networking Research Center On Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Departament de Diagnòstic Per La Imatge, Clínica Corachan, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Diagnòstic Per La Imatge, Clínica Corachan, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Networking Research Center On Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Networking Research Center On Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Networking Research Center On Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Networking Research Center On Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Networking Research Center On Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Networking Research Center On Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Networking Research Center On Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Networking Research Center On Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Research Center and Memory Clinic, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis- 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Networking Research Center On Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Enriquez-Geppert S, Flores-Vázquez JF, Lietz M, Garcia-Pimenta M, Andrés P. I know your face but can't remember your name: Age-related differences in the FNAME-12NL. Arch Clin Neuropsychol 2021; 36:844-849. [PMID: 33159522 PMCID: PMC8292925 DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acaa107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Objective The Face-Name Associative Memory test (FNAME) has recently received attention as a test for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. So far, however, there has been no systematic investigation of the effects of aging. Here, we aimed to assess the extent to which the FNAME performance is modulated by normal ageing. Method In a first step, we adapted the FNAME material to the Dutch population. In a second step, younger (n = 29) and older adults (n = 29) were compared on recall and recognition performance. Results Significant age effects on name recall were observed after the first exposure of new face-name pairs: younger adults remembered eight, whereas older adults remembered a mean of four out of twelve names. Although both age groups increased the number of recalled names with repeated face-name exposure, older adults did not catch up with the performance of the younger adults, and the age-effects remained stable. Despite of that, both age groups maintained their performance after a 30-min delay. Considering recognition, no age differences were demonstrated, and both age groups succeeded in the recognition of previously shown faces and names when presented along with distractors. Conclusions This study presents for the first time the results of different age groups regarding cross-modal associative memory performance on the FNAME. The recall age effects support the hypothesis of age-related differences in associative memory. To use the FNAME as an early cognitive biomarker, further subscales are suggested to increase sensitivity and specificity in the clinical context.
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- S Enriquez-Geppert
- Department of Clinical and Developmental Neuropsychology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.,Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells & Systems, Section of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical and Developmental Neuropsychology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.,Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells & Systems, Section of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.,Dementia Laboratory, National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Clinical and Developmental Neuropsychology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.,Research School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical and Developmental Neuropsychology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology and Research Institute of Health Sciences (IUNICS), University of the Balearic Islands, Spain.,Balearic Islands Health Research Institute (IdISBA), Spain
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Tort-Merino A, Valech N, Laine M, Olives J, León M, Ecay-Torres M, Estanga A, Martínez-Lage P, Fortea J, Molinuevo JL, Sánchez-Valle R, Rodriguez-Fornells A, Rami L. Accelerated long-term forgetting in individuals with subjective cognitive decline and amyloid-β positivity. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2021; 36:1037-1049. [PMID: 33792089 DOI: 10.1002/gps.5539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES We studied a sample of cognitively unimpaired individuals, with and without subjective cognitive decline (SCD), in order to investigate accelerated long-term forgetting (ALF) and to explore the relationships between objective and subjective cognitive performance and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Alzheimer's disease (AD) biomarkers. METHODS Fifty-two individuals were included and SCD was quantified through the Subjective Cognitive Decline Questionnaire (SCD-Q), using its validated cutoff to classify participants as Low SCD-Q (n = 21) or High SCD-Q (n = 31). These groups were further subdivided according to the presence or absence of abnormal levels of CSF Aβ42 . Objective cognitive performance was assessed with the Ancient Farming Equipment Test (AFE-T), a new highly-demanding test that calls for acquisition and retention of novel object/name pairs and allows measuring ALF over a 6-month period. RESULTS The High SCD-Q group showed a significantly higher free forgetting rate at 3 months compared to the Low SCD-Q (F [1,44] = 4.72; p < 0.05). When stratifying by amyloid status, High SCD-Q/Aβ+ showed a significantly lower performance than High SCD-Q/Aβ-on the final free and cued learning scores (F [1,27] = 6.44, p < 0.05 and F [1,27] = 7.51, p < 0.05, respectively), the 1-week free and cued recall (F [1,24] = 4.49; p < 0.05 and F [1,24] = 7.10; p < 0.01, respectively), the 1-week cued forgetting rate (F [1,24] = 5.13; p < 0.05), and the 3-month cued recall (F [1,24] = 4.27; p < 0.05). Linear regression analyses showed that higher SCD-Q scores were associated with higher forgetting rates on the AFE-T (β = -0.212; p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS It is possible to detect ALF in individuals with high SCD ratings, appearing especially in those with abnormal CSF Aβ42 levels. Both in research and the clinical field, there is an increasing need of using more demanding cognitive measures, such as the AFE-T, for identifying and tracking the earliest cognitive changes in these populations.
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- Adrià Tort-Merino
- Alzheimer's Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Alzheimer's Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychology, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Alzheimer's Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Alzheimer's Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Neurología, Fundación CITA-Alzhéimer Fundazioa, Centro de Investigación y Terapias Avanzadas, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, Spain
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- Neurología, Fundación CITA-Alzhéimer Fundazioa, Centro de Investigación y Terapias Avanzadas, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, Spain
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- Neurología, Fundación CITA-Alzhéimer Fundazioa, Centro de Investigación y Terapias Avanzadas, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, Spain
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- Memory Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau and Institute of Biomedical Research, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, CIBERNED, Madrid, Spain
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- Alzheimer's Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.,Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center, Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
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- Alzheimer's Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.,August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Cognition and Brain Plasticity Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Cognition, Development and Education Psychology, University of Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
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- Alzheimer's Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.,August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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Franzmeier N, Ren J, Damm A, Monté-Rubio G, Boada M, Ruiz A, Ramirez A, Jessen F, Düzel E, Rodríguez Gómez O, Benzinger T, Goate A, Karch CM, Fagan AM, McDade E, Buerger K, Levin J, Duering M, Dichgans M, Suárez-Calvet M, Haass C, Gordon BA, Lim YY, Masters CL, Janowitz D, Catak C, Wolfsgruber S, Wagner M, Milz E, Moreno-Grau S, Teipel S, Grothe MJ, Kilimann I, Rossor M, Fox N, Laske C, Chhatwal J, Falkai P, Perneczky R, Lee JH, Spottke A, Boecker H, Brosseron F, Fliessbach K, Heneka MT, Nestor P, Peters O, Fuentes M, Menne F, Priller J, Spruth EJ, Franke C, Schneider A, Westerteicher C, Speck O, Wiltfang J, Bartels C, Araque Caballero MÁ, Metzger C, Bittner D, Salloway S, Danek A, Hassenstab J, Yakushev I, Schofield PR, Morris JC, Bateman RJ, Ewers M. The BDNF Val66Met SNP modulates the association between beta-amyloid and hippocampal disconnection in Alzheimer's disease. Mol Psychiatry 2021; 26:614-628. [PMID: 30899092 PMCID: PMC6754794 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-019-0404-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2018] [Revised: 01/19/2019] [Accepted: 02/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
In Alzheimer's disease (AD), a single-nucleotide polymorphism in the gene encoding brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNFVal66Met) is associated with worse impact of primary AD pathology (beta-amyloid, Aβ) on neurodegeneration and cognitive decline, rendering BDNFVal66Met an important modulating factor of cognitive impairment in AD. However, the effect of BDNFVal66Met on functional networks that may underlie cognitive impairment in AD is poorly understood. Using a cross-validation approach, we first explored in subjects with autosomal dominant AD (ADAD) from the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN) the effect of BDNFVal66Met on resting-state fMRI assessed functional networks. In seed-based connectivity analysis of six major large-scale networks, we found a stronger decrease of hippocampus (seed) to medial-frontal connectivity in the BDNFVal66Met carriers compared to BDNFVal homozogytes. BDNFVal66Met was not associated with connectivity in any other networks. Next, we tested whether the finding of more pronounced decrease in hippocampal-medial-frontal connectivity in BDNFVal66Met could be also found in elderly subjects with sporadically occurring Aβ, including a group with subjective cognitive decline (N = 149, FACEHBI study) and a group ranging from preclinical to AD dementia (N = 114, DELCODE study). In both of these independently recruited groups, BDNFVal66Met was associated with a stronger effect of more abnormal Aβ-levels (assessed by biofluid-assay or amyloid-PET) on hippocampal-medial-frontal connectivity decreases, controlled for hippocampus volume and other confounds. Lower hippocampal-medial-frontal connectivity was associated with lower global cognitive performance in the DIAN and DELCODE studies. Together these results suggest that BDNFVal66Met is selectively associated with a higher vulnerability of hippocampus-frontal connectivity to primary AD pathology, resulting in greater AD-related cognitive impairment.
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- Nicolai Franzmeier
- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XInstitute for Stroke and Dementia Research, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität LMU, Munich, Germany
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XInstitute for Stroke and Dementia Research, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität LMU, Munich, Germany
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XInstitute for Stroke and Dementia Research, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität LMU, Munich, Germany
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- grid.477255.60000 0004 1765 5601Fundació ACE, Alzheimer Treatment and Research Center, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.477255.60000 0004 1765 5601Fundació ACE, Alzheimer Treatment and Research Center, Barcelona, Spain ,grid.451322.30000 0004 1770 9462CIBERNED, Center for Networked Biomedical Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.477255.60000 0004 1765 5601Fundació ACE, Alzheimer Treatment and Research Center, Barcelona, Spain ,grid.451322.30000 0004 1770 9462CIBERNED, Center for Networked Biomedical Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.6190.e0000 0000 8580 3777Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany ,grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- grid.6190.e0000 0000 8580 3777Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany ,grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany
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- grid.477255.60000 0004 1765 5601Fundació ACE, Alzheimer Treatment and Research Center, Barcelona, Spain ,grid.451322.30000 0004 1770 9462CIBERNED, Center for Networked Biomedical Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002Department of Radiology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO USA ,grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO USA
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- grid.59734.3c0000 0001 0670 2351Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY USA ,grid.59734.3c0000 0001 0670 2351Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer’s Disease, Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY USA
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- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO USA ,grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO USA ,grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO USA
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- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO USA ,grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO USA ,grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002Department of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO USA
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- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002Department of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO USA
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XInstitute for Stroke and Dementia Research, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität LMU, Munich, Germany ,grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany
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- grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany ,grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XDepartment of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XInstitute for Stroke and Dementia Research, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität LMU, Munich, Germany
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XInstitute for Stroke and Dementia Research, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität LMU, Munich, Germany ,grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany ,grid.452617.3Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany
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- grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany ,grid.430077.7Barcelonabeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Catalonia Spain ,grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XFaculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany ,grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XFaculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO USA ,grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO USA ,grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO USA
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- grid.1008.90000 0001 2179 088XThe Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC Australia
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- grid.1008.90000 0001 2179 088XThe Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC Australia
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XInstitute for Stroke and Dementia Research, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität LMU, Munich, Germany
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XInstitute for Stroke and Dementia Research, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität LMU, Munich, Germany
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- grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany ,grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany ,grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- grid.6190.e0000 0000 8580 3777Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- grid.477255.60000 0004 1765 5601Fundació ACE, Alzheimer Treatment and Research Center, Barcelona, Spain ,grid.451322.30000 0004 1770 9462CIBERNED, Center for Networked Biomedical Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Rostock, Germany ,grid.413108.f0000 0000 9737 0454Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Rostock, Germany
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- grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Rostock, Germany
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- grid.83440.3b0000000121901201Dementia Research Centre, University College London, Queen Square, London, UK
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- grid.83440.3b0000000121901201Dementia Research Centre, University College London, Queen Square, London, UK
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- grid.428620.aHertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Tübingen, Germany ,grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426Germany and German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Tübingen, Germany
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- grid.38142.3c000000041936754XMassachusetts General Hospital, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany ,grid.452617.3Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany ,grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany ,grid.7445.20000 0001 2113 8111Neuroepidemiology and Ageing Research Unit, School of Public Health, The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK
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- grid.413967.e0000 0001 0842 2126Department of Neurology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany ,grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Department of Neurology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany ,grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Department of Radiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany ,grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany ,grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany ,grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany ,grid.1003.20000 0000 9320 7537Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD Australia
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- grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany ,grid.6363.00000 0001 2218 4662Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité, Berlin, Germany
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- grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany ,grid.6363.00000 0001 2218 4662Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité, Berlin, Germany
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- grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany ,grid.6363.00000 0001 2218 4662Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité, Berlin, Germany
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- grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany ,grid.6363.00000 0001 2218 4662Department of Neuropsychiatry, Charité, Berlin, Germany
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- grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany ,grid.6363.00000 0001 2218 4662Department of Neuropsychiatry, Charité, Berlin, Germany
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- grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany ,grid.6363.00000 0001 2218 4662Department of Neuropsychiatry, Charité, Berlin, Germany
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- grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany ,grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany ,grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany ,grid.418723.b0000 0001 2109 6265Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany ,grid.452320.20000 0004 0404 7236Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany ,grid.5807.a0000 0001 1018 4307Department for Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, Institute for Physics, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Goettingen, Germany ,grid.7450.60000 0001 2364 4210Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Goettingen, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany ,grid.7311.40000000123236065iBiMED, Medical Sciences Department, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- grid.7450.60000 0001 2364 4210Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Goettingen, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XInstitute for Stroke and Dementia Research, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität LMU, Munich, Germany ,grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany
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- grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany
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- grid.424247.30000 0004 0438 0426German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany
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- grid.40263.330000 0004 1936 9094Department of Neurology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI USA
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XDepartment of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002Department of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO USA
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- grid.6936.a0000000123222966Department of Nuclear Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- grid.250407.40000 0000 8900 8842Neuroscience Research Australia, Barker Street Randwick, Sydney, NSW 2031 Australia ,grid.1005.40000 0004 4902 0432School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia
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- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO USA ,grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO USA ,grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002Department of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO USA
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- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO USA ,grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002Department of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO USA
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- Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität LMU, Munich, Germany.
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Subtle executive deficits are associated with higher brain amyloid burden and lower cortical volume in subjective cognitive decline: the FACEHBI cohort. Sci Rep 2020; 10:17721. [PMID: 33082443 PMCID: PMC7576802 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-74704-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
To determine whether lower performance on executive function tests in subjective cognitive decline (SCD) individuals are associated with higher levels of brain amyloid beta (Aβ) deposition and regional volumetric reduction in areas of interest for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). 195 individuals with SCD from the FACEHBI study were assessed with a neuropsychological battery that included the following nine executive function tests: Trail Making Test A and B (TMTA, TMTB), the Rule Shift Cards subtest of BADS, the Automatic Inhibition subtest of the Syndrom Kurz Test (AI-SKT), Digit Span Backwards and Similarities from WAIS-III, and the letter, semantic, and verb fluency tests. All subjects underwent an 18F-Florbetaben positron emission tomography (FBB-PET) scan to measure global standard uptake value ratio (SUVR), and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A multiple regression analysis, adjusted for age, was carried out to explore the association between global SUVR and performance on executive tests. Then, on those tests significantly associated with amyloid burden, a voxel-based morphometry (VBM) analysis was carried out to explore their correlates with grey matter volume. Multiple regression analysis revealed a statistically significant association between Aβ deposition and performance on one of the executive tests (the AI-SKT). Moreover, VBM analysis showed worse AI-SKT scores were related to lower volume in bilateral hippocampus and left inferior frontal regions. In conclusion, in SCD individuals, worse automatic inhibition ability has been found related to higher cerebral Aβ deposition and lower volume in the hippocampus and frontal regions. Thus, our results may contribute to the early detection of AD in individuals with SCD.
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Kormas C, Zalonis I, Evdokimidis I, Kapaki E, Potagas C. Face-Name Associative Memory Performance Among Cognitively Healthy Individuals, Individuals With Subjective Memory Complaints, and Patients With a Diagnosis of aMCI. Front Psychol 2020; 11:2173. [PMID: 33041886 PMCID: PMC7517892 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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- Constantinos Kormas
- First Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Vila-Castelar C, Muñoz N, Papp KV, Amariglio RE, Baena A, Guzmán-Vélez E, Bocanegra Y, Sanchez JS, Reiman EM, Johnson KA, Sperling RA, Lopera F, Rentz DM, Quiroz YT. The Latin American Spanish version of the Face-Name Associative Memory Exam is sensitive to cognitive and pathological changes in preclinical autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Res Ther 2020; 12:104. [PMID: 32912283 PMCID: PMC7488408 DOI: 10.1186/s13195-020-00671-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND To determine whether performance on the Latin American Spanish version of the Face-Name Associative Memory Exam (LAS-FNAME) can differentiate between cognitively intact carriers of an autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease mutation (E280A) in Presenilin-1, who are genetically determined to develop early-onset dementia, from matched non-carriers. We also sought to examine whether LAS-FNAME performance is associated with amyloid-β and regional tau burden in mutation carriers. METHODS A total of 35 cognitively intact mutation carriers (age range 26-41), 19 symptomatic carriers, and 48 matched non-carriers (age range 27-44) completed a neuropsychological assessment including the LAS-FNAME. A subset of participants (31 carriers [12 symptomatic] and 35 non-carriers) traveled from Colombia to Boston to undergo positron emission tomography (PET) using Pittsburgh compound B to measure mean cortical amyloid-β and flortaucipir for regional tau. ANOVA analyses and Spearman correlations were used to examine group differences and relationships among LAS-FNAME performance and amyloid-β and tau accumulation. RESULTS Compared to non-carriers, cognitively intact mutation carriers had lower scores on the LAS-FNAME Total Scores (p = .040). Across all carriers (including symptomatic carriers), higher levels of amyloid-β (r = - .436, p = .018) and regional tau in the entorhinal (r = - .394, p = .031) and inferior temporal cortex (r = - .563, p = .001) were associated with lower LAS-FNAME Total Scores. CONCLUSIONS Performance on the LAS-FNAME differentiated between cognitively intact mutation carriers from non-carriers and was associated with greater amyloid and tau burden when examining all carriers. Findings suggest that the LAS-FNAME is sensitive to early clinical and pathological changes and can potentially help track disease progression in Spanish-speaking individuals.
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- Clara Vila-Castelar
- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Grupo de Neurociencias de Antioquia, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Grupo de Neurociencias de Antioquia, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA
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- Grupo de Neurociencias de Antioquia, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Grupo de Neurociencias de Antioquia, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
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Caillaud M, Hudon C, Boller B, Brambati S, Duchesne S, Lorrain D, Gagnon JF, Maltezos S, Mellah S, Phillips N, Belleville S. Evidence of a Relation Between Hippocampal Volume, White Matter Hyperintensities, and Cognition in Subjective Cognitive Decline and Mild Cognitive Impairment. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2020; 75:1382-1392. [PMID: 31758692 PMCID: PMC7424270 DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbz120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE The concepts of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and subjective cognitive decline (SCD) have been proposed to identify individuals in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD), or other neurodegenerative diseases. One approach to validate these concepts is to investigate the relationship between pathological brain markers and cognition in those individuals. METHOD We included 126 participants from the Consortium for the Early Identification of Alzheimer's disease-Quebec (CIMA-Q) cohort (67 SCD, 29 MCI, and 30 cognitively healthy controls [CH]). All participants underwent a complete cognitive assessment and structural magnetic resonance imaging. Group comparisons were done using cognitive data, and then correlated with hippocampal volumes and white matter hyperintensities (WMHs). RESULTS Significant differences were found between participants with MCI and CH on episodic and executive tasks, but no differences were found when comparing SCD and CH. Scores on episodic memory tests correlated with hippocampal volumes in both MCI and SCD, whereas performance on executive tests correlated with WMH in all of our groups. DISCUSSION As expected, the SCD group was shown to be cognitively healthy on tasks where MCI participants showed impairment. However, SCD's hippocampal volume related to episodic memory performances, and WMH to executive functions. Thus, SCD represents a valid research concept and should be used, alongside MCI, to better understand the preclinical/prodromal phase of AD.
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- Marie Caillaud
- Research Centre, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- CERVO Brain Research Centre, Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Université de Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Research Centre, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Departement of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
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- Research Centre, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- CERVO Brain Research Centre, Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec, Canada
- Department of Radiology, Université de Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Research Centre, Centre de recherche sur le vieillissement de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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- Research Centre, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Departement of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Research Centre, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Research Centre, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Research in Human Development (CRDH), Concordia University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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- Research Centre, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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McAndrews MP, Cohn M, Gold DA. Infusing cognitive neuroscience into the clinical neuropsychology of memory. Curr Opin Behav Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2020.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Alegret M, Muñoz N, Roberto N, Rentz DM, Valero S, Gil S, Marquié M, Hernández I, Riveros C, Sanabria A, Perez-Cordon A, Espinosa A, Ortega G, Mauleón A, Abdelnour C, Rosende-Roca M, Papp KV, Orellana A, Benaque A, Tarraga L, Ruiz A, Boada M. A computerized version of the Short Form of the Face-Name Associative Memory Exam (FACEmemory®) for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease. ALZHEIMERS RESEARCH & THERAPY 2020; 12:25. [PMID: 32178724 PMCID: PMC7077028 DOI: 10.1186/s13195-020-00594-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2019] [Accepted: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background Computerized neuropsychological tests for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have attracted increasing interest. Memory for faces and proper names is a complex task because its association is arbitrary. It implicates associative occipito-temporal cerebral regions, which are disrupted in AD. The short form of the Face-Name Associative Memory Exam (FNAME-12), developed to detect preclinical and prodromal AD, asks individuals to learn the names and occupations associated with 12 faces. The current work advances this field by using voice recognition and touchscreen response format. The purpose of this study is to create the first self-administered episodic memory test, FACEmemory®, by adapting the FNAME-12 for tablet use with voice recognition, touchscreen answers, and automatic scoring. The test was minimally supervised by a psychologist to avoid technological problems during execution and scored manually to assess the reliability of the automatic scoring. The aims of the present study were (1) to determine whether FACEmemory® is a sensitive tool for the detection of cognitive impairment, (2) to examine whether performances on FACEmemory® are correlated with those on the S-FNAME (paper-and-pencil version with 16 images), and (3) to determine whether performances on FACEmemory® are related to AD biomarkers in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (Aβ42, p-tau, and Aβ42/p-tau ratio). Methods FACEmemory® was completed by 154 cognitively healthy (CH) individuals and 122 subjects with mild cognitive impairment, of whom 61 were non-amnestic (naMCI) and 61 amnestic (aMCI). A subsample of 65 individuals completed the S-FNAME, and 65 subjects received lumbar punctures. Results Performance on FACEmemory® was progressively worse from CH to the naMCI and aMCI groups. A cutoff of 31.5 in total FACEmemory® obtained 80.5% and 80.3% sensitivity and specificity values, respectively, for discriminating between CH and aMCI. Automatically corrected FACEmemory® scores were highly correlated with the manually corrected ones. FACEmemory® scores and AD CSF biomarker levels were significantly correlated as well, mainly in the aMCI group. Conclusions FACEmemory® may be a promising memory prescreening tool for detecting subtle memory deficits related to AD. Our findings suggest FACEmemory® performance provides a useful gradation of impairment from normal aging to aMCI, and it is related to CSF AD biomarkers.
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- Montserrat Alegret
- Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain. .,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.,Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Lu K, Nicholas JM, Collins JD, James SN, Parker TD, Lane CA, Keshavan A, Keuss SE, Buchanan SM, Murray-Smith H, Cash DM, Sudre CH, Malone IB, Coath W, Wong A, Henley SMD, Crutch SJ, Fox NC, Richards M, Schott JM. Cognition at age 70: Life course predictors and associations with brain pathologies. Neurology 2019; 93:e2144-e2156. [PMID: 31666352 PMCID: PMC6937487 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000008534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To investigate predictors of performance on a range of cognitive measures including the Preclinical Alzheimer Cognitive Composite (PACC) and test for associations between cognition and dementia biomarkers in Insight 46, a substudy of the Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development. METHODS A total of 502 individuals born in the same week in 1946 underwent cognitive assessment at age 69-71 years, including an adapted version of the PACC and a test of nonverbal reasoning. Performance was characterized with respect to sex, childhood cognitive ability, education, and socioeconomic position (SEP). In a subsample of 406 cognitively normal participants, associations were investigated between cognition and β-amyloid (Aβ) positivity (determined from Aβ-PET imaging), whole brain volumes, white matter hyperintensity volumes (WMHV), and APOE ε4. RESULTS Childhood cognitive ability was strongly associated with cognitive scores including the PACC more than 60 years later, and there were independent effects of education and SEP. Sex differences were observed on every PACC subtest. In cognitively normal participants, Aβ positivity and WMHV were independently associated with lower PACC scores, and Aβ positivity was associated with poorer nonverbal reasoning. Aβ positivity and WMHV were not associated with sex, childhood cognitive ability, education, or SEP. Normative data for 339 cognitively normal Aβ-negative participants are provided. CONCLUSIONS This study adds to emerging evidence that subtle cognitive differences associated with Aβ deposition are detectable in older adults, at an age when dementia prevalence is very low. The independent associations of childhood cognitive ability, education, and SEP with cognitive performance at age 70 have implications for interpretation of cognitive data in later life.
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- Kirsty Lu
- From the Dementia Research Centre (K.L., J.D.C., T.D.P., C.A.L., A.K., S.E.K., S.M.B., H.M.-S., D.M.C., C.H.S., I.B.M., W.C., S.M.D.H., S.J.C., N.C.F., J.M.S.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London; Department of Medical Statistics (J.M.N.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL (S.-N.J., A.W., M.R.); and School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences (D.M.C., C.H.S.), King's College London, UK.
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- From the Dementia Research Centre (K.L., J.D.C., T.D.P., C.A.L., A.K., S.E.K., S.M.B., H.M.-S., D.M.C., C.H.S., I.B.M., W.C., S.M.D.H., S.J.C., N.C.F., J.M.S.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London; Department of Medical Statistics (J.M.N.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL (S.-N.J., A.W., M.R.); and School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences (D.M.C., C.H.S.), King's College London, UK
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- From the Dementia Research Centre (K.L., J.D.C., T.D.P., C.A.L., A.K., S.E.K., S.M.B., H.M.-S., D.M.C., C.H.S., I.B.M., W.C., S.M.D.H., S.J.C., N.C.F., J.M.S.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London; Department of Medical Statistics (J.M.N.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL (S.-N.J., A.W., M.R.); and School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences (D.M.C., C.H.S.), King's College London, UK
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- From the Dementia Research Centre (K.L., J.D.C., T.D.P., C.A.L., A.K., S.E.K., S.M.B., H.M.-S., D.M.C., C.H.S., I.B.M., W.C., S.M.D.H., S.J.C., N.C.F., J.M.S.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London; Department of Medical Statistics (J.M.N.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL (S.-N.J., A.W., M.R.); and School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences (D.M.C., C.H.S.), King's College London, UK
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- From the Dementia Research Centre (K.L., J.D.C., T.D.P., C.A.L., A.K., S.E.K., S.M.B., H.M.-S., D.M.C., C.H.S., I.B.M., W.C., S.M.D.H., S.J.C., N.C.F., J.M.S.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London; Department of Medical Statistics (J.M.N.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL (S.-N.J., A.W., M.R.); and School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences (D.M.C., C.H.S.), King's College London, UK
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- From the Dementia Research Centre (K.L., J.D.C., T.D.P., C.A.L., A.K., S.E.K., S.M.B., H.M.-S., D.M.C., C.H.S., I.B.M., W.C., S.M.D.H., S.J.C., N.C.F., J.M.S.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London; Department of Medical Statistics (J.M.N.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL (S.-N.J., A.W., M.R.); and School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences (D.M.C., C.H.S.), King's College London, UK
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- From the Dementia Research Centre (K.L., J.D.C., T.D.P., C.A.L., A.K., S.E.K., S.M.B., H.M.-S., D.M.C., C.H.S., I.B.M., W.C., S.M.D.H., S.J.C., N.C.F., J.M.S.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London; Department of Medical Statistics (J.M.N.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL (S.-N.J., A.W., M.R.); and School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences (D.M.C., C.H.S.), King's College London, UK
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- From the Dementia Research Centre (K.L., J.D.C., T.D.P., C.A.L., A.K., S.E.K., S.M.B., H.M.-S., D.M.C., C.H.S., I.B.M., W.C., S.M.D.H., S.J.C., N.C.F., J.M.S.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London; Department of Medical Statistics (J.M.N.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL (S.-N.J., A.W., M.R.); and School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences (D.M.C., C.H.S.), King's College London, UK
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- From the Dementia Research Centre (K.L., J.D.C., T.D.P., C.A.L., A.K., S.E.K., S.M.B., H.M.-S., D.M.C., C.H.S., I.B.M., W.C., S.M.D.H., S.J.C., N.C.F., J.M.S.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London; Department of Medical Statistics (J.M.N.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL (S.-N.J., A.W., M.R.); and School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences (D.M.C., C.H.S.), King's College London, UK
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- From the Dementia Research Centre (K.L., J.D.C., T.D.P., C.A.L., A.K., S.E.K., S.M.B., H.M.-S., D.M.C., C.H.S., I.B.M., W.C., S.M.D.H., S.J.C., N.C.F., J.M.S.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London; Department of Medical Statistics (J.M.N.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL (S.-N.J., A.W., M.R.); and School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences (D.M.C., C.H.S.), King's College London, UK
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- From the Dementia Research Centre (K.L., J.D.C., T.D.P., C.A.L., A.K., S.E.K., S.M.B., H.M.-S., D.M.C., C.H.S., I.B.M., W.C., S.M.D.H., S.J.C., N.C.F., J.M.S.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London; Department of Medical Statistics (J.M.N.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL (S.-N.J., A.W., M.R.); and School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences (D.M.C., C.H.S.), King's College London, UK
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- From the Dementia Research Centre (K.L., J.D.C., T.D.P., C.A.L., A.K., S.E.K., S.M.B., H.M.-S., D.M.C., C.H.S., I.B.M., W.C., S.M.D.H., S.J.C., N.C.F., J.M.S.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London; Department of Medical Statistics (J.M.N.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL (S.-N.J., A.W., M.R.); and School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences (D.M.C., C.H.S.), King's College London, UK
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- From the Dementia Research Centre (K.L., J.D.C., T.D.P., C.A.L., A.K., S.E.K., S.M.B., H.M.-S., D.M.C., C.H.S., I.B.M., W.C., S.M.D.H., S.J.C., N.C.F., J.M.S.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London; Department of Medical Statistics (J.M.N.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL (S.-N.J., A.W., M.R.); and School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences (D.M.C., C.H.S.), King's College London, UK
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- From the Dementia Research Centre (K.L., J.D.C., T.D.P., C.A.L., A.K., S.E.K., S.M.B., H.M.-S., D.M.C., C.H.S., I.B.M., W.C., S.M.D.H., S.J.C., N.C.F., J.M.S.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London; Department of Medical Statistics (J.M.N.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL (S.-N.J., A.W., M.R.); and School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences (D.M.C., C.H.S.), King's College London, UK
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- From the Dementia Research Centre (K.L., J.D.C., T.D.P., C.A.L., A.K., S.E.K., S.M.B., H.M.-S., D.M.C., C.H.S., I.B.M., W.C., S.M.D.H., S.J.C., N.C.F., J.M.S.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London; Department of Medical Statistics (J.M.N.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL (S.-N.J., A.W., M.R.); and School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences (D.M.C., C.H.S.), King's College London, UK
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- From the Dementia Research Centre (K.L., J.D.C., T.D.P., C.A.L., A.K., S.E.K., S.M.B., H.M.-S., D.M.C., C.H.S., I.B.M., W.C., S.M.D.H., S.J.C., N.C.F., J.M.S.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London; Department of Medical Statistics (J.M.N.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL (S.-N.J., A.W., M.R.); and School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences (D.M.C., C.H.S.), King's College London, UK
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- From the Dementia Research Centre (K.L., J.D.C., T.D.P., C.A.L., A.K., S.E.K., S.M.B., H.M.-S., D.M.C., C.H.S., I.B.M., W.C., S.M.D.H., S.J.C., N.C.F., J.M.S.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London; Department of Medical Statistics (J.M.N.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL (S.-N.J., A.W., M.R.); and School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences (D.M.C., C.H.S.), King's College London, UK
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- From the Dementia Research Centre (K.L., J.D.C., T.D.P., C.A.L., A.K., S.E.K., S.M.B., H.M.-S., D.M.C., C.H.S., I.B.M., W.C., S.M.D.H., S.J.C., N.C.F., J.M.S.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London; Department of Medical Statistics (J.M.N.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL (S.-N.J., A.W., M.R.); and School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences (D.M.C., C.H.S.), King's College London, UK
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- From the Dementia Research Centre (K.L., J.D.C., T.D.P., C.A.L., A.K., S.E.K., S.M.B., H.M.-S., D.M.C., C.H.S., I.B.M., W.C., S.M.D.H., S.J.C., N.C.F., J.M.S.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London; Department of Medical Statistics (J.M.N.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL (S.-N.J., A.W., M.R.); and School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences (D.M.C., C.H.S.), King's College London, UK
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- From the Dementia Research Centre (K.L., J.D.C., T.D.P., C.A.L., A.K., S.E.K., S.M.B., H.M.-S., D.M.C., C.H.S., I.B.M., W.C., S.M.D.H., S.J.C., N.C.F., J.M.S.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London; Department of Medical Statistics (J.M.N.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL (S.-N.J., A.W., M.R.); and School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences (D.M.C., C.H.S.), King's College London, UK.
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Ong JH, Chan AHD. The influence of referent type and familiarity on word-referent mapping. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0219552. [PMID: 31291370 PMCID: PMC6619823 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Is our memory for pairs of items dependent on item characteristics? The present study explores this question using a word learning paradigm; specifically, we examined whether referent characteristics, such as referent type (face/object) and familiarity (known/unknown), may influence word-referent mapping. Moreover, we examined this effect across two test sessions to determine if the influence of referent characteristics might be more pronounced over time, and across two age groups (young vs. older adults) to determine if there might be age-related differences. Participants were presented with pseudoword-referent mappings in four referent conditions (face/object × known/unknown) and then were tested with a recognition task immediately after learning, and again after a short delay. Our findings indicated that names for faces were not learned better than names for objects, despite previous literature suggesting that faces are processed differently. We also found that known referents (defined as having a pre-existing label for a referent) were learned better than unknown items but this familiarity advantage was only observed for faces and not for objects. While there were several age-related findings, these might be due to the longer delay between the immediate and delayed tests among the older adults relative to young adults. Taken together, our results suggest that certain referent characteristics do interact and influence our learning of and memory for such pairings.
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- Jia Hoong Ong
- Linguistics and Multilingual Studies, School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Linguistics and Multilingual Studies, School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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Tort-Merino A, Olives J, León M, Peñaloza C, Valech N, Santos-Santos MA, Càmara E, Grönholm-Nyman P, Martínez-Lage P, Fortea J, Molinuevo JL, Sánchez-Valle R, Laine M, Rodríguez-Fornells A, Rami L. Tau Protein is Associated with Longitudinal Memory Decline in Cognitively Healthy Subjects with Normal Alzheimer’s Disease Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarker Levels. J Alzheimers Dis 2019; 70:211-225. [DOI: 10.3233/jad-190046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Adrià Tort-Merino
- Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cognition and Brain Plasticity Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute- IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cognition and Brain Plasticity Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute- IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cognition and Brain Plasticity Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute- IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Neurología, Fundación CITA-Alzhéimer Fundazioa, Centro de Investigación y Terapias Avanzadas, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, España
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- Memory Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau and Institute of Biomedical Research, Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, CIBERNED, Madrid, Spain
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- Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center, Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
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- Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
- August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychology, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Cognition and Brain Plasticity Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute- IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Cognition, Development and Education Psychology, University of Barcelona, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
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- Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
- August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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Lopis D, Conty L. Investigating Eye Contact Effect on People's Name Retrieval in Normal Aging and in Alzheimer's Disease. Front Psychol 2019; 10:1218. [PMID: 31191409 PMCID: PMC6548808 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Difficulty in recalling people's name is one of the most universally experienced changes in old age and would also constitute one of the earliest symptom of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Direct gaze, i.e., another individual's gaze directed to the observer that leads to eye contact, has been shown to improve memory for faces and concomitant verbal information. Here, we investigated whether this effect extends to memory for Face-Name association and can thus enhance names' retrieval in normal aging and in AD, at the early stage of the disease. Twenty AD patients, 20 older adults and 25 young adults participated in our study. Subjects were presented with faces displaying either direct or averted gaze in association with a name presented orally. They were then asked to perform a surprise recognition test for each pair of stimuli, in a sequential fashion (i.e., first categorizing a face as old or new and then associating a name using a forced-choice procedure). Results showed that direct gaze does not improve memory for Face-Name association. Yet, we observed an overall direct gaze memory effect over faces and names independently, across our populations, showing that eye contact enhances the encoding of concomitantly presented stimuli. Our results are the first empirical evidence that eye contact benefits memory throughout the course of aging and lead to better delimit the actual power of eye contact on memory.
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- Desirée Lopis
- Laboratory of Human and Artificial Cognition (CHArt EA4004), Paris Nanterre University, Nanterre, France
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Subjective cognitive decline: preclinical manifestation of Alzheimer's disease. Neurol Sci 2018; 40:41-49. [PMID: 30397816 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-018-3620-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Subjective cognitive decline (SCD), characterized by a very early and subtle cognitive decline prior to the appearance of objective cognitive impairment, is considered to be the preclinical manifestation of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Given the lack of significant abnormalities in standardized neuropsychological assessments for individuals with SCD, biochemical and neuroimaging biomarkers may be important indicators of the preclinical stage of AD. The application of various biomarkers derived from the cerebrospinal fluid and neuroimaging thus has the potential to make AD-related pathology detectable in vivo. In this review, we discuss the conceptual evolution of SCD as an entity and further elucidate characteristic cerebrospinal fluid and neuroimaging biomarkers of SCD.
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The performance of patients with Parkinson’s disease on the Face-Name Associative Memory Examination. Neurol Sci 2018; 40:405-407. [DOI: 10.1007/s10072-018-3560-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 09/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rubiño J, Andrés P. The Face-Name Associative Memory Test as a Tool for Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease. Front Psychol 2018; 9:1464. [PMID: 30154753 PMCID: PMC6102474 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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One current challenge for neuropsychologists is to design assessment methods capable of detecting cognitive deficits in the early or preclinical phases of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The objective of this paper is to review the studies that have explored the use of the Face-Name Associative Memory Exam (FNAME) as a test for early diagnosis of AD. Studies looking at correlations between performance on the FNAME test and biomarkers in healthy people and studies comparing healthy controls and people with mild cognitive impairment are reviewed. These studies are based on the evidence that AD's pathological process begins years before the most visible clinical manifestations. We conclude that the FNAME test may be a valuable tool for early diagnosis but that some important questions remain to be resolved in future research.
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- José Rubiño
- Department of Psychology and Research Institute of Health Sciences (IUNICS), University of the Balearic Islands - Balearic Islands Health Research Institute (IdISBA), Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Department of Psychology and Research Institute of Health Sciences (IUNICS), University of the Balearic Islands - Balearic Islands Health Research Institute (IdISBA), Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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