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Howe MD, Caruso MR, Manoochehri M, Kunicki ZJ, Emrani S, Rudolph JL, Huey ED, Salloway SP, Oh H. Utility of cerebrovascular imaging biomarkers to detect cerebral amyloidosis. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2024:2024.05.28.24308056. [PMID: 38853879 PMCID: PMC11160821 DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.28.24308056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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INTRODUCTION The relationship between cerebrovascular disease (CVD) and amyloid-β (Aβ) in Alzheimer disease (AD) is understudied. We hypothesized that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based CVD biomarkers, including cerebral microbleeds (CMBs), ischemic infarction, and white matter hyperintensities (WMH), would correlate with Aβ positivity on positron emission tomography (Aβ-PET). METHODS We cross-sectionally analyzed data from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI, N=1,352). Logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratios (ORs), with Aβ-PET positivity as the standard-of-truth. RESULTS Following adjustment, WMH (OR=1.25) and superficial CMBs (OR=1.45) remained positively associated with Aβ-PET positivity (p<.001). Deep CMBs and infarcts exhibited a varied relationship with Aβ-PET in cognitive subgroups. The combined diagnostic model, which included CVD biomarkers and other accessible measures, significantly predicted Aβ-PET (pseudo-R 2 =.41). DISCUSSION The study highlights the translational value of CVD biomarkers in diagnosing AD, and underscores the need for more research on their inclusion in diagnostic criteria. ClinicalTrials.gov: ADNI-2 ( NCT01231971 ), ADNI-3 ( NCT02854033 ).
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van Gils V, Ramakers I, Jansen WJ, Banning L, Kučikienė D, Costa AS, Schulz JB, Visser PJ, Verhey F, Reetz K, Vos SJ. Contributions of Vascular Burden and Amyloid Abnormality to Cognitive Decline in Memory Clinic Patients. J Alzheimers Dis Rep 2023; 7:1299-1311. [PMID: 38143773 PMCID: PMC10742024 DOI: 10.3233/adr-230040] [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: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023] Open
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Background Alzheimer's disease pathology and vascular burden are highly prevalent and often co-occur in elderly. It remains unclear how both relate to cognitive decline. Objective To investigate whether amyloid abnormality and vascular burden synergistically contribute to cognitive decline in a memory clinic population. Methods We included 227 patients from Maastricht and Aachen memory clinics. Amyloid abnormality (A+) was defined by CSF Aβ42 using data-driven cut-offs. Vascular burden (V+) was defined as having moderate to severe white matter hyperintensities, or any microbleeds, macrohemorrhage or infarcts on MRI. Longitudinal change in global cognition, memory, processing speed, executive functioning, and verbal fluency was analysed across the A-V-, A-V+, A+V-, A+V+ groups by linear mixed models. Additionally, individual MRI measures, vascular risk and vascular disease were used as V definitions. Results At baseline, the A+V+ group scored worse on global cognition and verbal fluency compared to all other groups, and showed worse memory compared to A-V+ and A-V- groups. Over time (mean 2.7+ - 1.5 years), A+V+ and A+V- groups showed faster global cognition decline than A-V+ and A-V- groups. Only the A+V- group showed decline on memory and verbal fluency. The A-V+ group did not differ from the A-V- group. Individual MRI vascular measures only indicated an independent association of microbleeds with executive functioning decline. Findings were similar using other V definitions. Conclusions Our study demonstrates that amyloid abnormality predicts cognitive decline independent from vascular burden in a memory clinic population. Vascular burden shows a minor contribution to cognitive decline in these patients. This has important prognostic implications.
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- Veerle van Gils
- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Alzheimer Center Limburg, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Alzheimer Center Limburg, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Alzheimer Center Limburg, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Alzheimer Center Limburg, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- JARA Institute Molecular Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- JARA Institute Molecular Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Alzheimer Center Limburg, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Alzheimer Center Limburg, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- JARA Institute Molecular Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Alzheimer Center Limburg, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Yoo MJ, Kang M, Tsoukra P, Chen Z, Farrand S, Kelso W, Evans A, Eratne D, Walterfang M, Velakoulis D, Loi SM. Comparing survival and mortality in patients with late-onset and young-onset vascular dementia. Int Psychogeriatr 2023; 35:519-527. [PMID: 37052303 DOI: 10.1017/s1041610223000248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Vascular dementia (VD) is one of the more common types of dementia. Much is known about VD in older adults in terms of survival and associated risk factors, but comparatively less is known about VD in a younger population. This study aimed to investigate survival in people with young-onset VD (YO-VD) compared to those with late-onset VD (LO-VD) and to investigate predictors of mortality. DESIGN Retrospective file review from 1992 to 2014. SETTING The inpatient unit of a tertiary neuropsychiatry service in Victoria, Australia. PARTICIPANTS Inpatients with a diagnosis of VD. MEASUREMENTS AND METHODS Mortality information was obtained from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Clinical variables included age of onset, sex, vascular risk factors, structural neuroimaging, and Hachinksi scores. Statistical analyses used were Kaplan-Meier curves for median survival and Cox regression for predictors of mortality. RESULTS Eighty-four participants were included with few clinical differences between the LO-VD and YO-VD groups. Sixty-eight (81%) had died. Median survival was 9.9 years (95% confidence interval 7.9, 11.7), with those with LO-VD having significantly shorter survival compared to those with YO-VD (6.1 years and 12.8 years, respectively) and proportionally more with LO-VD had died (94.6%) compared to those with YO-VD (67.5%), χ2(1) = 9.16, p = 0.002. The only significant predictor of mortality was increasing age (p = 0.001). CONCLUSION While there were few clinical differences, and older age was the only factor associated with survival, further research into the effects of managing cardiovascular risk factors and their impact on survival are recommended.
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- M J Yoo
- Neuropsychiatry, NorthWestern Mental Health, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Neuropsychiatry, NorthWestern Mental Health, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Alfred Mental and Addiction Health, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Neuropsychiatry, NorthWestern Mental Health, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Neuropsychiatry, NorthWestern Mental Health, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Neuropsychiatry, NorthWestern Mental Health, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Neuropsychiatry, NorthWestern Mental Health, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Neuropsychiatry, NorthWestern Mental Health, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Neuropsychiatry, NorthWestern Mental Health, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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Rajeev V, Chai YL, Poh L, Selvaraji S, Fann DY, Jo DG, De Silva TM, Drummond GR, Sobey CG, Arumugam TV, Chen CP, Lai MKP. Chronic cerebral hypoperfusion: a critical feature in unravelling the etiology of vascular cognitive impairment. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2023; 11:93. [PMID: 37309012 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-023-01590-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2023] Open
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Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) describes a wide spectrum of cognitive deficits related to cerebrovascular diseases. Although the loss of blood flow to cortical regions critically involved in cognitive processes must feature as the main driver of VCI, the underlying mechanisms and interactions with related disease processes remain to be fully elucidated. Recent clinical studies of cerebral blood flow measurements have supported the role of chronic cerebral hypoperfusion (CCH) as a major driver of the vascular pathology and clinical manifestations of VCI. Here we review the pathophysiological mechanisms as well as neuropathological changes of CCH. Potential interventional strategies for VCI are also reviewed. A deeper understanding of how CCH can lead to accumulation of VCI-associated pathology could potentially pave the way for early detection and development of disease-modifying therapies, thus allowing preventive interventions instead of symptomatic treatments.
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- Vismitha Rajeev
- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Memory Aging and Cognition Centre, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Memory Aging and Cognition Centre, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Memory Aging and Cognition Centre, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Memory Aging and Cognition Centre, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
- Integrative Sciences and Engineering Programme, NUS Graduate School, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Memory Aging and Cognition Centre, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
- NUS Healthy Longevity Translational Research Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
- Memory Aging and Cognition Centre, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore.
- NUS Healthy Longevity Translational Research Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
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Edwards L, Thomas KR, Weigand AJ, Edmonds EC, Clark AL, Walker KS, Brenner EK, Nation DA, Maillard P, Bondi MW, Bangen KJ. White Matter Hyperintensity Volume and Amyloid-PET Synergistically Impact Memory Independent of Tau-PET in Older Adults Without Dementia. J Alzheimers Dis 2023; 94:695-707. [PMID: 37302031 PMCID: PMC10357163 DOI: 10.3233/jad-221209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cerebrovascular disease are common, co-existing pathologies in older adults. Whether the effects of cerebrovascular disease and AD biomarkers on cognition are additive or synergistic remains unclear. OBJECTIVE To examine whether white matter hyperintensity (WMH) volume moderates the independent association between each AD biomarker and cognition. METHODS In 586 older adults without dementia, linear regressions tested the interaction between amyloid-β (Aβ) positron emission tomography (PET) and WMH volume on cognition, independent of tau-PET. We also tested the interaction between tau-PET and WMH volume on cognition, independent of Aβ-PET. RESULTS Adjusting for tau-PET, the quadratic effect of WMH interacted with Aβ-PET to impact memory. There was no interaction between either the linear or quadratic effect of WMH and Aβ-PET on executive function. There was no interaction between WMH volume and tau-PET on either cognitive measure. CONCLUSION Results suggest that cerebrovascular lesions act synergistically with Aβ to affect memory, independent of tau, highlighting the importance of incorporating vascular pathology into biomarker assessment of AD.
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- Lauren Edwards
- San Diego State University/University of California San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Research Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- San Diego State University/University of California San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, Tucson, AZ, USA
- Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Psychology Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Research Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Rosenich E, Bransby L, Yassi N, Fripp J, Laws SM, Martins RN, Fowler C, Rainey-Smith SR, Rowe CC, Masters CL, Maruff P, Lim YY. Differential Effects of APOE and Modifiable Risk Factors on Hippocampal Volume Loss and Memory Decline in Aβ- and Aβ+ Older Adults. Neurology 2022; 98:e1704-e1715. [PMID: 35169009 PMCID: PMC9071368 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000200118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This prospective study sought to determine the association of modifiable/nonmodifiable components included in the Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Aging, and Incidence of Dementia (CAIDE) risk score with hippocampal volume (HV) loss and episodic memory (EM) decline in cognitively normal (CN) older adults classified as brain β-amyloid (Aβ) negative (Aβ-) or positive (Aβ+). METHODS Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle study participants (age 58-91 years) who completed ≥2 neuropsychological assessments and a brain Aβ PET scan (n = 592) were included in this study. We computed the CAIDE risk score (age, sex, APOE ε4 status, education, hypertension, body mass index [BMI], hypercholesterolemia, physical inactivity) and a modifiable CAIDE risk score (CAIDE-MR; education, hypertension, BMI, hypercholesterolemia, physical inactivity) for each participant. Aβ+ was classified using Centiloid >25. Linear mixed models assessed interactions between each CAIDE score, Aβ group, and time on HV loss and EM decline. Age, sex, and APOE ε4 were included as separate predictors in CAIDE-MR models to assess differential associations. Exploratory analyses examined relationships between individual modifiable risk factors and outcomes in Aβ- cognitively normal (CN) adults. RESULTS We observed a significant Aβ group × CAIDE × time interaction on HV loss (β [SE] = -0.04 [0.01]; p < 0.000) but not EM decline (β [SE] = -2.33 [9.96]; p = 0.98). Decomposition revealed a significant CAIDE × time interaction in Aβ+ participants only. When modifiable/nonmodifiable CAIDE components were considered separately, we observed a significant Aβ group × CAIDE-MR × time interaction on EM decline only (β [SE] = 3.03 [1.18]; p = 0.01). A significant CAIDE-MR score × time interaction was observed in Aβ- participants only. Significant interactions between APOE ε4 and age × time on HV loss and EM decline were observed in both groups. Exploratory analyses in Aβ- CN participants revealed a significant interaction between BMI × time on EM decline (β [SE] = -3.30 [1.43]; p = 0.02). DISCUSSION These results are consistent with studies showing that increasing age and APOE ε4 are associated with increased rates of HV loss and EM decline. In Aβ- CN adults, lower prevalence of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors was associated with less HV loss and EM decline over ∼10 years, suggesting interventions to reduce modifiable cardiovascular risk factors could be beneficial in this group.
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- Emily Rosenich
- From the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences (E.R., L.B., P.M., Y.Y.L.), Monash University, Clayton; Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Melbourne Brain Centre at The Royal Melbourne Hospital (N.Y., C.C.R.), and Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (C.F., C.L.M., P.M.), University of Melbourne; Population Health and Immunity Division (N.Y.), The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville; CSIRO Health and Biosecurity (J.F.), Australian e-Health Research Centre, Brisbane; Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences (S.M.L.), and Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care (R.N.M.), Edith Cowan University, Joondalup; School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences (S.M.L.), Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute (S.R.R.-G.), Murdoch University; Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (S.R.R.-G.), Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands; Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET (C.C.R.), Austin Health, Heidelberg; Department of Medicine (C.C.R.), Austin Health, University of Melbourne; and Cogstate Ltd. (P.M.), Melbourne, Australia
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- From the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences (E.R., L.B., P.M., Y.Y.L.), Monash University, Clayton; Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Melbourne Brain Centre at The Royal Melbourne Hospital (N.Y., C.C.R.), and Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (C.F., C.L.M., P.M.), University of Melbourne; Population Health and Immunity Division (N.Y.), The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville; CSIRO Health and Biosecurity (J.F.), Australian e-Health Research Centre, Brisbane; Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences (S.M.L.), and Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care (R.N.M.), Edith Cowan University, Joondalup; School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences (S.M.L.), Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute (S.R.R.-G.), Murdoch University; Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (S.R.R.-G.), Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands; Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET (C.C.R.), Austin Health, Heidelberg; Department of Medicine (C.C.R.), Austin Health, University of Melbourne; and Cogstate Ltd. (P.M.), Melbourne, Australia
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- From the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences (E.R., L.B., P.M., Y.Y.L.), Monash University, Clayton; Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Melbourne Brain Centre at The Royal Melbourne Hospital (N.Y., C.C.R.), and Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (C.F., C.L.M., P.M.), University of Melbourne; Population Health and Immunity Division (N.Y.), The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville; CSIRO Health and Biosecurity (J.F.), Australian e-Health Research Centre, Brisbane; Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences (S.M.L.), and Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care (R.N.M.), Edith Cowan University, Joondalup; School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences (S.M.L.), Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute (S.R.R.-G.), Murdoch University; Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (S.R.R.-G.), Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands; Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET (C.C.R.), Austin Health, Heidelberg; Department of Medicine (C.C.R.), Austin Health, University of Melbourne; and Cogstate Ltd. (P.M.), Melbourne, Australia
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- From the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences (E.R., L.B., P.M., Y.Y.L.), Monash University, Clayton; Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Melbourne Brain Centre at The Royal Melbourne Hospital (N.Y., C.C.R.), and Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (C.F., C.L.M., P.M.), University of Melbourne; Population Health and Immunity Division (N.Y.), The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville; CSIRO Health and Biosecurity (J.F.), Australian e-Health Research Centre, Brisbane; Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences (S.M.L.), and Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care (R.N.M.), Edith Cowan University, Joondalup; School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences (S.M.L.), Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute (S.R.R.-G.), Murdoch University; Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (S.R.R.-G.), Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands; Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET (C.C.R.), Austin Health, Heidelberg; Department of Medicine (C.C.R.), Austin Health, University of Melbourne; and Cogstate Ltd. (P.M.), Melbourne, Australia
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- From the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences (E.R., L.B., P.M., Y.Y.L.), Monash University, Clayton; Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Melbourne Brain Centre at The Royal Melbourne Hospital (N.Y., C.C.R.), and Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (C.F., C.L.M., P.M.), University of Melbourne; Population Health and Immunity Division (N.Y.), The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville; CSIRO Health and Biosecurity (J.F.), Australian e-Health Research Centre, Brisbane; Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences (S.M.L.), and Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care (R.N.M.), Edith Cowan University, Joondalup; School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences (S.M.L.), Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute (S.R.R.-G.), Murdoch University; Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (S.R.R.-G.), Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands; Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET (C.C.R.), Austin Health, Heidelberg; Department of Medicine (C.C.R.), Austin Health, University of Melbourne; and Cogstate Ltd. (P.M.), Melbourne, Australia
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- From the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences (E.R., L.B., P.M., Y.Y.L.), Monash University, Clayton; Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Melbourne Brain Centre at The Royal Melbourne Hospital (N.Y., C.C.R.), and Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (C.F., C.L.M., P.M.), University of Melbourne; Population Health and Immunity Division (N.Y.), The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville; CSIRO Health and Biosecurity (J.F.), Australian e-Health Research Centre, Brisbane; Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences (S.M.L.), and Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care (R.N.M.), Edith Cowan University, Joondalup; School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences (S.M.L.), Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute (S.R.R.-G.), Murdoch University; Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (S.R.R.-G.), Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands; Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET (C.C.R.), Austin Health, Heidelberg; Department of Medicine (C.C.R.), Austin Health, University of Melbourne; and Cogstate Ltd. (P.M.), Melbourne, Australia
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- From the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences (E.R., L.B., P.M., Y.Y.L.), Monash University, Clayton; Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Melbourne Brain Centre at The Royal Melbourne Hospital (N.Y., C.C.R.), and Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (C.F., C.L.M., P.M.), University of Melbourne; Population Health and Immunity Division (N.Y.), The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville; CSIRO Health and Biosecurity (J.F.), Australian e-Health Research Centre, Brisbane; Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences (S.M.L.), and Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care (R.N.M.), Edith Cowan University, Joondalup; School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences (S.M.L.), Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute (S.R.R.-G.), Murdoch University; Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (S.R.R.-G.), Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands; Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET (C.C.R.), Austin Health, Heidelberg; Department of Medicine (C.C.R.), Austin Health, University of Melbourne; and Cogstate Ltd. (P.M.), Melbourne, Australia
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- From the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences (E.R., L.B., P.M., Y.Y.L.), Monash University, Clayton; Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Melbourne Brain Centre at The Royal Melbourne Hospital (N.Y., C.C.R.), and Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (C.F., C.L.M., P.M.), University of Melbourne; Population Health and Immunity Division (N.Y.), The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville; CSIRO Health and Biosecurity (J.F.), Australian e-Health Research Centre, Brisbane; Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences (S.M.L.), and Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care (R.N.M.), Edith Cowan University, Joondalup; School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences (S.M.L.), Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute (S.R.R.-G.), Murdoch University; Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (S.R.R.-G.), Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands; Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET (C.C.R.), Austin Health, Heidelberg; Department of Medicine (C.C.R.), Austin Health, University of Melbourne; and Cogstate Ltd. (P.M.), Melbourne, Australia
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- From the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences (E.R., L.B., P.M., Y.Y.L.), Monash University, Clayton; Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Melbourne Brain Centre at The Royal Melbourne Hospital (N.Y., C.C.R.), and Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (C.F., C.L.M., P.M.), University of Melbourne; Population Health and Immunity Division (N.Y.), The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville; CSIRO Health and Biosecurity (J.F.), Australian e-Health Research Centre, Brisbane; Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences (S.M.L.), and Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care (R.N.M.), Edith Cowan University, Joondalup; School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences (S.M.L.), Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute (S.R.R.-G.), Murdoch University; Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (S.R.R.-G.), Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands; Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET (C.C.R.), Austin Health, Heidelberg; Department of Medicine (C.C.R.), Austin Health, University of Melbourne; and Cogstate Ltd. (P.M.), Melbourne, Australia
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- From the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences (E.R., L.B., P.M., Y.Y.L.), Monash University, Clayton; Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Melbourne Brain Centre at The Royal Melbourne Hospital (N.Y., C.C.R.), and Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (C.F., C.L.M., P.M.), University of Melbourne; Population Health and Immunity Division (N.Y.), The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville; CSIRO Health and Biosecurity (J.F.), Australian e-Health Research Centre, Brisbane; Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences (S.M.L.), and Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care (R.N.M.), Edith Cowan University, Joondalup; School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences (S.M.L.), Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute (S.R.R.-G.), Murdoch University; Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (S.R.R.-G.), Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands; Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET (C.C.R.), Austin Health, Heidelberg; Department of Medicine (C.C.R.), Austin Health, University of Melbourne; and Cogstate Ltd. (P.M.), Melbourne, Australia
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- From the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences (E.R., L.B., P.M., Y.Y.L.), Monash University, Clayton; Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Melbourne Brain Centre at The Royal Melbourne Hospital (N.Y., C.C.R.), and Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (C.F., C.L.M., P.M.), University of Melbourne; Population Health and Immunity Division (N.Y.), The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville; CSIRO Health and Biosecurity (J.F.), Australian e-Health Research Centre, Brisbane; Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences (S.M.L.), and Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care (R.N.M.), Edith Cowan University, Joondalup; School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences (S.M.L.), Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute (S.R.R.-G.), Murdoch University; Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (S.R.R.-G.), Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands; Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET (C.C.R.), Austin Health, Heidelberg; Department of Medicine (C.C.R.), Austin Health, University of Melbourne; and Cogstate Ltd. (P.M.), Melbourne, Australia
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- From the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences (E.R., L.B., P.M., Y.Y.L.), Monash University, Clayton; Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Melbourne Brain Centre at The Royal Melbourne Hospital (N.Y., C.C.R.), and Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (C.F., C.L.M., P.M.), University of Melbourne; Population Health and Immunity Division (N.Y.), The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville; CSIRO Health and Biosecurity (J.F.), Australian e-Health Research Centre, Brisbane; Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences (S.M.L.), and Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care (R.N.M.), Edith Cowan University, Joondalup; School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences (S.M.L.), Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute (S.R.R.-G.), Murdoch University; Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (S.R.R.-G.), Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands; Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET (C.C.R.), Austin Health, Heidelberg; Department of Medicine (C.C.R.), Austin Health, University of Melbourne; and Cogstate Ltd. (P.M.), Melbourne, Australia
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Kučikienė D, Costa AS, Banning LCP, van Gils V, Schulz JB, Ramakers IHGB, Verhey FRJ, Vos SJB, Reetz K. The Role of Vascular Risk Factors in Biomarker-Based AT(N) Groups: A German-Dutch Memory Clinic Study. J Alzheimers Dis 2022; 87:185-195. [PMID: 35275532 DOI: 10.3233/jad-215391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND The relation between vascular risk factors (VRFs) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) is important due to possible pathophysiological association. OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of VRFs in biomarker-based AT(N) groups and the associations between VRFs, AD cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers, brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and cognition in clinical context. METHODS We included patients from two memory clinics in University Hospital Aachen (Germany) and Maastricht University Medical Centre (The Netherlands). Subjects were older than 45 years and had available data on demographics, VRFs, CSF AD biomarkers, and MRI. We categorized individuals in normal AD biomarkers, non-AD change, and AD-continuum groups based on amyloid (A), tau (T), and neurodegeneration (N) status in CSF and MRI. Regression models were corrected for age, sex, and site. RESULTS We included 838 participants (mean age 68.7, 53.2% male, mean MMSE 24.9). The most common VRFs were smoking (60.9%), hypertension (54.6%), and dyslipidemia (37.8%). Alcohol abuse and smoking were most frequent in the non-AD-change group, and coronary heart disease and carotid artery stenosis in the AD continuum group. Higher rates of depression were found in the normal AD biomarkers group. Parietal atrophy and cortical microbleeds were specific for the AD continuum group. Carotid artery stenosis was associated with pathological Aβ 42 and T-tau values, and diabetes and alcohol abuse were associated with worse medial temporal atrophy and atrial fibrillation, with worse cognition. CONCLUSION VRFs are common in memory clinic patients, showing differences across the AT(N) biomarker groups. This is important for prevention and individualized treatment of dementia.
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- Domantė Kučikienė
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.,JARA-Institute Molecular Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany and RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Alzheimer Center Limburg, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Alzheimer Center Limburg, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.,JARA-Institute Molecular Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany and RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.,Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Alzheimer Center Limburg, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Alzheimer Center Limburg, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Alzheimer Center Limburg, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.,JARA-Institute Molecular Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany and RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Kagerer SM, Schroeder C, van Bergen JMG, Schreiner SJ, Meyer R, Steininger SC, Vionnet L, Gietl AF, Treyer V, Buck A, Pruessmann KP, Hock C, Unschuld PG. Low Subicular Volume as an Indicator of Dementia-Risk Susceptibility in Old Age. Front Aging Neurosci 2022; 14:811146. [PMID: 35309894 PMCID: PMC8926841 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.811146] [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: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction Hippocampal atrophy is an established Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) biomarker. Volume loss in specific subregions as measurable with ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may reflect earliest pathological alterations. Methods Data from positron emission tomography (PET) for estimation of cortical amyloid β (Aβ) and high-resolution 7 Tesla T1 MRI for assessment of hippocampal subfield volumes were analyzed in 61 non-demented elderly individuals who were divided into risk-categories as defined by high levels of cortical Aβ and low performance in standardized episodic memory tasks. Results High cortical Aβ and low episodic memory interactively predicted subicular volume [F(3,57) = 5.90, p = 0.018]. The combination of high cortical Aβ and low episodic memory was associated with significantly lower subicular volumes, when compared to participants with high episodic memory (p = 0.004). Discussion Our results suggest that low subicular volume is linked to established indicators of AD risk, such as increased cortical Aβ and low episodic memory. Our data support subicular volume as a marker of dementia-risk susceptibility in old-aged non-demented persons.
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- Sonja M. Kagerer
- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Psychogeriatric Medicine, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Psychogeriatric Medicine, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Zurich and ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Psychogeriatric Medicine, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Zurich and ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Neurimmune, Schlieren, Switzerland
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Psychogeriatric Medicine, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Zurich and ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- *Correspondence: Paul G. Unschuld,
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Differential Effects of White Matter Hyperintensities and Regional Amyloid Deposition on Regional Cortical Thickness. Neurobiol Aging 2022; 115:12-19. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2022.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Revised: 03/12/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Yassi N, Pase MP, Buckley RF, Rosenich E, Watson R, Maruff P, Lim YY. Cardiovascular Risk Associated with Poorer Memory in Middle-Aged Adults from the Healthy Brain Project. J Alzheimers Dis 2022; 86:1081-1091. [PMID: 35147538 DOI: 10.3233/jad-215375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Midlife cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) are associated with reduced cognition and an increased risk of dementia. OBJECTIVE To further investigate this association using remote unsupervised online assessment of cognition and cardiovascular risk in middle-aged adults; and to explore the extent to which the association is altered by carriage of the APOE ɛ4 allele. METHODS The Healthy Brain Project is an online cohort of middle-aged cognitively unimpaired adults (40-70 years) who have undergone cognitive assessment and provided self-reports of demographic and health history. Cardiovascular risk was determined by ascertaining history of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes mellitus, overweight (body mass index≥25), and current cigarette smoking. Participants (n = 2,480) were then grouped based on the number of reported CVRF into no CVRF, 1, 2, and≥3 CVRF. Associations between the number of CVRF as a continuous variable, CVRF group, and each individual CVRF with composite measures of attention, memory and subjective cognitive function were investigated. RESULTS Higher number of CVRF was associated with poorer attention (β= -0.042, p = 0.039) and memory (β= -0.080, p < 0.001), but not with subjective cognitive function. When considered individually, current smoking (β= -0.400, p = 0.015), diabetes (β= -0.251, p = 0.023), and hypercholesterolemia (β= -0.109, p = 0.044) were independently associated with poorer memory performance. APOE ɛ4 carriers with≥1 CVRF performed worse on memory than ɛ4 carriers with no CVRFs (β(SE) = 0.259(0.077), p = 0.004). This was not observed in ɛ4 non-carriers. CONCLUSION In cognitively normal middle-aged adults, CVRF were associated with poorer cognition, particularly in the memory domain. These results support feasibility of online assessment of cardiovascular risk for cognitive impairment.
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- Nawaf Yassi
- Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Melbourne Brain Centre @ The Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.,Population Health and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Australia
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- The Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, VIC, Australia.,Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, VIC, Australia.,Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, VIC, Australia
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- Population Health and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Australia.,Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- The Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, VIC, Australia.,Cogstate Ltd., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- The Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, VIC, Australia
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Hijazi Z, Yassi N, O'Brien JT, Watson R. The influence of cerebrovascular disease in dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease dementia. Eur J Neurol 2021; 29:1254-1265. [PMID: 34923713 DOI: 10.1111/ene.15211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Lewy body dementia (LBD), including dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), is a common form of neurodegenerative dementia. The frequency and influence of comorbid cerebrovascular disease is not understood but has potentially important clinical management implications. METHODS A systematic literature search was conducted (Medline and Embase) for studies including participants with DLB and/or PDD assessing cerebrovascular lesions (imaging and pathological studies). They included white matter changes, cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), cerebral microbleeds (CMB), macroscopic infarcts, micro-infarcts and intracerebral haemorrhage. RESULTS Of 4411 articles, 63 studies were included. Cerebrovascular lesions commonly studied included white matter changes (41 studies) and CMB (18 studies). There was an increased severity of white matter changes on magnetic resonance imaging (visualized as white matter hyperintensities, WMH), but not neuropathology, in LBD compared to PD without dementia and age-matched controls. CMB prevalence in DLB was highly variable but broadly similar to Alzheimer's disease (AD) (0-48%), with a lobar predominance. No relationship was found between large cortical or small subcortical infarcts or intracerebral haemorrhage and presence of LBD. CONCLUSION The underlying mechanisms of WMH in LBD require further exploration, as their increased severity in LBD was not supported by neuropathological examination of white matter. CMB in LBD had a similar prevalence as AD. There is a need for larger studies assessing the influence of cerebrovascular lesions on clinical symptoms, disease progression and outcomes.
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- Zina Hijazi
- Monash University School of Rural Health, Bendigo Hospital, Bendigo, VIC, Australia.,Department of Medicine, Bendigo Hospital, Bendigo, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Population Health and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Department of Neurology, Melbourne Brain Centre at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Level E4, Box 189, Cambridge, CB2 0QC, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Population Health and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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Xia Y, Yassi N, Raniga P, Bourgeat P, Desmond P, Doecke J, Ames D, Laws SM, Fowler C, Rainey-Smith SR, Martins R, Maruff P, Villemagne VL, Masters CL, Rowe CC, Fripp J, Salvado O. Comorbidity of Cerebrovascular and Alzheimer's Disease in Aging. J Alzheimers Dis 2021; 78:321-334. [PMID: 32986666 DOI: 10.3233/jad-200419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cerebrovascular disease often coexists with Alzheimer's disease (AD). While both diseases share common risk factors, their interrelationship remains unclear. Increasing the understanding of how cerebrovascular changes interact with AD is essential to develop therapeutic strategies and refine biomarkers for early diagnosis. OBJECTIVE We investigate the prevalence and risk factors for the comorbidity of amyloid-β (Aβ) and cerebrovascular disease in the Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle Study of Ageing, and further examine their cross-sectional association. METHODS A total of 598 participants (422 cognitively normal, 89 with mild cognitive impairment, 87 with AD) underwent positron emission tomography and structural magnetic resonance imaging for assessment of Aβ deposition and cerebrovascular disease. Individuals were categorized based on the comorbidity status of Aβ and cerebrovascular disease (V) as Aβ-V-, Aβ-V+, Aβ+V-, or Aβ+V+. RESULTS Advancing age was associated with greater likelihood of cerebrovascular disease, high Aβ load and their comorbidity. Apolipoprotein E ɛ4 carriage was only associated with Aβ positivity. Greater total and regional WMH burden were observed in participants with AD. However, no association were observed between Aβ and WMH measures after stratification by clinical classification, suggesting that the observed association between AD and cerebrovascular disease was driven by the common risk factor of age. CONCLUSION Our observations demonstrate common comorbid condition of Aβ and cerebrovascular disease in later life. While our study did not demonstrate a convincing cross-sectional association between Aβ and WMH burden, future longitudinal studies are required to further confirm this.
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- Ying Xia
- The Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Medicine and Neurology, Melbourne Brain Centre at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Population Health and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Australia.,The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- The Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- The Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- The Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- National Ageing Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, WA, Australia.,Sir James McCusker Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit, Hollywood Private Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,Sir James McCusker Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit, Hollywood Private Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,Sir James McCusker Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit, Hollywood Private Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Cog State Ltd, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia.,Department of Medicine, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia.,Department of Medicine, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia
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- The Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- The Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,CSIRO Data61, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Cheung CY, Mok V, Foster PJ, Trucco E, Chen C, Wong TY. Retinal imaging in Alzheimer's disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2021; 92:983-994. [PMID: 34108266 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-325347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Identifying biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) will accelerate the understanding of its pathophysiology, facilitate screening and risk stratification, and aid in developing new therapies. Developments in non-invasive retinal imaging technologies, including optical coherence tomography (OCT), OCT angiography and digital retinal photography, have provided a means to study neuronal and vascular structures in the retina in people with AD. Both qualitative and quantitative measurements from these retinal imaging technologies (eg, thinning of peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer, inner retinal layer, and choroidal layer, reduced capillary density, abnormal vasodilatory response) have been shown to be associated with cognitive function impairment and risk of AD. The development of computer algorithms for respective retinal imaging methods has further enhanced the potential of retinal imaging as a viable tool for rapid, early detection and screening of AD. In this review, we present an update of current retinal imaging techniques and their potential applications in AD research. We also discuss the newer retinal imaging techniques and future directions in this expanding field.
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- Carol Y Cheung
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Gerald Choa Neuroscience Centre, Therese Pei Fong Chow Research Centre for Prevention of Dementia, Lui Che Woo Institute of Innovative Medicine, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Foundation Trust, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK
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- VAMPIRE project, Computing, School of Science and Engineering, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Pharmacology, National University Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore.,Memory Aging and Cognition Centre, National University Health System, Singapore
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore.,Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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Momeni S, Fazlollahi A, Yates P, Rowe C, Gao Y, Liew AWC, Salvado O. Synthetic microbleeds generation for classifier training without ground truth. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE 2021; 207:106127. [PMID: 34051412 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2021.106127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Cerebral microbleeds (CMB) are important biomarkers of cerebrovascular diseases and cognitive dysfunctions. Susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI) is a common MRI sequence where CMB appear as small hypointense blobs. The prevalence of CMB in the population and in each scan is low, resulting in tedious and time-consuming visual assessment. Automated detection methods would be of value but are challenged by the CMB low prevalence, the presence of mimics such as blood vessels, and the difficulty to obtain sufficient ground truth for training and testing. In this paper, synthetic CMB (sCMB) generation using an analytical model is proposed for training and testing machine learning methods. The main aim is creating perfect synthetic ground truth as similar as reals, in high number, with a high diversity of shape, volume, intensity, and location to improve training of supervised methods. METHOD sCMB were modelled with a random Gaussian shape and added to healthy brain locations. We compared training on our synthetic data to standard augmentation techniques. We performed a validation experiment using sCMB and report result for whole brain detection using a 10-fold cross validation design with an ensemble of 10 neural networks. RESULTS Performance was close to state of the art (~9 false positives per scan), when random forest was trained on synthetic only and tested on real lesion. Other experiments showed that top detection performance could be achieved when training on synthetic CMB only. Our dataset is made available, including a version with 37,000 synthetic lesions, that could be used for benchmarking and training. CONCLUSION Our proposed synthetic microbleeds model is a powerful data augmentation approach for CMB classification with and should be considered for training automated lesion detection system from MRI SWI.
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- Saba Momeni
- CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Australian E-Health Research Centre, Brisbane, Australia; School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
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- CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Australian E-Health Research Centre, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Aged Care, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia
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- School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Information & Communication Technology, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
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Leung IHK, Broadhouse KM, Mowszowski L, LaMonica HM, Palmer JR, Hickie IB, Naismith SL, Duffy SL. Association between lifetime depression history, hippocampal volume and memory in non-amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Eur J Neurosci 2021; 54:4953-4970. [PMID: 33765347 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.15207] [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: 12/21/2020] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hippocampal subfield volume loss in older adults with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and depression history are associated with amyloid beta and tau pathology, thereby increasing the risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, no studies have exclusively examined distinct alterations in hippocampal subfields in non-amnestic MCI (naMCI) in relation to depression history. Here, we used both longitudinal and transverse hippocampal segmentation methods using the automated FreeSurfer software to examine whether a lifetime depression history is associated with differences in hippocampal head/body/tail (H/B/T) and key subfield volumes (CA1, subiculum, dentate gyrus) in older adults with naMCI. Further, we explored whether differences in hippocampal H/B/T and subfield volumes were associated with structured and unstructured verbal encoding and retention, comparing those with and without a depression history. The naMCI with a depression history group demonstrated larger or relatively preserved right CA1 volumes, which were associated with better unstructured verbal encoding and as well as structured verbal memory retention. This association between memory encoding and hippocampal CA1 and total head volume was significantly different to those with no depression history. The relationship between right CA1 volume and memory retention was also moderated by depression history status F (5,143) = 7.84, p < 0.001, R2 = 0.22. Those participants taking antidepressants had significantly larger hippocampal subiculum (p = 0.008), and right hippocampal body (p = 0.004) and better performance on structured encoding (p = 0.011) and unstructured memory retention (p = 0.009). These findings highlight the importance of lifetime depression history and antidepressant use on the hippocampus and encoding and memory retention in naMCI.
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- Isabella Hoi Kei Leung
- Healthy Brain Ageing Program, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Faculty of Medicine and Health, Central Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia
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- Healthy Brain Ageing Program, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Faculty of Science, School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Healthy Brain Ageing Program, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Faculty of Medicine and Health, Central Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Healthy Brain Ageing Program, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Healthy Brain Ageing Program, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Healthy Brain Ageing Program, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Faculty of Science, School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Healthy Brain Ageing Program, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Charles Perkins Centre, Discipline of Exercise and Sport Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Fowler C, Rainey-Smith SR, Bird S, Bomke J, Bourgeat P, Brown BM, Burnham SC, Bush AI, Chadunow C, Collins S, Doecke J, Doré V, Ellis KA, Evered L, Fazlollahi A, Fripp J, Gardener SL, Gibson S, Grenfell R, Harrison E, Head R, Jin L, Kamer A, Lamb F, Lautenschlager NT, Laws SM, Li QX, Lim L, Lim YY, Louey A, Macaulay SL, Mackintosh L, Martins RN, Maruff P, Masters CL, McBride S, Milicic L, Peretti M, Pertile K, Porter T, Radler M, Rembach A, Robertson J, Rodrigues M, Rowe CC, Rumble R, Salvado O, Savage G, Silbert B, Soh M, Sohrabi HR, Taddei K, Taddei T, Thai C, Trounson B, Tyrrell R, Vacher M, Varghese S, Villemagne VL, Weinborn M, Woodward M, Xia Y, Ames D. Fifteen Years of the Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) Study: Progress and Observations from 2,359 Older Adults Spanning the Spectrum from Cognitive Normality to Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis Rep 2021; 5:443-468. [PMID: 34368630 PMCID: PMC8293663 DOI: 10.3233/adr-210005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background: The Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) Study commenced in 2006 as a prospective study of 1,112 individuals (768 cognitively normal (CN), 133 with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and 211 with Alzheimer’s disease dementia (AD)) as an ‘Inception cohort’ who underwent detailed ssessments every 18 months. Over the past decade, an additional 1247 subjects have been added as an ‘Enrichment cohort’ (as of 10 April 2019). Objective: Here we provide an overview of these Inception and Enrichment cohorts of more than 8,500 person-years of investigation. Methods: Participants underwent reassessment every 18 months including comprehensive cognitive testing, neuroimaging (magnetic resonance imaging, MRI; positron emission tomography, PET), biofluid biomarkers and lifestyle evaluations. Results: AIBL has made major contributions to the understanding of the natural history of AD, with cognitive and biological definitions of its three major stages: preclinical, prodromal and clinical. Early deployment of Aβ-amyloid and tau molecular PET imaging and the development of more sensitive and specific blood tests have facilitated the assessment of genetic and environmental factors which affect age at onset and rates of progression. Conclusion: This fifteen-year study provides a large database of highly characterized individuals with longitudinal cognitive, imaging and lifestyle data and biofluid collections, to aid in the development of interventions to delay onset, prevent or treat AD. Harmonization with similar large longitudinal cohort studies is underway to further these aims.
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- Christopher Fowler
- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute), Nedlands, WA, Australia.,Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia.,School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute), Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute), Nedlands, WA, Australia.,Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Herston, QLD, Australia.,Cooperative Research Council for Mental Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Herston, QLD, Australia.,Department of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,University of Melbourne Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia
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- Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute), Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia
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- Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, Centre for Precision Health, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute), Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute), Nedlands, WA, Australia.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, Centre for Precision Health, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
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- Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, Centre for Precision Health, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, Centre for Precision Health, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute), Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- Department of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute), Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute), Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute), Nedlands, WA, Australia.,Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute), Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute), Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia
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- Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation (Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute), Nedlands, WA, Australia.,School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia
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- Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,University of Melbourne Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,National Ageing Research Institute (NARI), Parkville, VIC, Australia
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Jang YJ, Kang C, Myung W, Lim SW, Moon YK, Kim H, Kim DK. Additive interaction of mid- to late-life depression and cerebrovascular disease on the risk of dementia: a nationwide population-based cohort study. ALZHEIMERS RESEARCH & THERAPY 2021; 13:61. [PMID: 33726788 PMCID: PMC7968260 DOI: 10.1186/s13195-021-00800-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
Background Dementia is a progressive neurocognitive disease with a substantial social burden. No apparent breakthroughs in treatment options have emerged so far; thus, disease prevention is essential for at-risk populations. Depression and cerebrovascular disease (CVD) are independent risk factors for dementia, but no studies have examined their interaction effect on dementia risk. This study aimed to identify the association of depression and CVD with the risk of dementia and evaluate whether dementia risk among patients with comorbid depression and CVD is higher than the sum of the individual risk due to each condition. Methods A population-based cohort study was conducted to analyze the Korean National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort data of all individuals over 50 years of age. Individuals who had not been diagnosed with dementia at baseline were included and followed up from January 1, 2005, to December 31, 2013. A time-varying Cox proportional hazard regression model adjusted for potential confounding factors was used for the analysis. The interaction between depression and CVD was estimated based on the attributable proportion (AP), relative excess risk due to interaction (RERI), synergy index (SI), and multiplicative-scale interaction. Results A total of 242,237 participants were included in the analytical sample, of which 12,735 (5.3%) developed dementia. Compared to that for participants without depression or CVD, the adjusted hazard ratio for the incidence of dementia for those with depression alone was 2.35 (95% confidence interval [CI] 2.21–2.49), CVD alone was 3.25 (95% CI 3.11–3.39), and comorbid depression and CVD was 5.02 (95% CI 4.66–5.42). The additive interaction between depression and CVD was statistically significant (AP—0.08, 95% CI 0.01–0.16; RERI—0.42, 95% CI 0.03–0.82; SI—1.12, 95% CI 1.01–1.24). The multiplicative interaction was significant too, but the effect was negative (0.66, 95% CI 0.60–0.73). Conclusions In this population-based nationwide cohort with long-term follow-up, depression and CVD were associated with an increased risk of dementia, and their coexistence additively increased dementia risk more than the sum of the individual risks.
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- Yoo Jin Jang
- Department of Psychiatry, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, South Korea
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- Department of Public Health Science, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea
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- SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, South Korea
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- Department of Public Health Science, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. .,Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 151-742, South Korea.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, South Korea.
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Busatto GF, de Gobbi Porto FH, Faria DDP, Squarzoni P, Coutinho AM, Garcez AT, Rosa PGP, da Costa NA, Carvalho CL, Torralbo L, de Almeida Hernandes JR, Ono CR, Brucki SMD, Nitrini R, Buchpiguel CA, Souza Duran FL, Forlenza OV. In vivo imaging evidence of poor cognitive resilience to Alzheimer's disease pathology in subjects with very low cognitive reserve from a low-middle income environment. ALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIA (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2020; 12:e12122. [PMID: 33426265 PMCID: PMC7780143 DOI: 10.1002/dad2.12122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Revised: 09/09/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Reduced cognitive reserve (CR) due to very low educational (VLE) levels may influence high dementia rates in low-middle income environments, leading to decreased cognitive resilience (RES) to Alzheimer´s disease (AD) pathology. However, in vivo findings in VLE groups confirming this prediction are lacking. METHODS Cognitively impaired patients (with clinically defined AD dementia or amnestic mild cognitive impairment) and cognitively unimpaired older adults (n = 126) were recruited for a positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) investigation in Brazil, including 37 VLE individuals (≤5 years of education). A CR score was generated combining educational attainment and vocabulary knowledge. RES indices to AD pathology were calculated using standardized residuals from linear regression models relating current cognitive performance (episodic memory or overall cognition) to amyloid beta (Aβ) burden Pittsburgh compound-B ([11C]PiB-PET). RESULTS Aβ burden was lower in VLE relative to highly-educated subjects (controlling for age, sex, and Mini-Mental Status Exam [MMSE] scores) in the overall cognitively impaired sample, and in dementia subjects when the three clinically defined groups were evaluated separately. In bivariate regression analyses for the overall sample, the RES index based on a composite cognitive score was predicted by CR, socioeconomic status, and hippocampal volume (but not white matter hyperintensities or intracranial volume [ICV]); in the multivariate model, only CR retained significance (and similar results were obtained in the Aβ-positive subsample). In the multivariate model for the overall sample using the RES index based on memory performance, CR, hippocampal volume, and ICV were significant predictors, whereas only CR retained significance in Aβ-positive subjects. DISCUSSION Lower CR consistently predicted less resilience to AD pathology in older adults from a low-middle income environment.
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- Geraldo F. Busatto
- Laboratory of Psychiatric Neuroimaging (LIM 21)Department of PsychiatryFaculdade de Medicina FMUSPUniversidade de Sao PauloSao PauloBrazil
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- Laboratory of Psychiatric Neuroimaging (LIM 21)Department of PsychiatryFaculdade de Medicina FMUSPUniversidade de Sao PauloSao PauloBrazil
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine (LIM43)Department of Radiology and OncologyFaculdade de Medicina FMUSPUniversidade de Sao PauloSao PauloBrazil
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- Laboratory of Psychiatric Neuroimaging (LIM 21)Department of PsychiatryFaculdade de Medicina FMUSPUniversidade de Sao PauloSao PauloBrazil
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine (LIM43)Department of Radiology and OncologyFaculdade de Medicina FMUSPUniversidade de Sao PauloSao PauloBrazil
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine (LIM43)Department of Radiology and OncologyFaculdade de Medicina FMUSPUniversidade de Sao PauloSao PauloBrazil
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- Laboratory of Psychiatric Neuroimaging (LIM 21)Department of PsychiatryFaculdade de Medicina FMUSPUniversidade de Sao PauloSao PauloBrazil
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- Laboratory of Psychiatric Neuroimaging (LIM 21)Department of PsychiatryFaculdade de Medicina FMUSPUniversidade de Sao PauloSao PauloBrazil
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- Laboratory of Psychiatric Neuroimaging (LIM 21)Department of PsychiatryFaculdade de Medicina FMUSPUniversidade de Sao PauloSao PauloBrazil
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- Laboratory of Psychiatric Neuroimaging (LIM 21)Department of PsychiatryFaculdade de Medicina FMUSPUniversidade de Sao PauloSao PauloBrazil
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- Laboratory of Psychiatric Neuroimaging (LIM 21)Department of PsychiatryFaculdade de Medicina FMUSPUniversidade de Sao PauloSao PauloBrazil
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine (LIM43)Department of Radiology and OncologyFaculdade de Medicina FMUSPUniversidade de Sao PauloSao PauloBrazil
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- Department of NeurologyFaculdade de Medicina FMUSPUniversidade de Sao PauloSao PauloBrazil
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine (LIM43)Department of Radiology and OncologyFaculdade de Medicina FMUSPUniversidade de Sao PauloSao PauloBrazil
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- Laboratory of Psychiatric Neuroimaging (LIM 21)Department of PsychiatryFaculdade de Medicina FMUSPUniversidade de Sao PauloSao PauloBrazil
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- Laboratory of Neuroscience (LIM 27)Department of PsychiatryFaculdade de Medicina FMUSPUniversidade de Sao PauloSao PauloBrazil
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Chua XY, Chai YL, Chew WS, Chong JR, Ang HL, Xiang P, Camara K, Howell AR, Torta F, Wenk MR, Hilal S, Venketasubramanian N, Chen CP, Herr DR, Lai MKP. Immunomodulatory sphingosine-1-phosphates as plasma biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease and vascular cognitive impairment. Alzheimers Res Ther 2020; 12:122. [PMID: 32998767 PMCID: PMC7528375 DOI: 10.1186/s13195-020-00694-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND There has been ongoing research impetus to uncover novel blood-based diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD), vascular dementia (VaD), and related cerebrovascular disease (CEVD)-associated conditions within the spectrum of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI). Sphingosine-1-phosphates (S1Ps) are signaling lipids which act on the S1PR family of cognate G-protein-coupled receptors and have been shown to modulate neuroinflammation, a process known to be involved in both neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular diseases. However, the status of peripheral S1P in AD and VCI is at present unclear. METHODS We obtained baseline bloods from individuals recruited into an ongoing longitudinal cohort study who had normal cognition (N = 80); cognitive impairment, no dementia (N = 160); AD (N = 113); or VaD (N = 31), along with neuroimaging assessments of cerebrovascular diseases. Plasma samples were processed for the measurements of major S1P species: d16:1, d17:1, d18:0, and d18:1, along with pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF). Furthermore, in vitro effects of S1Ps on cytokine expression were also studied in an astrocytoma cell line and in rodent primary astrocytes. RESULTS Of the S1Ps species measured, only d16:1 S1P was significantly reduced in the plasma of VaD, but not AD, patients, while the d18:1 to d16:1 ratios were increased in all cognitive subgroups (CIND, AD, and VaD). Furthermore, d18:1 to d16:1 ratios correlated with levels of IL-6, IL-8, and TNF. In both primary astrocytes and an astroglial cell line, treatment with d16:1 or d18:1 S1P resulted in the upregulation of mRNA transcripts of pro-inflammatory cytokines, with d18:1 showing a stronger effect than d16:1. Interestingly, co-treatment assays showed that the addition of d16:1 reduced the extent of d18:1-mediated gene expression, indicating that d16:1 may function to "fine-tune" the pro-inflammatory effects of d18:1. CONCLUSION Taken together, our data suggest that plasma d16:1 S1P may be useful as a diagnostic marker for VCI, while the d18:1 to d16:1 S1P ratio is an index of dysregulated S1P-mediated immunomodulation leading to chronic inflammation-associated neurodegeneration and cerebrovascular damage.
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- Xin Ying Chua
- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, 117597, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, 117597, Singapore
- Memory, Aging and Cognition Centre, National University Health Systems, Kent Ridge, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, 117597, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, 117597, Singapore
- Memory, Aging and Cognition Centre, National University Health Systems, Kent Ridge, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, 117597, Singapore
- Cancer Science Institute, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, 117597, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Singapore Lipidomics Incubator (SLING), Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore
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- Singapore Lipidomics Incubator (SLING), Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, 117597, Singapore
- Memory, Aging and Cognition Centre, National University Health Systems, Kent Ridge, Singapore
- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, 117597, Singapore
- Memory, Aging and Cognition Centre, National University Health Systems, Kent Ridge, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, 117597, Singapore.
- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, 117597, Singapore.
- Memory, Aging and Cognition Centre, National University Health Systems, Kent Ridge, Singapore.
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Simões-Pires EN, Ferreira ST, Linden R. Roles of glutamate receptors in a novel in vitro model of early, comorbid cerebrovascular, and Alzheimer's diseases. J Neurochem 2020; 156:539-552. [PMID: 32683713 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.15129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2020] [Revised: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Systemic multimorbidity is highly prevalent in the elderly and, remarkably, coexisting neuropathological markers of Alzheimer's (AD) and cerebrovascular (CVD) diseases are found at autopsy in most brains of patients clinically diagnosed as AD. Little is known on neurodegeneration peculiar to comorbidities, especially at early stages when pathogenesis may propagate at subclinical levels. We developed a novel in vitro model of comorbid CVD/AD in organotypic hippocampal cultures, by combining oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) and exposure to amyloid-Aβ oligomers (AβOs), both applied at levels subtoxic to neurons when used in isolation. We focused on synaptic proteins and the roles of glutamate receptors, which have been implicated in many basic and clinical approaches to either CVD or AD. Subtoxic insults by OGD and AβOs synergized to reduce levels of synaptophysin (SYP) and PSD-95 without cell death, while effects of antagonists of either metabotropic or ionotropic glutamate receptors were distinct from reports in models of isolated CVD or AD. In particular, modulation of glutamate receptors differentially impacted SYP and PSD-95, and antagonists of a single receptor subtype had distinct effects when either isolated or combined. Our findings highlight the complexity of CVD/AD comorbidity, help understand variable responses to glutamate receptor antagonists in patients diagnosed with AD and may contribute to future development of therapeutics based on investigation of the pattern of progressive comorbidity.
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- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Abrahamson EE, Ikonomovic MD. Brain injury-induced dysfunction of the blood brain barrier as a risk for dementia. Exp Neurol 2020; 328:113257. [PMID: 32092298 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2020.113257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2019] [Revised: 01/31/2020] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a complex and dynamic physiological interface between brain parenchyma and cerebral vasculature. It is composed of closely interacting cells and signaling molecules that regulate movement of solutes, ions, nutrients, macromolecules, and immune cells into the brain and removal of products of normal and abnormal brain cell metabolism. Dysfunction of multiple components of the BBB occurs in aging, inflammatory diseases, traumatic brain injury (TBI, severe or mild repetitive), and in chronic degenerative dementing disorders for which aging, inflammation, and TBI are considered risk factors. BBB permeability changes after TBI result in leakage of serum proteins, influx of immune cells, perivascular inflammation, as well as impairment of efflux transporter systems and accumulation of aggregation-prone molecules involved in hallmark pathologies of neurodegenerative diseases with dementia. In addition, cerebral vascular dysfunction with persistent alterations in cerebral blood flow and neurovascular coupling contribute to brain ischemia, neuronal degeneration, and synaptic dysfunction. While the idea of TBI as a risk factor for dementia is supported by many shared pathological features, it remains a hypothesis that needs further testing in experimental models and in human studies. The current review focusses on pathological mechanisms shared between TBI and neurodegenerative disorders characterized by accumulation of pathological protein aggregates, such as Alzheimer's disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. We discuss critical knowledge gaps in the field that need to be explored to clarify the relationship between TBI and risk for dementia and emphasize the need for longitudinal in vivo studies using imaging and biomarkers of BBB dysfunction in people with single or multiple TBI.
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- Eric E Abrahamson
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
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