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Prince JB, Davis HL, Tan J, Muller-Townsend K, Markovic S, Lewis DMG, Hastie B, Thompson MB, Drummond PD, Fujiyama H, Sohrabi HR. Cognitive and neuroscientific perspectives of healthy ageing. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2024; 161:105649. [PMID: 38579902 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 03/17/2024] [Accepted: 03/30/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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With dementia incidence projected to escalate significantly within the next 25 years, the United Nations declared 2021-2030 the Decade of Healthy Ageing, emphasising cognition as a crucial element. As a leading discipline in cognition and ageing research, psychology is well-equipped to offer insights for translational research, clinical practice, and policy-making. In this comprehensive review, we discuss the current state of knowledge on age-related changes in cognition and psychological health. We discuss cognitive changes during ageing, including (a) heterogeneity in the rate, trajectory, and characteristics of decline experienced by older adults, (b) the role of cognitive reserve in age-related cognitive decline, and (c) the potential for cognitive training to slow this decline. We also examine ageing and cognition through multiple theoretical perspectives. We highlight critical unresolved issues, such as the disparate implications of subjective versus objective measures of cognitive decline and the insufficient evaluation of cognitive training programs. We suggest future research directions, and emphasise interdisciplinary collaboration to create a more comprehensive understanding of the factors that modulate cognitive ageing.
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- Jon B Prince
- School of Psychology, Murdoch University, WA, Australia; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, WA, Australia.
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- School of Psychology, Murdoch University, WA, Australia; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, WA, Australia
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- School of Psychology, Murdoch University, WA, Australia; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, WA, Australia
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- School of Psychology, Murdoch University, WA, Australia; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, WA, Australia
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- School of Psychology, Murdoch University, WA, Australia; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, WA, Australia; Discipline of Psychology, Counselling and Criminology, Edith Cowan University, WA, Australia
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- School of Psychology, Murdoch University, WA, Australia; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, WA, Australia
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- School of Psychology, Murdoch University, WA, Australia; Centre for Biosecurity and One Health, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, WA, Australia
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- School of Psychology, Murdoch University, WA, Australia; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, WA, Australia
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- School of Psychology, Murdoch University, WA, Australia; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, WA, Australia; Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics, Murdoch University, WA, Australia
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- School of Psychology, Murdoch University, WA, Australia; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, WA, Australia; School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, WA, Australia; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia.
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Gardener SL, Fuller SJ, Naismith SL, Baker L, Kivipelto M, Villemagne VL, Grieve SM, Yates P, Rainey‐Smith SR, Chen J, Thompson B, Armstrong NJ, Fernando MG, Blagojevic Castro C, Meghwar S, Raman R, Gleason A, Ireland C, Clarnette R, Anstey KJ, Taddei K, Garg M, Sohrabi HR, Martins RN. The AUstralian multidomain Approach to Reduce dementia Risk by prOtecting brain health With lifestyle intervention study (AU-ARROW): A study protocol for a single-blind, multi-site, randomized controlled trial. Alzheimers Dement (N Y) 2024; 10:e12466. [PMID: 38596483 PMCID: PMC11002765 DOI: 10.1002/trc2.12466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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INTRODUCTION The Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study (FINGER) led to the global dementia risk reduction initiative: World-Wide FINGERS (WW-FINGERS). As part of WW-FINGERS, the Australian AU-ARROW study mirrors aspects of FINGER, as well as US-POINTER. METHOD AU-ARROW is a randomized, single-blind, multisite, 2-year clinical trial (n = 600; aged 55-79). The multimodal lifestyle intervention group will engage in aerobic exercise, resistance training and stretching, dietary advice to encourage MIND diet adherence, BrainHQ cognitive training, and medical monitoring and health education. The Health Education and Coaching group will receive occasional health education sessions. The primary outcome measure is the change in a global composite cognitive score. Extra value will emanate from blood biomarker analysis, positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and retinal biomarker tests. DISCUSSION The finalized AU-ARROW protocol is expected to allow development of an evidence-based innovative treatment plan to reduce cognitive decline and dementia risk, and effective transfer of research outcomes into Australian health policy. Highlights Study protocol for a single-blind, randomized controlled trial, the AU-ARROW Study.The AU-ARROW Study is a member of the World-Wide FINGERS (WW-FINGERS) initiative.AU-ARROW's primary outcome measure is change in a global composite cognitive score.Extra significance from amyloid PET imaging, brain MRI, and retinal biomarker tests.Leading to development of an innovative treatment plan to reduce cognitive decline.
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- Samantha L. Gardener
- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and CareSchool of Medical and Health SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Alzheimer's Research AustraliaRalph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research InstituteNedlandsWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Lifestyle Approaches Towards Cognitive Health Research GroupMurdoch UniversityMurdochWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Department of Biomedical SciencesMacquarie UniversitySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Wake Forest University School of MedicineWinston‐SalemNorth CarolinaUSA
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- Karolinska InstitutetSolnaStockholmSweden
- FINGERS Brain Health InstituteStockholmSweden
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and CareSchool of Medical and Health SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
- University of PittsburghPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
- Austin Health, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for Positron Emission TomographyHeidelbergVictoriaAustralia
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- Imaging and Phenotyping Laboratory, Charles Perkins Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of SydneySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Austin Health, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for Positron Emission TomographyHeidelbergVictoriaAustralia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and CareSchool of Medical and Health SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Alzheimer's Research AustraliaRalph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research InstituteNedlandsWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Lifestyle Approaches Towards Cognitive Health Research GroupMurdoch UniversityMurdochWestern AustraliaAustralia
- The University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Centre for Healthy AgeingMurdoch UniversityMurdochWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Department of Biomedical SciencesMacquarie UniversitySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
- Discipline of Nutrition and DieteticsSusan Wakil School of Nursing and MidwiferyCharles Perkins CentreThe University of SydneySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Department of Health SciencesAustralian Lymphoedema EducationResearch and TreatmentMacquarie UniversitySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Department of Biomedical SciencesMacquarie UniversitySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Alzheimer's Research AustraliaRalph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research InstituteNedlandsWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Centre for Healthy AgeingMurdoch UniversityMurdochWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Department of Biomedical SciencesMacquarie UniversitySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research InstituteUniversity of Southern CaliforniaSan DiegoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Biomedical SciencesMacquarie UniversitySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental HealthUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Department of NeuroscienceCentral Clinical SchoolThe Alfred CentreMonash UniversityVictoriaAustralia
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- The University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and CareSchool of Medical and Health SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Department of Biomedical SciencesMacquarie UniversitySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and CareSchool of Medical and Health SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Alzheimer's Research AustraliaRalph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research InstituteNedlandsWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Department of Biomedical SciencesMacquarie UniversitySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
- Centre for Healthy AgeingMurdoch UniversityMurdochWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and CareSchool of Medical and Health SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Alzheimer's Research AustraliaRalph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research InstituteNedlandsWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Department of Biomedical SciencesMacquarie UniversitySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
- Centre for Healthy AgeingMurdoch UniversityMurdochWestern AustraliaAustralia
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Pivac LN, Brown BM, Sewell KR, Doecke JD, Villemagne VL, Doré V, Weinborn M, Sohrabi HR, Gardener SL, Bucks RS, Laws SM, Taddei K, Maruff P, Masters CL, Rowe C, Martins RN, Rainey‐Smith SR. Suboptimal self-reported sleep efficiency and duration are associated with faster accumulation of brain amyloid beta in cognitively unimpaired older adults. Alzheimers Dement (Amst) 2024; 16:e12579. [PMID: 38651160 PMCID: PMC11033837 DOI: 10.1002/dad2.12579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Revised: 02/28/2024] [Accepted: 03/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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INTRODUCTION This study investigated whether self-reported sleep quality is associated with brain amyloid beta (Aβ) accumulation. METHODS Linear mixed effect model analyses were conducted for 189 cognitively unimpaired (CU) older adults (mean ± standard deviation 74.0 ± 6.2; 53.2% female), with baseline self-reported sleep data, and positron emission tomography-determined brain Aβ measured over a minimum of three time points (range 33.3-72.7 months). Analyses included random slopes and intercepts, interaction for apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele status, and time, adjusting for sex and baseline age. RESULTS Sleep duration <6 hours, in APOE ε4 carriers, and sleep efficiency <65%, in the whole sample and APOE ε4 non-carriers, is associated with faster accumulation of brain Aβ. DISCUSSION These findings suggest a role for self-reported suboptimal sleep efficiency and duration in the accumulation of Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology in CU individuals. Additionally, poor sleep efficiency represents a potential route via which individuals at lower genetic risk may progress to preclinical AD. Highlights In cognitively unimpaired older adults self-report sleep is associated with brain amyloid beta (Aβ) accumulation.Across sleep characteristics, this relationship differs by apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype.Sleep duration <6 hours is associated with faster brain Aβ accumulation in APOE ε4 carriers.Sleep efficiency < 65% is associated with faster brain Aβ accumulation in APOE ε4 non-carriers.Personalized sleep interventions should be studied for potential to slow Aβ accumulation.
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- Louise N. Pivac
- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures InstituteMurdoch UniversityMurdochWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Alzheimer's Research Australia, Sarich Neuroscience Research InstituteNedlandsWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures InstituteMurdoch UniversityMurdochWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures InstituteMurdoch UniversityMurdochWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Australian E‐Health Research Centre, CSIROHerstonQueenslandAustralia
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- Australian E‐Health Research Centre, CSIROHerstonQueenslandAustralia
- Department of Molecular ImagingAustin HealthHeidelbergVictoriaAustralia
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- School of Psychological ScienceUniversity of Western AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures InstituteMurdoch UniversityMurdochWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- School of Medical and Health SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- School of Psychological ScienceUniversity of Western AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
- School of Population and Global HealthUniversity of Western AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- School of Medical and Health SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Centre for Precision HealthEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Collaborative Genomics and Translation GroupEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Curtin Medical SchoolCurtin UniversityBentleyWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- School of Medical and Health SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Cogstate Ltd., MelbourneMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental HealthUniversity of MelbourneMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental HealthUniversity of MelbourneMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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- Department of Molecular ImagingAustin HealthHeidelbergVictoriaAustralia
- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental HealthUniversity of MelbourneMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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- School of Medical and Health SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Department of Biomedical SciencesMacquarie UniversityMacquarie UniversitySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures InstituteMurdoch UniversityMurdochWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Alzheimer's Research Australia, Sarich Neuroscience Research InstituteNedlandsWestern AustraliaAustralia
- School of Psychological ScienceUniversity of Western AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
- School of Medical and Health SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
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Sewell KR, Rainey-Smith SR, Pedrini S, Peiffer JJ, Sohrabi HR, Taddei K, Markovic SJ, Martins RN, Brown BM. The impact of exercise on blood-based biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease in cognitively unimpaired older adults. GeroScience 2024:10.1007/s11357-024-01130-2. [PMID: 38488949 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-024-01130-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
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Physical activity is a promising preventative strategy for Alzheimer's disease: it is associated with lower dementia risk, better cognition, greater brain volume and lower brain beta-amyloid. Blood-based biomarkers have emerged as a low-cost, non-invasive strategy for detecting preclinical Alzheimer's disease, however, there is limited literature examining the effect of exercise (a structured form of physical activity) on blood-based biomarkers. The current study investigated the influence of a 6-month exercise intervention on levels of plasma beta-amyloid (Aβ42, Aβ40, Aβ42/40), phosphorylated tau (p-tau181), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and neurofilament light (NfL) chain in cognitively unimpaired older adults, and as a secondary aim, whether blood-based biomarkers related to cognition. Ninety-nine community-dwelling older adults (69.1 ± 5.2) were allocated to an inactive control, or to moderate or high intensity exercise groups where they cycled twice weekly for six months. At baseline and six months (post-intervention), fasted blood was collected and analysed using single molecule array (SIMOA) assays, and cognition was assessed. Results demonstrated no change in levels of any plasma biomarker from pre- to post-intervention. At baseline, higher NfL was associated with poorer cognition (β = -0.33, SE = 0.13, adjusted p = .042). Exploratory analyses indicated higher cardiorespiratory fitness was associated with higher NfL and GFAP levels in apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 non-carriers compared to ε4 carriers (NfL, β = -0.43, SE = 0.19, p = .029; GFAP, β = -0.41, SE = 0.20, p = .044), though this association was mediated by body mass index (BMI). These results highlight the importance of considering BMI in analysis of blood-based biomarkers, especially when investigating differences between APOE ε4 carriers and non-carriers. Our results also indicate that longer follow-up periods may be required to observe exercise-induced change in blood-based biomarkers.
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- Kelsey R Sewell
- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia.
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Alzheimer's Research Australia, 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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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Alzheimer's Research Australia, Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Alzheimer's Research Australia, Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, WA, Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Alzheimer's Research Australia, Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
- Alzheimer's Research Australia, Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Alzheimer's Research Australia, Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, WA, Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Alzheimer's Research Australia, Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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Sohrabi HR, Greenberg SM, Whiley L. Editorial: Cerebral amyloid angiopathy: from bench to bedside. Front Neurosci 2024; 18:1370352. [PMID: 38379758 PMCID: PMC10877065 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2024.1370352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024] Open
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- Hamid R. Sohrabi
- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Future Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia
- School of Psychology, College of Health and Education, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Centre for Computational and Systems Medicine, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia
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Slee MG, Rainey‐Smith SR, Villemagne VL, Doecke JD, Sohrabi HR, Taddei K, Ames D, Dore V, Maruff P, Laws SM, Masters CL, Rowe CC, Martins RN, Erickson KI, Brown BM. Physical activity and brain amyloid beta: A longitudinal analysis of cognitively unimpaired older adults. Alzheimers Dement 2024; 20:1350-1359. [PMID: 37984813 PMCID: PMC10917015 DOI: 10.1002/alz.13556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The current study evaluated the relationship between habitual physical activity (PA) levels and brain amyloid beta (Aβ) over 15 years in a cohort of cognitively unimpaired older adults. METHODS PA and Aβ measures were collected over multiple timepoints from 731 cognitively unimpaired older adults participating in the Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) Study of Aging. Regression modeling examined cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between PA and brain Aβ. Moderation analyses examined apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 carriage impact on the PA-Aβ relationship. RESULTS PA was not associated with brain Aβ at baseline (β = -0.001, p = 0.72) or over time (β = -0.26, p = 0.24). APOE ε4 status did not moderate the PA-Aβ relationship over time (β = 0.12, p = 0.73). Brain Aβ levels did not predict PA trajectory (β = -54.26, p = 0.59). DISCUSSION Our study did not identify a relationship between habitual PA and brain Aβ levels. HIGHLIGHTS Physical activity levels did not predict brain amyloid beta (Aβ) levels over time in cognitively unimpaired older adults (≥60 years of age). Apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 carrier status did not moderate the physical activity-brain Aβ relationship over time. Physical activity trajectories were not impacted by brain Aβ levels.
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- Michael G. Slee
- Centre for Healthy AgeingHealthy Futures InstituteMurdoch UniversityMurdochWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Centre for Healthy AgeingHealthy Futures InstituteMurdoch UniversityMurdochWestern AustraliaAustralia
- School of Medical and Health SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research FoundationNedlandsWestern AustraliaAustralia
- School of Psychological ScienceUniversity of Western AustraliaCrawleyWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Department of Molecular Imaging & TherapyAustin HealthHeidelbergVictoriaAustralia
- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of PittsburghPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
- Centre for Precision HealthEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- The Australian e‐Health Research CentreCSIROHerstonQueenslandAustralia
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- Centre for Healthy AgeingHealthy Futures InstituteMurdoch UniversityMurdochWestern AustraliaAustralia
- School of Medical and Health SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research FoundationNedlandsWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Department of Biomedical SciencesMacquarie UniversitySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- School of Medical and Health SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research FoundationNedlandsWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental HealthUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- National Ageing Research InstituteParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old AgeUniversity of MelbourneCarltonVictoriaAustralia
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- Department of Molecular Imaging & TherapyAustin HealthHeidelbergVictoriaAustralia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental HealthUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Cogstate LtdMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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- Centre for Precision HealthEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Collaborative Genomics and Translation GroupSchool of Medical and Health SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Curtin Medical SchoolCurtin UniversityBentleyWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental HealthUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Department of Molecular Imaging & TherapyAustin HealthHeidelbergVictoriaAustralia
- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental HealthUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- School of Medical and Health SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research FoundationNedlandsWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Department of Biomedical SciencesMacquarie UniversitySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Department of PsychologyUniversity of PittsburghPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Centre for Healthy AgeingHealthy Futures InstituteMurdoch UniversityMurdochWestern AustraliaAustralia
- School of Medical and Health SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research FoundationNedlandsWestern AustraliaAustralia
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Shirzadi Z, Schultz SA, Yau WYW, Joseph-Mathurin N, Fitzpatrick CD, Levin R, Kantarci K, Preboske GM, Jack CR, Farlow MR, Hassenstab J, Jucker M, Morris JC, Xiong C, Karch CM, Levey AI, Gordon BA, Schofield PR, Salloway SP, Perrin RJ, McDade E, Levin J, Cruchaga C, Allegri RF, Fox NC, Goate A, Day GS, Koeppe R, Chui HC, Berman S, Mori H, Sanchez-Valle R, Lee JH, Rosa-Neto P, Ruthirakuhan M, Wu CY, Swardfager W, Benzinger TLS, Sohrabi HR, Martins RN, Bateman RJ, Johnson KA, Sperling RA, Greenberg SM, Schultz AP, Chhatwal JP. Etiology of White Matter Hyperintensities in Autosomal Dominant and Sporadic Alzheimer Disease. JAMA Neurol 2023; 80:1353-1363. [PMID: 37843849 PMCID: PMC10580156 DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.3618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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Importance Increased white matter hyperintensity (WMH) volume is a common magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) finding in both autosomal dominant Alzheimer disease (ADAD) and late-onset Alzheimer disease (LOAD), but it remains unclear whether increased WMH along the AD continuum is reflective of AD-intrinsic processes or secondary to elevated systemic vascular risk factors. Objective To estimate the associations of neurodegeneration and parenchymal and vessel amyloidosis with WMH accumulation and investigate whether systemic vascular risk is associated with WMH beyond these AD-intrinsic processes. Design, Setting, and Participants This cohort study used data from 3 longitudinal cohort studies conducted in tertiary and community-based medical centers-the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN; February 2010 to March 2020), the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI; July 2007 to September 2021), and the Harvard Aging Brain Study (HABS; September 2010 to December 2019). Main Outcome and Measures The main outcomes were the independent associations of neurodegeneration (decreases in gray matter volume), parenchymal amyloidosis (assessed by amyloid positron emission tomography), and vessel amyloidosis (evidenced by cerebral microbleeds [CMBs]) with cross-sectional and longitudinal WMH. Results Data from 3960 MRI sessions among 1141 participants were included: 252 pathogenic variant carriers from DIAN (mean [SD] age, 38.4 [11.2] years; 137 [54%] female), 571 older adults from ADNI (mean [SD] age, 72.8 [7.3] years; 274 [48%] female), and 318 older adults from HABS (mean [SD] age, 72.4 [7.6] years; 194 [61%] female). Longitudinal increases in WMH volume were greater in individuals with CMBs compared with those without (DIAN: t = 3.2 [P = .001]; ADNI: t = 2.7 [P = .008]), associated with longitudinal decreases in gray matter volume (DIAN: t = -3.1 [P = .002]; ADNI: t = -5.6 [P < .001]; HABS: t = -2.2 [P = .03]), greater in older individuals (DIAN: t = 6.8 [P < .001]; ADNI: t = 9.1 [P < .001]; HABS: t = 5.4 [P < .001]), and not associated with systemic vascular risk (DIAN: t = 0.7 [P = .40]; ADNI: t = 0.6 [P = .50]; HABS: t = 1.8 [P = .06]) in individuals with ADAD and LOAD after accounting for age, gray matter volume, CMB presence, and amyloid burden. In older adults without CMBs at baseline, greater WMH volume was associated with CMB development during longitudinal follow-up (Cox proportional hazards regression model hazard ratio, 2.63; 95% CI, 1.72-4.03; P < .001). Conclusions and Relevance The findings suggest that increased WMH volume in AD is associated with neurodegeneration and parenchymal and vessel amyloidosis but not with elevated systemic vascular risk. Additionally, increased WMH volume may represent an early sign of vessel amyloidosis preceding the emergence of CMBs.
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- Zahra Shirzadi
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Cellular Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, site Munich, Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology, Munich, Germany
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- Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
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- Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Osaka Metropolitan University Medical School, Osaka, Nagaoka Sutoku University, Osaka City, Niigata, Japan
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- Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, School of Psychology, Health Future Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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Sewell KR, Smith NDW, Rainey-Smith SR, Peiffer J, Sohrabi HR, Erickson KI, Brown BM. The effect of acute exercise on objectively measured sleep and cognition in older adults. Front Psychol 2023; 14:1207199. [PMID: 37868603 PMCID: PMC10585032 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1207199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023] Open
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Background Exercise can improve cognition in aging, however it is unclear how exercise influences cognition, and sleep may partially explain this association. The current study aimed to investigate whether objectively measured sleep mediates the effect of an acute exercise intervention on cognition in older adults. Methods Participants were 30 cognitively unimpaired, physically active older adults (69.2 ± 4.3 years) with poor sleep (determined via self-report). After a triple baseline cognitive assessment to account for any natural fluctuation in cognitive performance, participants completed either a single bout of 20-minutes of high intensity exercise on a cycle ergometer, or a control condition, in a cross-over trial design. Cognition was measured immediately post-intervention and the following day, and sleep (total sleep time, sleep onset latency, sleep efficiency, % of rapid eye movement sleep, light sleep and deep sleep) was characterized using WatchPAT™ at baseline (5 nights) and measured for one night after both exercise and control conditions. Results Results showed no effect of the exercise intervention on cognition immediately post-intervention, nor an effect of acute exercise on any sleep variable. There was no mediating effect of sleep on associations between exercise and cognition. However, a change from baseline to post-intervention in light sleep and deep sleep did predict change in episodic memory at the ~24 h post-intervention cognitive assessment, regardless of intervention condition. Discussion There was no effect of acute high intensity exercise on sleep or cognition in the current study. However, results suggest that associations between sleep and cognition may exist independently of exercise in our sample. Further research is required, and such studies may aid in informing the most effective lifestyle interventions for cognitive health.
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- Kelsey R. Sewell
- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Australian Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, WA, Australia
- School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Australian Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, WA, Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- PROFITH “PROmoting FITness and Health Through Physical Activity” Research Group, Department of Physical and Sports Education, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Sport and Health University Research Institute (iMUDS), University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- AdventHealth Research Institute, Orlando, FL, United States
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Australian Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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Sewell KR, Rainey-Smith SR, Peiffer J, Sohrabi HR, Doecke J, Frost NJ, Markovic SJ, Erickson K, Brown BM. The influence of baseline sleep on exercise-induced cognitive change in cognitively unimpaired older adults: A randomised clinical trial. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2023; 38:e6016. [PMID: 37864564 DOI: 10.1002/gps.6016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/23/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Observational studies consistently demonstrate that physical activity is associated with elevated cognitive function, however, there remains significant heterogeneity in cognitive outcomes from randomized exercise interventions. Individual variation in sleep behaviours may be a source of variability in the effectiveness of exercise-induced cognitive change, however this has not yet been investigated. The current study aimed to (1) investigate the influence of a 6-month exercise intervention on sleep, assessed pre- and post-intervention and, (2) investigate whether baseline sleep measures moderate exercise-induced cognitive changes. METHODS We utilised data from the Intense Physical Activity and Cognition (IPAC) study (n = 89), a 6-month moderate intensity and high intensity exercise intervention, in cognitively unimpaired community-dwelling older adults aged 60-80 (68.76 ± 5.32). Exercise was supervised and completed on a stationary exercise bicycle, and cognitive function was measured using a comprehensive neuropsychological battery administered pre- and post-intervention. Sleep was measured using the Pittsburgh sleep quality index. There was no effect of the exercise intervention on any sleep outcomes from pre- to post-intervention. RESULTS There was a significant moderating effect of baseline sleep efficiency on both episodic memory and global cognition within the moderate intensity exercise group, such that those with poorer sleep efficiency at baseline showed greater exercise-induced improvements in episodic memory. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that those with poorer sleep may have the greatest exercise-induced cognitive benefits and that baseline sleep behaviours may be an important source of heterogeneity in previous exercise interventions targeting cognitive outcomes.
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- Kelsey R Sewell
- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
- School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity/Australian E-Health Research Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
- School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- AdventHealth Research Institute, Orlando, Florida, USA
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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Yuan J, Pedrini S, Thota R, Doecke J, Chatterjee P, Sohrabi HR, Teunissen CE, Verberk IMW, Stoops E, Vanderstichele H, Meloni BP, Mitchell C, Rainey-Smith S, Goozee K, Tai ACP, Ashton N, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Gao J, Liu D, Mastaglia F, Inderjeeth C, Zheng M, Martins RN. Elevated plasma sclerostin is associated with high brain amyloid-β load in cognitively normal older adults. NPJ Aging 2023; 9:17. [PMID: 37666862 PMCID: PMC10477312 DOI: 10.1038/s41514-023-00114-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
Abstract
Osteoporosis and Alzheimer's disease (AD) mainly affect older individuals, and the possibility of an underlying link contributing to their shared epidemiological features has rarely been investigated. In the current study, we investigated the association between levels of plasma sclerostin (SOST), a protein primarily produced by bone, and brain amyloid-beta (Aβ) load, a pathological hallmark of AD. The study enrolled participants meeting a set of screening inclusion and exclusion criteria and were stratified into Aβ- (n = 65) and Aβ+ (n = 35) according to their brain Aβ load assessed using Aβ-PET (positron emission tomography) imaging. Plasma SOST levels, apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) genotype and several putative AD blood-biomarkers including Aβ40, Aβ42, Aβ42/Aβ40, neurofilament light (NFL), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), total tau (t-tau) and phosphorylated tau (p-tau181 and p-tau231) were detected and compared. It was found that plasma SOST levels were significantly higher in the Aβ+ group (71.49 ± 25.00 pmol/L) compared with the Aβ- group (56.51 ± 22.14 pmol/L) (P < 0.01). Moreover, Spearman's correlation analysis showed that plasma SOST concentrations were positively correlated with brain Aβ load (ρ = 0.321, P = 0.001). Importantly, plasma SOST combined with Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio significantly increased the area under the curve (AUC) when compared with using Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio alone (AUC = 0.768 vs 0.669, P = 0.027). In conclusion, plasma SOST levels are elevated in cognitively unimpaired older adults at high risk of AD and SOST could complement existing plasma biomarkers to assist in the detection of preclinical AD.
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Grants
- 2018-02532 Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council)
- KB is supported by the Swedish Research Council (#2017-00915), the Alzheimer Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF), USA (#RDAPB-201809-2016615), the Swedish Alzheimer Foundation (#AF-930351, #AF-939721 and #AF-968270), Hjärnfonden, Sweden (#FO2017-0243 and #ALZ2022-0006), the Swedish state under the agreement between the Swedish government and the County Councils, the ALF-agreement (#ALFGBG-715986 and #ALFGBG-965240), the European Union Joint Program for Neurodegenerative Disorders (JPND2019-466-236), and the Alzheimer’s Association 2021 Zenith Award (ZEN-21-848495).
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- Jun Yuan
- Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Nedlands, WA, Australia
- Centre for Orthopaedic Translational Research, Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Future Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia
- The Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
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- Neurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Neurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- ADx NeuroSciences, Technologiepark 94, 9052, Gent, Belgium
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- Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Orthopaedic Translational Research, Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Future Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
- KaRa Institute of Neurological Disease, Macquarie Park, NSW, Australia
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- Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Nedlands, WA, Australia
- Centre for Orthopaedic Translational Research, Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
- Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
- Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden
- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK
- UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL, London, UK
- Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
- Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Nedlands, WA, Australia
- Centre for Orthopaedic Translational Research, Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
- Sir Charles Gairdner and Osborne Park Health Care Group, Perth, Australia
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- Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Nedlands, WA, Australia.
- Centre for Orthopaedic Translational Research, Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia.
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Future Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia
- The Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
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Castro CB, Dias CB, Hillebrandt H, Sohrabi HR, Chatterjee P, Shah TM, Fuller SJ, Garg ML, Martins RN. Medium-chain fatty acids for the prevention or treatment of Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutr Rev 2023; 81:1144-1162. [PMID: 36633304 DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuac104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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CONTEXT In preclinical Alzheimer's disease (AD), the brain gradually becomes insulin resistant. As a result, brain glucose utilization is compromised, causing a cellular energy deficit that leads to the accumulation of free radicals, which increases inflammation and damages neurons. When glucose utilization is impaired, ketone bodies offer an alternative energy source. Ketone bodies are synthesized from fats, obtained from either the diet or adipose tissue. Dietary medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs), which are preferentially metabolized into ketone bodies, have the potential to supply the insulin-resistant brain with energy. OBJECTIVE This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to review the effect of MCFA supplements on circulating ketone bodies and cognition in individuals with subjective cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment, and AD. DATA SOURCES A comprehensive search of electronic databases was performed on August 12, 2019, to retrieve all publications meeting the inclusion criteria. Alerts were then set to identify any publications after the search date up until January 31, 2021. DATA EXTRACTION Data were extracted by 2 authors and assessed by a third. In total, 410 publications were identified, of which 16 (n = 17 studies) met the inclusion criteria. DATA ANALYSIS All studies assessing change in levels of blood ketone bodies due to MCFA supplementation (n = 12) reported a significant increase. Cognition outcomes (measured in 13 studies), however, varied, ranging from no improvement (n = 4 studies) to improvement (n = 8 studies) or improvement only in apolipoprotein E allele 4 (APOE ε4) noncarriers (n = 2 studies). One study reported an increase in regional cerebral blood flow in APOE ε4 noncarriers and another reported an increase in energy metabolism in the brain. CONCLUSION MCFA supplementation increases circulating ketone body levels, resulting in increased brain energy metabolism. Further research is required to determine whether this MCFA-mediated increase in brain energy metabolism improves cognition. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION PROSPERO registration number CRD42019146967.
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- Carolina B Castro
- Murdoch University Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Human and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Human and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Murdoch University Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Human and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Human and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Human and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Nutraceuticals Research Program, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Human and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowen University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Koemans EA, Chhatwal JP, van Veluw SJ, van Etten ES, van Osch MJP, van Walderveen MAA, Sohrabi HR, Kozberg MG, Shirzadi Z, Terwindt GM, van Buchem MA, Smith EE, Werring DJ, Martins RN, Wermer MJH, Greenberg SM. Progression of cerebral amyloid angiopathy: a pathophysiological framework. Lancet Neurol 2023; 22:632-642. [PMID: 37236210 DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(23)00114-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2022] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
Abstract
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy, which is defined by cerebrovascular deposition of amyloid β, is a common age-related small vessel pathology associated with intracerebral haemorrhage and cognitive impairment. Based on complementary lines of evidence from in vivo studies of individuals with hereditary, sporadic, and iatrogenic forms of cerebral amyloid angiopathy, histopathological analyses of affected brains, and experimental studies in transgenic mouse models, we present a framework and timeline for the progression of cerebral amyloid angiopathy from subclinical pathology to the clinical manifestation of the disease. Key stages that appear to evolve sequentially over two to three decades are (stage one) initial vascular amyloid deposition, (stage two) alteration of cerebrovascular physiology, (stage three) non-haemorrhagic brain injury, and (stage four) appearance of haemorrhagic brain lesions. This timeline of stages and the mechanistic processes that link them have substantial implications for identifying disease-modifying interventions for cerebral amyloid angiopathy and potentially for other cerebral small vessel diseases.
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- Emma A Koemans
- Department of Neurology and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Future Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Neurology and Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Stroke Research Centre, Department of Brain Repair and Rehabilitation, University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK; National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Future Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia; School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
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- Department of Neurology and Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
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Chatterjee P, Vermunt L, Gordon BA, Pedrini S, Boonkamp L, Armstrong NJ, Xiong C, Singh AK, Li Y, Sohrabi HR, Taddei K, Molloy MP, Benzinger TL, Morris JC, Karch CM, Berman SB, Chhatwal J, Cruchaga C, Graff-Radford NR, Day GS, Farlow M, Fox NC, Goate AM, Hassenstab J, Lee JH, Levin J, McDade E, Mori H, Perrin RJ, Sanchez-Valle R, Schofield PR, Levey A, Jucker M, Masters CL, Fagan AM, Bateman RJ, Martins RN, Teunissen CE. Plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein in autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease: Associations with Aβ-PET, neurodegeneration, and cognition. Alzheimers Dement 2023; 19:2790-2804. [PMID: 36576155 PMCID: PMC10300233 DOI: 10.1002/alz.12879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is a promising candidate blood-based biomarker for Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis and prognostication. The timing of its disease-associated changes, its clinical correlates, and biofluid-type dependency will influence its clinical utility. METHODS We evaluated plasma, serum, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) GFAP in families with autosomal dominant AD (ADAD), leveraging the predictable age at symptom onset to determine changes by stage of disease. RESULTS Plasma GFAP elevations appear a decade before expected symptom onset, after amyloid beta (Aβ) accumulation and prior to neurodegeneration and cognitive decline. Plasma GFAP distinguished Aβ-positive from Aβ-negative ADAD participants and showed a stronger relationship with Aβ load in asymptomatic than symptomatic ADAD. Higher plasma GFAP was associated with the degree and rate of neurodegeneration and cognitive impairment. Serum GFAP showed similar relationships, but these were less pronounced for CSF GFAP. CONCLUSION Our findings support a role for plasma GFAP as a clinical biomarker of Aβ-related astrocyte reactivity that is associated with cognitive decline and neurodegeneration. HIGHLIGHTS Plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) elevations appear a decade before expected symptom onset in autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease (ADAD). Plasma GFAP was associated to amyloid positivity in asymptomatic ADAD. Plasma GFAP increased with clinical severity and predicted disease progression. Plasma and serum GFAP carried similar information in ADAD, while cerebrospinal fluid GFAP did not.
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- Pratishtha Chatterjee
- Macquarie Medical School, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2019, Australia; School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
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- Neurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, programme Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
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- Neurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, programme Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2019, Australia; School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia; School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia; Australian Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, Nedlands, WA, Australia; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Future Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia; Australian Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- Bowel Cancer and Biomarker Laboratory, Kolling Institute, The University of Sydney, St Leonards, NSW, Australia; Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Dementia Research Centre, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Genetics & Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul05505, Republic of Korea
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany; Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany; Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- Osaka Metropolitan University, Nagaoka Sutoku University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA; Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- Alzheimer’s Disease and other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Tübingen, Germany. Department of Cellular Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- Macquarie Medical School, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2019, Australia; School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia; The Cooperative Research Centre for Mental Health, Carlton South, Australia; KaRa Institute of Neurological Disease, Sydney, Macquarie Park, Australia; Australian Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- Neurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, programme Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Chatterjee P, Pedrini S, Doecke JD, Thota R, Villemagne VL, Doré V, Singh AK, Wang P, Rainey-Smith S, Fowler C, Taddei K, Sohrabi HR, Molloy MP, Ames D, Maruff P, Rowe CC, Masters CL, Martins RN. Plasma Aβ42/40 ratio, p-tau181, GFAP, and NfL across the Alzheimer's disease continuum: A cross-sectional and longitudinal study in the AIBL cohort. Alzheimers Dement 2023; 19:1117-1134. [PMID: 36574591 DOI: 10.1002/alz.12724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Revised: 05/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Plasma amyloid beta (Aβ)1-42/Aβ1-40 ratio, phosphorylated-tau181 (p-tau181), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and neurofilament light (NfL) are putative blood biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, head-to-head cross-sectional and longitudinal comparisons of the aforementioned biomarkers across the AD continuum are lacking. METHODS Plasma Aβ1-42, Aβ1-40, p-tau181, GFAP, and NfL were measured utilizing the Single Molecule Array (Simoa) platform and compared cross-sectionally across the AD continuum, wherein Aβ-PET (positron emission tomography)-negative cognitively unimpaired (CU Aβ-, n = 81) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI Aβ-, n = 26) participants were compared with Aβ-PET-positive participants across the AD continuum (CU Aβ+, n = 39; MCI Aβ+, n = 33; AD Aβ+, n = 46) from the Australian Imaging, Biomarker & Lifestyle Flagship Study of Ageing (AIBL) cohort. Longitudinal plasma biomarker changes were also assessed in MCI (n = 27) and AD (n = 29) participants compared with CU (n = 120) participants. In addition, associations between baseline plasma biomarker levels and prospective cognitive decline and Aβ-PET load were assessed over a 7 to 10-year duration. RESULTS Lower plasma Aβ1-42/Aβ1-40 ratio and elevated p-tau181 and GFAP were observed in CU Aβ+, MCI Aβ+, and AD Aβ+, whereas elevated plasma NfL was observed in MCI Aβ+ and AD Aβ+, compared with CU Aβ- and MCI Aβ-. Among the aforementioned plasma biomarkers, for models with and without AD risk factors (age, sex, and apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 carrier status), p-tau181 performed equivalent to or better than other biomarkers in predicting a brain Aβ-/+ status across the AD continuum. However, for models with and without the AD risk factors, a biomarker panel of Aβ1-42/Aβ1-40, p-tau181, and GFAP performed equivalent to or better than any of the biomarkers alone in predicting brain Aβ-/+ status across the AD continuum. Longitudinally, plasma Aβ1-42/Aβ1-40, p-tau181, and GFAP were altered in MCI compared with CU, and plasma GFAP and NfL were altered in AD compared with CU. In addition, lower plasma Aβ1-42/Aβ1-40 and higher p-tau181, GFAP, and NfL were associated with prospective cognitive decline and lower plasma Aβ1-42/Aβ1-40, and higher p-tau181 and GFAP were associated with increased Aβ-PET load prospectively. DISCUSSION These findings suggest that plasma biomarkers are altered cross-sectionally and longitudinally, along the AD continuum, and are prospectively associated with cognitive decline and brain Aβ-PET load. In addition, although p-tau181 performed equivalent to or better than other biomarkers in predicting an Aβ-/+ status across the AD continuum, a panel of biomarkers may have superior Aβ-/+ status predictive capability across the AD continuum. HIGHLIGHTS Area under the curve (AUC) of p-tau181 ≥ AUC of Aβ42/40, GFAP, NfL in predicting PET Aβ-/+ status (Aβ-/+). AUC of Aβ42/40+p-tau181+GFAP panel ≥ AUC of Aβ42/40/p-tau181/GFAP/NfL for Aβ-/+. Longitudinally, Aβ42/40, p-tau181, and GFAP were altered in MCI versus CU. Longitudinally, GFAP and NfL were altered in AD versus CU. Aβ42/40, p-tau181, GFAP, and NfL are associated with prospective cognitive decline. Aβ42/40, p-tau181, and GFAP are associated with increased PET Aβ load prospectively.
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- Pratishtha Chatterjee
- Macquarie Medical School, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Australian eHealth Research Centre, CSIRO, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Macquarie Medical School, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
- School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, USA
- Department of Molecular Imaging & Therapy, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian eHealth Research Centre, CSIRO, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Department of Molecular Imaging & Therapy, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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- Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
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- College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- Macquarie Medical School, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
- School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Future Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Australian Proteome Analysis Facility (APAF), Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Bowel Cancer and Biomarker Research Laboratory, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
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- National Ageing Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Cogstate Ltd., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Molecular Imaging & Therapy, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Macquarie Medical School, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
- School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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Tarawneh HY, Jayakody DMP, Verma S, Doré V, Xia Y, Mulders WHAM, Martins RN, Sohrabi HR. Auditory Event-Related Potentials in Older Adults with Subjective Memory Complaints. J Alzheimers Dis 2023; 92:1093-1109. [PMID: 36847006 DOI: 10.3233/jad-221119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Auditory event-related potentials (AERPs) have been suggested as possible biomarkers for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, no study has investigated AERP measures in individuals with subjective memory complaints (SMCs), who have been suggested to be at a pre-clinical stage of AD. OBJECTIVE This study investigated whether AERPs in older adults with SMC can be used to objectively identify those at high risk of developing AD. METHODS AERPs were measured in older adults. Presence of SMC was determined using the Memory Assessment Clinics Questionnaire (MAC-Q). Hearing thresholds using pure-tone audiometry, neuropsychological data, levels of amyloid-β burden and Apolipoprotein E (APOE)ɛ genotype were also obtained A classic two-tone discrimination (oddball) paradigm was used to elicit AERPs (i.e., P50, N100, P200, N200, and P300). RESULTS Sixty-two individuals (14 male, mean age 71.9±5.2 years) participated in this study, of which, 43 (11 male, mean age 72.4±5.5 years) were SMC and 19 (3 male, mean age 70.8±4.3 years) were non-SMC (controls). P50 latency was weakly but significantly correlated with MAC-Q scores. In addition, P50 latencies were significantly longer in Aβ+ individuals compared to Aβ- individuals. CONCLUSION Results suggest that P50 latencies may be a useful tool to identify individuals at higher risk (i.e., participants with high Aβ burden) of developing measurable cognitive decline. Further longitudinal and cross-sectional studies in a larger cohort on SMC individuals are warranted to determine if AERP measures could be of significance for the detection of pre-clinical AD.
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- Hadeel Y Tarawneh
- School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.,Ear Science Institute Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Ear Science Institute Australia, Perth, Australia.,Ear Science Centre, School of Surgery, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospital, Perth, Australia.,Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fiona Stanley and Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia
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- The Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Molecular Imaging & Therapy, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- The Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.,Centre for Healthy Ageing, The Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
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Dawes P, Reeves D, Yeung WK, Holland F, Charalambous AP, Côté M, David R, Helmer C, Laforce R, Martins RN, Politis A, Pye A, Russell G, Sheikh S, Sirois MJ, Sohrabi HR, Thodi C, Gallant K, Nasreddine Z, Leroi I. Development and validation of the Montreal cognitive assessment for people with hearing impairment (MoCA-H). J Am Geriatr Soc 2023; 71:1485-1494. [PMID: 36722180 DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2022] [Revised: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/18/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hearing impairment is common among older adults and affects cognitive assessments for identification of dementia which rely on good hearing function. We developed and validated a version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) for people with hearing impairment. METHODS We adapted existing MoCA 8.1 items for people with hearing impairment by presenting instructions and stimuli in written rather than spoken format. One Attention domain and two Language domain items required substitution by alternative items. Three and four candidate items respectively were constructed and field-tested along with the items adapted to written form. We used a combination of individual item analysis and item substitution to select the set of alternative items to be included in the final form of the MoCA-H in place of the excluded original items. We then evaluated the performance and reliability of the final tool, including making any required adjustments for demographic factors. RESULTS One hundred and fifty-nine hearing-impaired participants, including 76 with normal cognition and 83 with dementia, completed the adapted version of the MoCA. A further 97 participants with normal hearing completed the standard MoCA as well as the novel items developed for the MoCA-H to assess score equivalence between the existing and alternative MoCA items and for independence from hearing impairment. Twenty-eight participants were retested between 2-4 weeks after initial testing. After the selection of optimal item set, the final MoCA-H had an area under the curve of 0.973 (95% CI 0.952-0.994). At a cut-point of 24 points or less sensitivity and specificity for dementia was 92.8% and 90.8%, respectively. The intraclass correlation for test-retest reliability was 0.92 (95%CI 0.78-0.97). CONCLUSION The MoCA-H is a sensitive and reliable means of identifying dementia among adults with acquired hearing impairment.
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- Piers Dawes
- School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland Centre for Hearing Research (CHEAR), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.,Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Centre for Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,National Institute for Health Research School for Primary Care Research, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Centre for Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Centre for Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Nice, France
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- University of Bordeaux, INSERM, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Bordeaux, France
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- Clinique Interdisciplinaire de la mémoire, CHU de Québec, Université Laval
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia.,Macquarie Medical School, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- Division of Geriatric Psychiatry,1st Department of Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Psychology and Mental Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- Institute for Global Health, School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education (SHEE), Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
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- Department of Health Sciences, European University, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Sewell KR, Rainey-Smith SR, Peiffer J, Sohrabi HR, Taddei K, Ames D, Maruff P, Masters CL, Rowe CC, Martins RN, Erickson KI, Brown BM. The relationship between objective physical activity and change in cognitive function. Alzheimers Dement 2023. [PMID: 36656659 DOI: 10.1002/alz.12950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION The current study investigated the association between objectively measured physical activity and cognition in older adults over approximately 8 years. METHODS We utilized data from 199 cognitively unimpaired individuals from the Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) study, aged ≥60. Actigraphy was used to measure physical activity (intensity, total activity, and energy expenditure) at baseline. Cognition was assessed using a comprehensive cognitive battery every 18-months. RESULTS Higher baseline energy expenditure predicted better episodic recall memory and global cognition over the follow-up period (p = 0.031; p = 0.047, respectively). Those with higher physical activity intensity and greater total activity also had better global cognition over time (both p = 0.005). Finally, higher total physical activity predicted improved episodic recall memory over time (p = 0.022). DISCUSSION These results suggest that physical activity can preserve cognition and that activity intensity may play an important role in this association. HIGHLIGHTS Greater total physical activity predicts preserved episodic memory and global cognition. Moderate intensity physical activity (>3.7 metabolic equivalents of task [MET]) predicts preserved global cognition. Expending > 373 kilocalories per day may benefit episodic memory and global cognition.
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- Kelsey R Sewell
- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,National Ageing Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, St George's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Kew, Victoria, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Cogstate Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Molecular Imaging & Therapy, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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Castro CB, Costa LM, Dias CB, Chen J, Hillebrandt H, Gardener SL, Brown BM, Loo RL, Garg ML, Rainey-Smith SR, Martins RN, Sohrabi HR. Multi-Domain Interventions for Dementia Prevention - A Systematic Review. J Nutr Health Aging 2023; 27:1271-1280. [PMID: 38151879 DOI: 10.1007/s12603-023-2046-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVES There is a growing incidence of cognitive decline and dementia associated with the ageing population. Lifestyle factors such as diet, physical activity, and cognitive activities may individually or collectively be undertaken to increase one's odds of preventing cognitive decline and future dementia. This study will examine whether clinical trials using multidomain lifestyle intervention can significantly decrease the risk of cognitive decline and therefore dementia. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS This systematic literature review of multidomain lifestyle interventions for the prevention of cognitive decline and dementia followed the PRISMA guidelines. Clinical trials involving multidomain intervention (i.e., diet and physical activity, or without cognitive training) in older adults (≥ 49 years old) at higher risk of dementia were identified through 5 electronic databases (EMBASE, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Cochrane, and Scopus). A comprehensive search was performed to identify and retrieve publications until 15 November 2022. Trials were published in English. RESULTS The included studies (n=15) assessed change in cognition in response to a multidomain lifestyle intervention. However, the cognitive outcome measures used in these studies were heterogeneous. Despite this heterogeneity, two thirds of the studies showed improvement in cognition following a multidomain intervention (n=10 with a total of 9,439 participants). However, five studies reported no improvement in cognition following the multidomain intervention. The most common form of dietary intervention included higher amount of fruit and vegetable intake; whole-grain cereal products instead of refined; low fat options in milk and meat products; and limiting sucrose intake to less than 50 g/day. Most clinical trial studies were powered to examining the effects of multidomain interventions in cognition but were not designed to test the contribution of individual domains (i.e., dietary changes, increased physical activity, or increased cognitive stimulation alone). CONCLUSION This systematic review aimed to determine the effect of multimodal lifestyle interventions on cognitive outcomes in older adults at risk of dementia. We found that participants with conditions that may increase the risk of dementia, (e.g., hypertension, cardiovascular fragility) do benefit from multi-modal lifestyle changes including diet, physical activity, and cognitive training. Two thirds of studies using multidomain lifestyle interventions showed improvements in cognitive function. Trials with a focus on cognitive training, dietary improvement, and physical activity may prevent or delay cognitive decline in older adults including those at risk of developing dementia. Future studies should consider longer follow-up periods and adequate power to be able to examine the effects of each lifestyle component in the context of multimodal interventions.
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- C B Castro
- Professor Hamid R. Sohrabi, Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia, Phone: +61 8 9360 6901, E-mail: ; Professor Ralph N. Martins, Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia, E-mail:
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Fernando MG, Silva R, Fernando WMADB, de Silva HA, Wickremasinghe AR, Dissanayake AS, Sohrabi HR, Martins RN, Williams SS. Effect of Virgin Coconut Oil Supplementation on Cognition of Individuals with Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer's Disease in Sri Lanka (VCO-AD Study): A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial. J Alzheimers Dis 2023; 96:1195-1206. [PMID: 37980665 DOI: 10.3233/jad-230670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Virgin coconut oil (VCO) is a potential therapeutic approach to improve cognition in Alzheimer's disease (AD) due to its properties as a ketogenic agent and antioxidative characteristics. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the effect of VCO on cognition in people with AD and to determine the impact of apolipoprotein E (APOE) ɛ4 genotype on cognitive outcomes. METHODS Participants of this double-blind placebo-controlled trial (SLCTR/2015/018, 15.09.2015) were 120 Sri Lankan individuals with mild-to-moderate AD (MMSE = 15-25), aged > 65 years, and they were randomly allocated to treatment or control groups. The treatment group was given 30 mL/day of VCO orally and the control group, received similar amount of canola oil, for 24 weeks. The Mini-Mental Sate Examination (MMSE) and Clock drawing test were performed to assess cognition at baseline and at the end of the intervention. Blood samples were collected and analyzed for lipid profile and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1 C) levels.∥Results:There were no significant difference in cognitive scores, lipid profile, and HbA1 C levels between VCO and control groups post-intervention. The MMSE scores, however, improved among APOE ɛ4 carriers who had VCO, compared to non-carriers (2.37, p = 0.021). APOE ɛ4 status did not influence the cognitive scores in the control group. The attrition rate was 30%.∥Conclusion:Overall, VCO did not improve cognition in individuals with mild-to-moderate AD following a 24-week intervention, compared to canola oil. However, it improved the MMSE scores in APOE ɛ4 carriers. Besides, VCO did not compromise lipid profile and HbA1 C levels and is thus safe to consume.
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- Malika G Fernando
- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Applied Nutrition, Faculty of Livestock, Fisheries and Nutrition, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Makandura, Gonawila, Sri Lanka
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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
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka
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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
- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
- Macquarie Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, 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
- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
- Macquarie Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka
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Sewell KR, Rainey‐Smith S, Villemagne VL, Peiffer JJ, Sohrabi HR, Taddei K, Ames D, Maruff P, Laws SM, Masters CL, Rowe C, Martins RN, Erickson KI, Brown BM. Objectively measured physical activity and cognition in cognitively normal older adults: A longitudinal analysis of the Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) study. Alzheimers Dement 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/alz.064392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Murdoch University, Murdoch Western Australia Australia
- Edith Cowan University, Joondalup Western Australia 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 for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University, Murdoch Western Australia Australia
- Australian Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, Perth Western Australia Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University Sydney NSW Australia
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- The University of Melbourne Melbourne VIC Australia
- National Ageing Research Institute Melbourne VIC Australia
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- Cogstate Ltd. Melbourne VIC Australia
- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health Melbourne VIC Australia
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- Edith Cowan University Joondalup Australia
- Curtin University Perth Australia
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University Joondalup Australia
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- National Dementia Diagnostics Laboratory, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health Parkville VIC Australia
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- Department of Molecular Imaging, Austin Health Melbourne VIC Australia
- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health Parkville VIC Australia
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- Edith Cowan University, Joondalup Western Australia Australia
- Australian Alzheimer’s Research Foundation Nedlands Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University Macquarie Park NSW Australia
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- Edith Cowan University, Joondalup Western Australia Australia
- Australian Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, Perth Western Australia Australia
- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University, Perth Western Australia Australia
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Shirzadi Z, Schultz SA, Yau WW, Joseph‐Mathurin N, Kantarci K, Preboske GM, Jack CR, Farlow MR, Fagan AM, Hassenstab JJ, Jucker M, Morris JC, Xiong C, Karch CM, Fitzpatrick CD, Levey AI, Gordon BA, Schofield PW, Salloway SP, Perrin RJ, McDade E, Levin J, Cruchaga C, Allegri RF, Fox NC, Goate A, Graff‐Radford NR, Koeppe R, Noble JM, Chui HC, Berman S, Mori H, Sanchez‐Valle R, Lee J, Rosa‐Neto P, Benzinger TL, Sohrabi HR, Martins RN, Schultz AP, Bateman RJ, Johnson KA, Sperling RA, Greenberg SM, Chhatwal JP. Progressive white matter injury in autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s disease is strongly associated with cerebral microbleeds and neurodegeneration. Alzheimers Dement 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/alz.066715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Zahra Shirzadi
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA
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- Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine St. Louis MO USA
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Tuebingen Germany
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- Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine St. Louis MO USA
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- Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine St. Louis MO USA
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- Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine St. Louis MO USA
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- Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine St. Louis MO USA
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- Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine St. Louis MO USA
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- Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine St. Louis MO USA
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Munich Germany
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, UCL London United Kingdom
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York City NY USA
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- University of Southern California Los Angeles CA USA
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- Osaka City University Medical School Osaka Japan
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- Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine Seoul Korea, Republic of (South)
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University Montreal QC Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University Sydney NSW Australia
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- Edith Cowan University Joondalup Western Australia Australia
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA
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Pivac LN, Brown BM, Sewell KR, Doecke JD, Villemagne VL, Dore V, Weinborn M, Sohrabi HR, Gardener SL, Bucks RS, Masters CL, Rowe C, Martins RN, Rainey‐Smith S. Suboptimal sleep efficiency and duration predicts rate of accumulation of Aβ‐ Amyloid in cognitively normal older adults. Alzheimers Dement 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/alz.060975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University Perth Western Australia Australia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation Perth Western Australia Australia
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- Australian E‐Health Research Centre, CSIRO Herston QLD Australia
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- Department of Molecular Imaging, Austin Health Melbourne VIC Australia
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- University of Western Australia Perth Western Australia Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation Perth Western Australia Australia
- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University Murdoch Western Australia Australia
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- University of Western Australia Perth Western Australia Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne Melbourne VIC Australia
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- Department of Molecular Imaging, Austin Health Melbourne VIC Australia
- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health Parkville VIC Australia
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- Edith Cowan University Joondalup Western Australia Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University Perth Western Australia Australia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation Perth Western Australia Australia
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Hillebrandt HL, Dias CB, Chatterjee P, Asih PR, Barin ES, Shah TM, Fuller SJ, Rainey‐Smith S, Bharadwaj P, Pedrini S, Thota RN, Castro CB, Ramezani M, Sohrabi HR, Martins RN. Medium‐chain fatty acids in combination with a multidomain lifestyle intervention in Alzheimer’s disease prevention: Protocol design to study implementation. Alzheimers Dement 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/alz.068181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Heidi L Hillebrandt
- Macquarie University North Ryde NSW Australia
- Centre for Ageing, Cognition and Wellbeing, Macquarie University North Ryde NSW Australia
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- Centre for Ageing, Cognition and Wellbeing, Macquarie University North Ryde NSW Australia
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- Macquarie University North Ryde NSW Australia
- Centre for Ageing, Cognition and Wellbeing, Macquarie University North Ryde NSW Australia
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- Macquarie University North Ryde NSW Australia
- Centre for Ageing, Cognition and Wellbeing, Macquarie University North Ryde NSW Australia
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- Murdoch University Murdoch Western Australia Australia
- Edith Cowan University Joondalup Western Australia Australia
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- Edith Cowan University Joondalup Western Australia Australia
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- Macquarie University North Ryde NSW Australia
- The University of Newcastle Newcastle NSW Australia
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- Murdoch University Murdoch Western Australia Australia
- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University Murdoch Western Australia Australia
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- Macquarie University North Ryde NSW Australia
- Centre for Ageing, Cognition and Wellbeing, Macquarie University North Ryde NSW Australia
- Edith Cowan University Joondalup Western Australia Australia
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Finch PM, Sohrabi HR, Drummond PD. Olfaction in complex regional pain syndrome. Pain Medicine 2022:6835428. [DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnac180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Revised: 10/30/2022] [Accepted: 11/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Abstract
Objective
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is associated with a range of sensory disturbances on the symptomatic side of the body but whether this includes olfaction is uncertain. To clarify this, the aims of this study were to compare ratings of intensity and hedonic appeal of household odorants in CRPS patients and controls, and to determine whether ratings differed between the symptomatic and contralateral sides within the sample of patients.
Methods
Six odorants (vanilla, fish sauce, vinegar, eucalyptus, almond essence and acetone) were presented sequentially in random order on cottonwool buds held in the midline approximately 1 cm from both nostrils in 37 CRPS patients and 21 pain-free controls. Each odour was rated for intensity and hedonic appeal, and participants reported whether the odour was stronger and/or smelt different on one side than the other.
Results
The odorants smelt worse for patients than controls (p < 0.05 for the symptomatic and contralateral sides) but neither the intensity nor the unpleasantness of the odorants was greater on the symptomatic than contralateral side in the group as-a-whole.
Conclusion
These findings suggest that the trigeminal component of olfaction interacts bilaterally with pain-sensitized circuits in the thalamus or higher cortical centres to distort odour perception in patients with CRPS. This aberrant process appears to differ from the mechanism that underlies hemilateral hyperalgesia in other sensory modalities.
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- Philip M Finch
- Murdoch University Centre for Healthy Ageing and Discipline of Psychology, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, , South Street, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Murdoch University Centre for Healthy Ageing and Discipline of Psychology, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, , South Street, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Murdoch University Centre for Healthy Ageing and Discipline of Psychology, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, , South Street, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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Li Z, Sohrabi HR, Sobrino T, Romaus-Sanjurjo D. Editorial: New challenges and future perspectives in neurodegeneration. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:1049721. [PMID: 36300167 PMCID: PMC9590607 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.1049721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Zhenyu Li
- Department of Pathology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, China
- *Correspondence: Zhenyu Li
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- Murdoch University Centre for Healthy Ageing, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Pedrini S, Doecke JD, Hone E, Wang P, Thota R, Bush AI, Rowe CC, Dore V, Villemagne VL, Ames D, Rainey‐Smith S, Verdile G, Sohrabi HR, Raida MR, Taddei K, Gandy S, Masters CL, Chatterjee P, Martins R. Plasma high-density lipoprotein cargo is altered in Alzheimer's disease and is associated with regional brain volume. J Neurochem 2022; 163:53-67. [PMID: 36000528 PMCID: PMC9804612 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.15681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Cholesterol levels have been repeatedly linked to Alzheimer's Disease (AD), suggesting that high levels could be detrimental, but this effect is likely attributed to Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. On the other hand, High-Density Lipoproteins (HDL) cholesterol levels have been associated with reduced brain amyloidosis and improved cognitive function. However, recent findings have suggested that HDL-functionality, which depends upon the HDL-cargo proteins associated with HDL, rather than HDL levels, appears to be the key factor, suggesting a quality over quantity status. In this report, we have assessed the HDL-cargo (Cholesterol, ApoA-I, ApoA-II, ApoC-I, ApoC-III, ApoD, ApoE, ApoH, ApoJ, CRP, and SAA) in stable healthy control (HC), healthy controls who will convert to MCI/AD (HC-Conv) and AD patients (AD). Compared to HC we observed an increased cholesterol/ApoA-I ratio in AD and HC-Conv, as well as an increased ApoD/ApoA-I ratio and a decreased ApoA-II/ApoA-I ratio in AD. Higher cholesterol/ApoA-I ratio was also associated with lower cortical grey matter volume and higher ventricular volume, while higher ApoA-II/ApoA-I and ApoJ/ApoA-I ratios were associated with greater cortical grey matter volume (and for ApoA-II also with greater hippocampal volume) and smaller ventricular volume. Additionally, in a clinical status-independent manner, the ApoE/ApoA-I ratio was significantly lower in APOE ε4 carriers and lowest in APOE ε4 homozygous. Together, these data indicate that in AD patients the composition of HDL is altered, which may affect HDL functionality, and such changes are associated with altered regional brain volumetric data.
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- Steve Pedrini
- School of Medical SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia,CRC for Mental HealthMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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- Australian E‐Health Research CentreCSIROBrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
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- School of Medical SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia,CRC for Mental HealthMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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- College of Science, Health, Engineering and EducationMurdoch UniversityMurdochWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Department of Biomedical SciencesMacquarie UniversitySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- CRC for Mental HealthMelbourneVictoriaAustralia,The Florey Institute, The University of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PETAustin HealthHeidelbergVictoriaAustralia
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PETAustin HealthHeidelbergVictoriaAustralia
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- National Ageing Research InstituteParkvilleVictoriaAustralia,University of Melbourne Academic unit for Psychiatry of Old AgeSt George's HospitalKewVictoriaAustralia
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- School of Medical SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia,Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures InstituteMurdoch UniversityMurdochWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Curtin Medical SchoolCurtin UniversityBentleyWestern AustraliaAustralia,Curtin Health Innovation Research InstituteCurtin UniversityBentleyWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures InstituteMurdoch UniversityMurdochWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Life Science Institute, Singapore Lipidomics IncubatorNational University of SingaporeSingapore CitySingapore
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- School of Medical SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia,CRC for Mental HealthMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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- Department of NeurologyIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York CityNew YorkUSA
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- The Florey Institute, The University of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Department of Biomedical SciencesMacquarie UniversitySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- School of Medical SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia,CRC for Mental HealthMelbourneVictoriaAustralia,Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Department of Biomedical SciencesMacquarie UniversitySydneyNew South WalesAustralia,School of Psychiatry and Clinical NeurosciencesUniversity of Western AustraliaCrawleyWestern AustraliaAustralia
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de Erausquin GA, Snyder H, Brugha TS, Seshadri S, Carrillo M, Sagar R, Huang Y, Newton C, Tartaglia C, Teunissen C, Håkanson K, Akinyemi R, Prasad K, D'Avossa G, Gonzalez‐Aleman G, Hosseini A, Vavougios GD, Sachdev P, Bankart J, Mors NPO, Lipton R, Katz M, Fox PT, Katshu MZ, Iyengar MS, Weinstein G, Sohrabi HR, Jenkins R, Stein DJ, Hugon J, Mavreas V, Blangero J, Cruchaga C, Krishna M, Wadoo O, Becerra R, Zwir I, Longstreth WT, Kroenenberg G, Edison P, Mukaetova‐Ladinska E, Staufenberg E, Figueredo‐Aguiar M, Yécora A, Vaca F, Zamponi HP, Re VL, Majid A, Sundarakumar J, Gonzalez HM, Geerlings MI, Skoog I, Salmoiraghi A, Boneschi FM, Patel VN, Santos JM, Arroyo GR, Moreno AC, Felix P, Gallo C, Arai H, Yamada M, Iwatsubo T, Sharma M, Chakraborty N, Ferreccio C, Akena D, Brayne C, Maestre G, Blangero SW, Brusco LI, Siddarth P, Hughes TM, Zuñiga AR, Kambeitz J, Laza AR, Allen N, Panos S, Merrill D, Ibáñez A, Tsuang D, Valishvili N, Shrestha S, Wang S, Padma V, Anstey KJ, Ravindrdanath V, Blennow K, Mullins P, Łojek E, Pria A, Mosley TH, Gowland P, Girard TD, Bowtell R, Vahidy FS. Chronic neuropsychiatric sequelae of SARS-CoV-2: Protocol and methods from the Alzheimer's Association Global Consortium. Alzheimers Dement (N Y) 2022; 8:e12348. [PMID: 36185993 PMCID: PMC9494609 DOI: 10.1002/trc2.12348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Revised: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Introduction Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused >3.5 million deaths worldwide and affected >160 million people. At least twice as many have been infected but remained asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic. COVID-19 includes central nervous system manifestations mediated by inflammation and cerebrovascular, anoxic, and/or viral neurotoxicity mechanisms. More than one third of patients with COVID-19 develop neurologic problems during the acute phase of the illness, including loss of sense of smell or taste, seizures, and stroke. Damage or functional changes to the brain may result in chronic sequelae. The risk of incident cognitive and neuropsychiatric complications appears independent from the severity of the original pulmonary illness. It behooves the scientific and medical community to attempt to understand the molecular and/or systemic factors linking COVID-19 to neurologic illness, both short and long term. Methods This article describes what is known so far in terms of links among COVID-19, the brain, neurological symptoms, and Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias. We focus on risk factors and possible molecular, inflammatory, and viral mechanisms underlying neurological injury. We also provide a comprehensive description of the Alzheimer's Association Consortium on Chronic Neuropsychiatric Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (CNS SC2) harmonized methodology to address these questions using a worldwide network of researchers and institutions. Results Successful harmonization of designs and methods was achieved through a consensus process initially fragmented by specific interest groups (epidemiology, clinical assessments, cognitive evaluation, biomarkers, and neuroimaging). Conclusions from subcommittees were presented to the whole group and discussed extensively. Presently data collection is ongoing at 19 sites in 12 countries representing Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe. Discussion The Alzheimer's Association Global Consortium harmonized methodology is proposed as a model to study long-term neurocognitive sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Key Points The following review describes what is known so far in terms of molecular and epidemiological links among COVID-19, the brain, neurological symptoms, and AD and related dementias (ADRD)The primary objective of this large-scale collaboration is to clarify the pathogenesis of ADRD and to advance our understanding of the impact of a neurotropic virus on the long-term risk of cognitive decline and other CNS sequelae. No available evidence supports the notion that cognitive impairment after SARS-CoV-2 infection is a form of dementia (ADRD or otherwise). The longitudinal methodologies espoused by the consortium are intended to provide data to answer this question as clearly as possible controlling for possible confounders. Our specific hypothesis is that SARS-CoV-2 triggers ADRD-like pathology following the extended olfactory cortical network (EOCN) in older individuals with specific genetic susceptibility.The proposed harmonization strategies and flexible study designs offer the possibility to include large samples of under-represented racial and ethnic groups, creating a rich set of harmonized cohorts for future studies of the pathophysiology, determinants, long-term consequences, and trends in cognitive aging, ADRD, and vascular disease.We provide a framework for current and future studies to be carried out within the Consortium. and offers a "green paper" to the research community with a very broad, global base of support, on tools suitable for low- and middle-income countries aimed to compare and combine future longitudinal data on the topic.The Consortium proposes a combination of design and statistical methods as a means of approaching causal inference of the COVID-19 neuropsychiatric sequelae. We expect that deep phenotyping of neuropsychiatric sequelae may provide a series of candidate syndromes with phenomenological and biological characterization that can be further explored. By generating high-quality harmonized data across sites we aim to capture both descriptive and, where possible, causal associations.
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Tarawneh HY, Jayakody DM, Sohrabi HR, Martins RN, Mulders WH. Understanding the Relationship Between Age-Related Hearing Loss and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Narrative Review. J Alzheimers Dis Rep 2022; 6:539-556. [PMID: 36275417 PMCID: PMC9535607 DOI: 10.3233/adr-220035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Evidence suggests that hearing loss (HL), even at mild levels, increases the long-term risk of cognitive decline and incident dementia. Hearing loss is one of the modifiable risk factors for dementia, with approximately 4 million of the 50 million cases of dementia worldwide possibly attributed to untreated HL. This paper describes four possible mechanisms that have been suggested for the relationship between age-related hearing loss (ARHL) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which is the most common form of dementia. The first mechanism suggests mitochondrial dysfunction and altered signal pathways due to aging as a possible link between ARHL and AD. The second mechanism proposes that sensory degradation in hearing impaired people could explain the relationship between ARHL and AD. The occupation of cognitive resource (third) mechanism indicates that the association between ARHL and AD is a result of increased cognitive processing that is required to compensate for the degraded sensory input. The fourth mechanism is an expansion of the third mechanism, i.e., the function and structure interaction involves both cognitive resource occupation (neural activity) and AD pathology as the link between ARHL and AD. Exploring the specific mechanisms that provide the link between ARHL and AD has the potential to lead to innovative ideas for the diagnosis, prevention, and/or treatment of AD. This paper also provides insight into the current evidence for the use of hearing treatments as a possible treatment/prevention for AD, and if auditory assessments could provide an avenue for early detection of cognitive impairment associated with AD.
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- Hadeel Y. Tarawneh
- School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
- Ear Science Institute Australia, Subiaco, WA, Australia
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- Ear Science Institute Australia, Subiaco, WA, Australia
- Centre of Ear Science, Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, WA, Australia
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia
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Shirzadi Z, Yau WYW, Schultz SA, Schultz AP, Scott MR, Goubran M, Mojiri-Forooshani P, Joseph-Mathurin N, Kantarci K, Preboske G, Wermer MJH, Jack C, Benzinger T, Taddei K, Sohrabi HR, Sperling RA, Johnson KA, Bateman RJ, Martins RN, Greenberg SM, Chhatwal JP. Progressive White Matter Injury in Preclinical Dutch Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy. Ann Neurol 2022; 92:358-363. [PMID: 35670654 PMCID: PMC9391284 DOI: 10.1002/ana.26429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2022] [Revised: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 06/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Autosomal-dominant, Dutch-type cerebral amyloid angiopathy (D-CAA) offers a unique opportunity to develop biomarkers for pre-symptomatic cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). We hypothesized that neuroimaging measures of white matter injury would be present and progressive in D-CAA prior to hemorrhagic lesions or symptomatic hemorrhage. In a longitudinal cohort of D-CAA carriers and non-carriers, we observed divergence of white matter injury measures between D-CAA carriers and non-carriers prior to the appearance of cerebral microbleeds and >14 years before the average age of first symptomatic hemorrhage. These results indicate that white matter disruption measures may be valuable cross-sectional and longitudinal biomarkers of D-CAA progression. ANN NEUROL 2022;92:358-363.
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- Zahra Shirzadi
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Physical Sciences Platform and Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Physical Sciences Platform and Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
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- Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Future Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Seneviratne R, Weinborn M, Badcock DR, Gavett BE, Laws M, Taddei K, Martins RN, Sohrabi HR. The Western Australia Olfactory Memory Test: Reliability and Validity in a Sample of Older Adults. Arch Clin Neuropsychol 2022; 37:1720-1734. [DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acac048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The Western Australia Olfactory Memory Test (WAOMT) is a newly developed test designed to meet a need for a comprehensive measure of olfactory episodic memory (OEM) for clinical and research applications.
Method
This study aimed to establish the psychometric properties of the WAOMT in a sample of 209 community-dwelling older adults. An independent sample of 27 test-naïve participants were recruited to assess test retest reliability (between 7 and 28 days). Scale psychometric properties were examined using item response theory methods, combined samples (final N = 241). Convergent validity was assessed by comparing performance on the WAOMT with a comprehensive neuropsychological battery of domains (verbal and visual episodic memory, and odor identification), as well as other neuropsychological skills. Based on previous literature, it was predicted that the WAOMT would be positively correlated with conceptually similar cognitive domains.
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The WAOMT is a psychometrically sound test with adequate reliability properties and demonstrated convergent validity with tests of verbal and episodic memory and smell identification. Patterns of performance highlight learning and memory characteristics unique to OEM (e.g., learning curves, cued and free recall).
Conclusion
Clinical and research implications include streamlining future versions of the WAOMT to ease patient and administrative burden, and the potential to reliably detect early neuropathological changes in healthy older adults with nonimpaired OEM abilities.
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- Rasangi Seneviratne
- School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia , Crawley, WA , Australia
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- School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia , Crawley, WA , Australia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation , Nedlands, Western Australia , Australia
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University , Joondalup, Western Australia , Australia
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- School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia , Crawley, WA , Australia
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- School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia , Crawley, WA , Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation , Nedlands, Western Australia , Australia
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University , Joondalup, Western Australia , Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation , Nedlands, Western Australia , Australia
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University , Joondalup, Western Australia , Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation , Nedlands, Western Australia , Australia
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University , Joondalup, Western Australia , Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University , Macquarie Park, New South Wales , Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation , Nedlands, Western Australia , Australia
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University , Joondalup, Western Australia , Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University , Macquarie Park, New South Wales , Australia
- Centre for Healthy Ageing , College of Science, Health, Engineering, and Education, , Murdoch, Western Australia , Australia
- Murdoch University , College of Science, Health, Engineering, and Education, , Murdoch, Western Australia , Australia
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Tarawneh HY, Sohrabi HR, Mulders WHAM, Martins RN, Jayakody DMP. Comparison of Auditory Steady-State Responses With Conventional Audiometry in Older Adults. Front Neurol 2022; 13:924096. [PMID: 35911911 PMCID: PMC9330634 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.924096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Behavioral measures, such as pure-tone audiometry (PTA), are commonly used to determine hearing thresholds, however, PTA does not always provide reliable hearing information in difficult to test individuals. Therefore, objective measures of hearing sensitivity that require little-to-no active participation from an individual are needed to facilitate the detection and treatment of hearing loss in difficult to test people. Investigation of the reliability of the auditory steady-state response (ASSR) for measuring hearing thresholds in older adults is limited. This study aimed to investigate if ASSR can be a reliable, objective measure of frequency specific hearing thresholds in older adults. Hearing thresholds were tested at 500 Hz, 1000 Hz, 2000 Hz, and 4000 Hz in 50 participants aged between 60 and 85 years old, using automated PTA and ASSR. Hearing thresholds obtained from PTA and ASSR were found to be significantly correlated (p < .001) in a cohort consisting of participants with normal hearing or mild hearing loss. ASSR thresholds were significantly higher as compared to PTA thresholds, but for the majority of cases the difference remained within the clinically acceptable range (15 dB). This study provides some evidence to suggest that ASSR can be a valuable tool for estimating objective frequency-specific hearing thresholds in older adults and indicate that ASSR could be useful in creating hearing treatment plans for older adults who are unable to complete behavioral PTA. Further research on older adults is required to improve the methodological features of ASSR to increase consistency and reliability, as well as minimize some of the limitations associated with this technique.
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- Hadeel Y. Tarawneh
- School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
- Ear Science Institute Australia, Subiaco, WA, Australia
- *Correspondence: Hadeel Y. Tarawneh
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Ear Science Institute Australia, Subiaco, WA, Australia
- Ear Science Centre, School of Surgery, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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Pedrini S, Chatterjee P, Nakamura A, Tegg M, Hone E, Rainey-Smith SR, Rowe CC, Dore V, Villemagne VL, Ames D, Kaneko N, Gardener SL, Taddei K, Fernando B, Martins I, Bharadwaj P, Sohrabi HR, Masters CL, Brown B, Martins RN. The Association Between Alzheimer's Disease-Related Markers and Physical Activity in Cognitively Normal Older Adults. Front Aging Neurosci 2022; 14:771214. [PMID: 35418852 PMCID: PMC8996810 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.771214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Previous studies have indicated that physical activity may be beneficial in reducing the risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD), although the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. The goal of this study was to evaluate the relationship between habitual physical activity levels and brain amyloid deposition and AD-related blood biomarkers (i.e., measured using a novel high-performance mass spectrometry-based assay), in apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 carriers and noncarriers. We evaluated 143 cognitively normal older adults, all of whom had brain amyloid deposition assessed using positron emission tomography and had their physical activity levels measured using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). We observed an inverse correlation between brain amyloidosis and plasma beta-amyloid (Aβ)1−42 but found no association between brain amyloid and plasma Aβ1−40 and amyloid precursor protein (APP)669−711. Additionally, higher levels of physical activity were associated with lower plasma Aβ1−40, Aβ1−42, and APP669−711 levels in APOE ε4 noncarriers. The ratios of Aβ1−40/Aβ1−42 and APP669−711/Aβ1−42, which have been associated with higher brain amyloidosis in previous studies, differed between APOE ε4 carriers and non-carriers. Taken together, these data indicate a complex relationship between physical activity and brain amyloid deposition and potential blood-based AD biomarkers in cognitively normal older adults. In addition, the role of APOE ε4 is still unclear, and more studies are necessary to bring further clarification.
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- Steve Pedrini
- School of Medical Sciences, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Nedlands, WA, Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Center for Development of Advanced Medicine for Dementia, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan
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- School of Medical Sciences, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Nedlands, WA, Australia
- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- National Ageing Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, St George's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Kew, VIC, Australia
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- Koichi Tanaka Mass Spectrometry Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan
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- School of Medical Sciences, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Nedlands, WA, Australia
- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Nedlands, WA, Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
- *Correspondence: Ralph N. Martins
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Hillebrandt HL, Dias CB, Barin ES, Chatterjee P, Shah TM, Basci AM, Kaplan J, Sohrabi HR, Martins RN. Cognition may improve with medium‐chain triglyceride oil supplementation: A pilot study. Alzheimers Dement 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/alz.055702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Macquarie University Macquarie Park NSW Australia
- The University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW Australia
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- Macquarie University Macquarie Park NSW Australia
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- Macquarie University Macquarie Park NSW Australia
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- Macquarie University Macquarie Park NSW Australia
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- Murdoch University Perth WA Australia
- Edith Cowan University Perth WA Australia
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- Co‐operative Research Centre (CRC) for Mental Health Carlton South VIC Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University Macquarie Park NSW Australia
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Hillebrandt HL, Dias CB, Barin ES, Chatterjee P, Shah TM, Basci AM, Kaplan J, Sohrabi HR, Martins RN. Postprandial ketone body levels increase following medium‐chain triglyceride oil consumption. Alzheimers Dement 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/alz.055789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Macquarie University Macquarie Park NSW Australia
- The University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW Australia
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- Macquarie University Macquarie Park NSW Australia
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- Macquarie University Macquarie Park NSW Australia
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- Macquarie University Macquarie Park NSW Australia
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- Murdoch University Perth WA Australia
- Edith Cowan University Perth WA Australia
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- Co‐operative Research Centre (CRC) for Mental Health Carlton South VIC Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University Macquarie Park NSW Australia
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Sewell KR, Rainey‐Smith SR, Villemagne VLL, Peiffer JJ, Sohrabi HR, Taddei K, Ames D, Maruff PT, Laws SM, Masters CL, Rowe CC, Martins RN, Erickson KI, Brown BM. How lifestyle shapes the brain: Associations between physical activity, sleep, beta‐amyloid and cognitive function in older adults. Alzheimers Dement 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/alz.051223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Murdoch University Murdoch WA Australia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation Perth Australia
- Edith Cowan University Joondalup WA Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health Melbourne Australia
- Departments of Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University of Melbourne, Austin Health Melbourne VIC Australia
- The University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA USA
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- Murdoch University Perth WA Australia
- Edith Cowan University Perth WA Australia
- Australian Alzheimer’s Research Foundation Nedlands WA Australia
- Macquarie University Sydney NSW Australia
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- McCusker Alzheimer's Research Foundation Perth Australia
- Edith Cowan University Joondalup Australia
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- The University of Melbourne Parkville VIC Australia
- National Ageing Research Institute Parkville VIC Australia
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- Cogstate Ltd. Melbourne VIC Australia
- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health Melbourne VIC Australia
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- Edith Cowan University Joondalup WA Australia
- Curtin University Perth WA Australia
- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Care Joondalup WA Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health Melbourne VIC Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health Melbourne VIC Australia
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Vic, 3084, Australia Heidelberg VIC Australia
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- KaRa Institute of Neurological Diseases Sydney NSW Australia
- Co‐operative Research Centre (CRC) for Mental Health Carlton South VIC Australia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation Nedlands WA Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University Macquarie Park NSW Australia
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- Edith Cowan University Joondalup WA Australia
- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University Perth WA Australia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation Perth WA Australia
- Ageing, Cognition and Exercise Research Group Murdoch Australia
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Castro CB, Costa L, Dias CB, Chen J, Loo R, Sohrabi HR, Brown BM, Martins RN. "Multi‐domain interventions for dementia prevention – A Systematic Review". Alzheimers Dement 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/alz.058289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Carolina B Castro
- Murdoch University Perth WA Australia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation Perth WA Australia
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- State of Bahia University Salvador Brazil
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- Macquarie University Hospital New South Wales Australia
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- Murdoch University PERTH WA Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing College of Science, Health Engineering and Education Murdoch University Perth WA Australia
- Australian Alzheimer’s Research Foundation Nedlands WA Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing Murdoch University Perth WA Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation Nedlands WA Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences Macquarie University Macquarie Park NSW Australia
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Tarawneh HY, Mulders WH, Sohrabi HR, Martins RN, Jayakody DMP. Investigating auditory electrophysiological measures of participants with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of event‐related potential studies. Alzheimers Dement 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/alz.058497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Hadeel Y. Tarawneh
- School of Human Sciences The University of Western Australia Perth WA Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences Macquarie University Sydney NSW Australia
- Centre for Healthy Ageing College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education Murdoch University Perth WA Australia
- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care School of Medical and Health Sciences Edith Cowan University Perth WA Australia
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- Edith Cowan University Joondalup WA Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences Macquarie University Macquarie Park NSW Australia
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- Ear Science Institute Australia Subiaco WA Australia
- Ear Science Centre School of Surgery University of Western Australia Crawley WA Australia
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Rezaee N, Fernando WB, Hone E, Sohrabi HR, Johnson SK, Gunzburg S, Martins RN. Potential of Sorghum Polyphenols to Prevent and Treat Alzheimer's Disease: A Review Article. Front Aging Neurosci 2021; 13:729949. [PMID: 34690742 PMCID: PMC8527926 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.729949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/06/2022] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the excessive deposition of extracellular amyloid-beta peptide (Aβ) and the build-up of intracellular neurofibrillary tangles containing hyperphosphorylated tau proteins. This leads to neuronal damage, cell death and consequently results in memory and learning impairments leading to dementia. Although the exact cause of AD is not yet clear, numerous studies indicate that oxidative stress, inflammation, and mitochondrial dysfunction significantly contribute to its onset and progression. There is no effective therapeutic approach to stop the progression of AD and its associated symptoms. Thus, early intervention, preferably, pre-clinically when the brain is not significantly affected, is a better option for effective treatment. Natural polyphenols (PP) target multiple AD-related pathways such as protecting the brain from Aβ and tau neurotoxicity, ameliorating oxidative damage and mitochondrial dysfunction. Among natural products, the cereal crop sorghum has some unique features. It is one of the major global grain crops but in the developed world, it is primarily used as feed for farm animals. A broad range of PP, including phenolic acids, flavonoids, and condensed tannins are present in sorghum grain including some classes such as proanthocyanidins that are rarely found in others plants. Pigmented varieties of sorghum have the highest polyphenolic content and antioxidant activity which potentially makes their consumption beneficial for human health through different pathways such as oxidative stress reduction and thus the prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. This review summarizes the potential of sorghum PP to beneficially affect the neuropathology of AD.
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- Nasim Rezaee
- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease Research & Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease Research & Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease Research & Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease Research & Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Future Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
- Ingredients by Design Pty Ltd., Lesmurdie, WA, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease Research & Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Chatterjee P, Fagan AM, Xiong C, McKay M, Bhatnagar A, Wu Y, Singh AK, Taddei K, Martins I, Gardener SL, Molloy MP, Multhaup G, Masters CL, Schofield PR, Benzinger TLS, Morris JC, Bateman RJ, Greenberg SM, Wermer MJH, van Buchem MA, Sohrabi HR, Martins RN. Presymptomatic Dutch-Type Hereditary Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-Related Blood Metabolite Alterations. J Alzheimers Dis 2021; 79:895-903. [PMID: 33361604 DOI: 10.3233/jad-201267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is one of the major causes of intracerebral hemorrhage and vascular dementia in older adults. Early diagnosis will provide clinicians with an opportunity to intervene early with suitable strategies, highlighting the importance of pre-symptomatic CAA biomarkers. OBJECTIVE Investigation of pre-symptomatic CAA related blood metabolite alterations in Dutch-type hereditary CAA mutation carriers (D-CAA MCs). METHODS Plasma metabolites were measured using mass-spectrometry (AbsoluteIDQ® p400 HR kit) and were compared between pre-symptomatic D-CAA MCs (n = 9) and non-carriers (D-CAA NCs, n = 8) from the same pedigree. Metabolites that survived correction for multiple comparisons were further compared between D-CAA MCs and additional control groups (cognitively unimpaired adults). RESULTS 275 metabolites were measured in the plasma, 22 of which were observed to be significantly lower in theD-CAAMCs compared to D-CAA NCs, following adjustment for potential confounding factors age, sex, and APOE ε4 (p < 00.05). After adjusting for multiple comparisons, only spermidine remained significantly lower in theD-CAAMCscompared to theD-CAA NCs (p < 0.00018). Plasma spermidine was also significantly lower in D-CAA MCs compared to the cognitively unimpaired young adult and older adult groups (p < 0.01). Spermidinewas also observed to correlate with CSF Aβ40 (rs = 0.621, p = 0.024), CSF Aβ42 (rs = 0.714, p = 0.006), and brain Aβ load (rs = -0.527, p = 0.030). CONCLUSION The current study provides pilot data on D-CAA linked metabolite signals, that also associated with Aβ neuropathology and are involved in several biological pathways that have previously been linked to neurodegeneration and dementia.
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- Pratishtha Chatterjee
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia.,School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA.,Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA.,Division of Biostatistics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
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- Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia.,Bowel Cancer and Biomarker Laboratory, Kolling Institute, The University of Sydney, St Leonards, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VA, Australia
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- Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA.,Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA.,Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA.,Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital Stroke Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia.,School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Nedlands, WA, Australia.,Centre for Healthy Ageing, School of Psychology and Exercise Science, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia.,School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia.,School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Nedlands, WA, Australia.,School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.,The KaRa Institute of Neurological Diseases, Macquarie Park, NSW, Australia
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Sewell KR, Erickson KI, Rainey-Smith SR, Peiffer JJ, Sohrabi HR, Brown BM. Relationships between physical activity, sleep and cognitive function: A narrative review. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021; 130:369-378. [PMID: 34506842 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Physical activity and exercise can improve cognitive function and reduce the risk for dementia. Other lifestyle factors, including sleep, are associated with cognitive function and dementia risk, and exercise is an effective therapeutic strategy for improving sleep. Based on these associations, it has been hypothesised that sleep might be an important mediator for the effects of exercise on cognition. Here, we review the current literature to evaluate whether sleep and physical activity are independently or jointly associated with cognitive function. The extant literature in this area is minimal, and the causal relationships between physical activity, sleep and cognition have not been examined. A small number of cross-sectional studies in this area suggest that physical activity may attenuate some of the negative impact that poor sleep has on cognition, and also that sleep may be a mechanism through which physical activity improves cognitive abilities. Further research may enable the development of individually tailored intervention programs to result in the greatest cognitive benefit, ultimately delaying the onset of Alzheimer's disease.
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- Kelsey R Sewell
- Discipline of Exercise Science, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA, Australia.
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- Discipline of Exercise Science, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA, Australia; Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, 4200 Fifth Ave, PA, United States
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, 8 Verdun Street, Nedlands, WA, Australia; Centre For Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA, Australia; School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA, Australia; School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Discipline of Exercise Science, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA, Australia; Centre For Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, 8 Verdun Street, Nedlands, WA, Australia; Centre For Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA, Australia; School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA, Australia; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, Balaclava Road, NSW, Australia
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- Discipline of Exercise Science, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA, Australia; Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, 8 Verdun Street, Nedlands, WA, Australia; Centre For Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA, Australia; School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA, Australia
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Pedrini S, Hone E, Gupta VB, James I, Teimouri E, Bush AI, Rowe CC, Villemagne VL, Ames D, Masters CL, Rainey-Smith S, Verdile G, Sohrabi HR, Raida MR, Wenk MR, Taddei K, Chatterjee P, Martins I, Laws SM, Martins RN. Plasma High Density Lipoprotein Small Subclass is Reduced in Alzheimer's Disease Patients and Correlates with Cognitive Performance. J Alzheimers Dis 2021; 77:733-744. [PMID: 32741823 PMCID: PMC7592676 DOI: 10.3233/jad-200291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Background: The link between cholesterol and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has received much attention, as evidence suggests high levels of cholesterol might be an AD risk factor. The carriage of cholesterol and lipids through the body is mediated via lipoproteins, some of which, particularly apolipoprotein E (ApoE), are intimately linked with AD. In humans, high density lipoprotein (HDL) is regarded as a “good” lipid complex due to its ability to enable clearance of excess cholesterol via ‘cholesterol reverse transport’, although its activities in the pathogenesis of AD are poorly understood. There are several subclasses of HDL; these range from the newly formed small HDL, to much larger HDL. Objective: We examined the major subclasses of HDL in healthy controls, mild cognitively impaired, and AD patients who were not taking statins to determine whether there were HDL profile differences between the groups, and whether HDL subclass levels correlated with plasma amyloid-β (Aβ) levels or brain Aβ deposition. Methods: Samples from AIBL cohort were used in this study. HDL subclass levels were assessed by Lipoprint while Aβ1–42 levels were assessed by ELISA. Brain Aβ deposition was assessed by PET scan. Statistical analysis was performed using parametric and non-parametric tests. Results: We found that small HDL subclass is reduced in AD patients and it correlates with cognitive performance while plasma Aβ concentrations do not correlate with lipid profile or HDL subfraction levels. Conclusion: Our data indicate that AD patients exhibit altered plasma HDL profile and that HDL subclasses correlate with cognitive performances.
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- Steve Pedrini
- School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,CRC for Mental Health, Carlton South, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,CRC for Mental Health, Carlton South, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,CRC for Mental Health, Carlton South, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
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- CRC for Mental Health, Carlton South, Victoria, Australia.,The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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- National Ageing Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,University of Melbourne Academic unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, St George's Hospital, Kew, Victoria, Australia
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- The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Ageing, School of Psychology and Exercise Science, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Life Science Institute, Singapore Lipidomics Incubator, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,CRC for Mental Health, Carlton South, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,CRC for Mental Health, Carlton South, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,CRC for Mental Health, Carlton South, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.,CRC for Mental Health, Carlton South, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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Chatterjee P, Pedrini S, Ashton NJ, Tegg M, Goozee K, Singh AK, Karikari TK, Simrén J, Vanmechelen E, Armstrong NJ, Hone E, Asih PR, Taddei K, Doré V, Villemagne VL, Sohrabi HR, Zetterberg H, Masters CL, Blennow K, Martins RN. Diagnostic and prognostic plasma biomarkers for preclinical Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement 2021; 18:1141-1154. [PMID: 34494715 DOI: 10.1002/alz.12447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Revised: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION This study involved a parallel comparison of the diagnostic and longitudinal monitoring potential of plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), total tau (t-tau), phosphorylated tau (p-tau181 and p-tau231), and neurofilament light (NFL) in preclinical Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS Plasma proteins were measured using Simoa assays in cognitively unimpaired older adults (CU), with either absence (Aβ-) or presence (Aβ+) of brain amyloidosis. RESULTS Plasma GFAP, t-tau, p-tau181, and p-tau231 concentrations were higher in Aβ+ CU compared with Aβ- CU cross-sectionally. GFAP had the highest effect size and area under the curve (AUC) in differentiating between Aβ+ and Aβ- CU; however, no statistically significant differences were observed between the AUCs of GFAP, p-tau181, and p-tau231, but all were significantly higher than the AUC of NFL, and the AUC of GFAP was higher than the AUC of t-tau. The combination of a base model (BM), comprising the AD risk factors, age, sex, and apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) ε4 status with GFAP was observed to have a higher AUC (>90%) compared with the combination of BM with any of the other proteins investigated in the current study. Longitudinal analyses showed increased GFAP and p-tau181 in Aβ+ CU and increased NFL in Aβ- CU, over a 12-month duration. GFAP, p-tau181, p-tau231, and NFL showed significant correlations with cognition, whereas no significant correlations were observed with hippocampal volume. DISCUSSION These findings highlight the diagnostic and longitudinal monitoring potential of GFAP and p-tau for preclinical AD.
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- Pratishtha Chatterjee
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia.,School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden.,Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.,Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia.,School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.,The Cooperative Research Centre for Mental Health, Carlton South, Australia.,KaRa Institute of Neurological Disease, Macquarie Park, Australia
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- Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden.,Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.,College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- eHealth, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Herston, Queensland, Australia.,Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia.,School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.,Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Future Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden.,Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK.,UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL, London, UK
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden.,Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia.,School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.,The Cooperative Research Centre for Mental Health, Carlton South, Australia.,KaRa Institute of Neurological Disease, Macquarie Park, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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Keret O, Staffaroni AM, Ringman JM, Cobigo Y, Goh SM, Wolf A, Allen IE, Salloway S, Chhatwal J, Brickman AM, Reyes‐Dumeyer D, Bateman RJ, Benzinger TL, Morris JC, Ances BM, Joseph‐Mathurin N, Perrin RJ, Gordon BA, Levin J, Vöglein J, Jucker M, la Fougère C, Martins RN, Sohrabi HR, Taddei K, Villemagne VL, Schofield PR, Brooks WS, Fulham M, Masters CL, Ghetti B, Saykin AJ, Jack CR, Graff‐Radford NR, Weiner M, Cash DM, Allegri RF, Chrem P, Yi S, Miller BL, Rabinovici GD, Rosen HJ. Pattern and degree of individual brain atrophy predicts dementia onset in dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement (Amst) 2021; 13:e12197. [PMID: 34258377 PMCID: PMC8256623 DOI: 10.1002/dad2.12197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease mutation carriers (DIAD-MC) are ideal candidates for preventative treatment trials aimed at delaying or preventing dementia onset. Brain atrophy is an early feature of DIAD-MC and could help predict risk for dementia during trial enrollment. METHODS We created a dementia risk score by entering standardized gray-matter volumes from 231 DIAD-MC into a logistic regression to classify participants with and without dementia. The score's predictive utility was assessed using Cox models and receiver operating curves on a separate group of 65 DIAD-MC followed longitudinally. RESULTS Our risk score separated asymptomatic versus demented DIAD-MC with 96.4% (standard error = 0.02) and predicted conversion to dementia at next visit (hazard ratio = 1.32, 95% confidence interval [CI: 1.15, 1.49]) and within 2 years (area under the curve = 90.3%, 95% CI [82.3%-98.2%]) and improved prediction beyond established methods based on familial age of onset. DISCUSSION Individualized risk scores based on brain atrophy could be useful for establishing enrollment criteria and stratifying DIAD-MC participants for prevention trials.
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- Ophir Keret
- Global Brain Health InstituteUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Neurology, Memory and Aging CenterUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Keck School of MedicineUniversity of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Neurology, Memory and Aging CenterUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Neurology, Memory and Aging CenterUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Neurology, Memory and Aging CenterUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Global Brain Health InstituteUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Department of Epidemiology and BiostatisticsUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Warren Alpert Medical SchoolBrown UniversityProvidenceRhode IslandUSA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School BostonBostonMassachusettsUSA
| | - Adam M. Brickman
- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging BrainColumbia UniversityNew YorkNew YorkUSA
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging BrainColumbia UniversityNew YorkNew YorkUSA
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- Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Department of NeurologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Department of NeurologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Department of RadiologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology & ImmunologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Division of Biostatistics, Department of PsychiatryWashington University in St. Louis School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
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- Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Department of NeurologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Department of RadiologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
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- Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Department of NeurologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Department of NeurologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Department of RadiologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology & ImmunologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Division of Biostatistics, Department of PsychiatryWashington University in St. Louis School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
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- Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Department of NeurologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Department of NeurologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Department of RadiologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology & ImmunologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Division of Biostatistics, Department of PsychiatryWashington University in St. Louis School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
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- Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Department of NeurologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Department of NeurologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Department of RadiologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology & ImmunologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Division of Biostatistics, Department of PsychiatryWashington University in St. Louis School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
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- Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Department of NeurologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Department of NeurologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Department of RadiologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology & ImmunologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Division of Biostatistics, Department of PsychiatryWashington University in St. Louis School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
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- Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Department of NeurologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Department of NeurologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Department of RadiologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology & ImmunologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
- Division of Biostatistics, Department of PsychiatryWashington University in St. Louis School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)MunichGermany
- Department of NeurologyLudwig‐Maximilians‐Universität MünchenMunichGermany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)MunichGermany
- Department of NeurologyLudwig‐Maximilians‐Universität MünchenMunichGermany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)TübingenGermany
- Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain ResearchUniversity of TübingenTübingenGermany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)TübingenGermany
- Institute for Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Molecular ImagingEberhard Karls UniversityTübingenGermany
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- Department of Biomedical SciencesMacquarie UniversityNorth RydeNew South WalesAustralia
- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
- School of Psychiatry and Clinical NeurosciencesUniversity of Western AustraliaCrawleyWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research FoundationNedlandsWestern AustraliaAustralia
- The Cooperative Research Centre for Mental HealthCarlton SouthVictoriaAustralia
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- Department of Biomedical SciencesMacquarie UniversityNorth RydeNew South WalesAustralia
- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
- School of Psychiatry and Clinical NeurosciencesUniversity of Western AustraliaCrawleyWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research FoundationNedlandsWestern AustraliaAustralia
- The Cooperative Research Centre for Mental HealthCarlton SouthVictoriaAustralia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health SciencesEdith Cowan UniversityJoondalupWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Australian Alzheimer's Research FoundationNedlandsWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Department of Molecular Imaging and TherapyAustin HealthMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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- Neuroscience Research Australia, RandwickSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
- School of Medical SciencesUNSW SydneySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Neuroscience Research Australia, RandwickSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
- Prince of Wales Hospital Clinical SchoolUNSW SydneySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Department of Molecular Imaging, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney Medical SchoolUniversity of SydneyCamperdownNew South WalesAustralia
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- The Florey InstituteUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineIndiana University School of MedicineIndianapolisIndianaUSA
| | - Andrew J. Saykin
- Department of NeurologyIndiana University School of MedicineIndianapolisIndianaUSA
- Department of RadiologyIndiana University School of MedicineIndianapolisIndianaUSA
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- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical CenterCenter for Imaging of Neurodegenerative DiseasesSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Department of RadiologyUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Department of MedicineUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Department of NeurologyUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Dementia Research Centre, Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Queen Square Institute of NeurologyUniversity College LondonLondonUK
- Centre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical EngineeringUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of Cognitive Neurology, Neuropsychiatry and NeuropsychologyInstituto de InvestigacionesNeurológicas FLENIBuenos AiresArgentina
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- Department of Cognitive Neurology, Neuropsychiatry and NeuropsychologyInstituto de InvestigacionesNeurológicas FLENIBuenos AiresArgentina
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- Banner Alzheimer's InstitutePhoenixArizonaUSA
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- Global Brain Health InstituteUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Department of Neurology, Memory and Aging CenterUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Global Brain Health InstituteUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Global Brain Health InstituteUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Department of Neurology, Memory and Aging CenterUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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Markovic SJ, Fitzgerald M, Peiffer JJ, Scott BR, Rainey-Smith SR, Sohrabi HR, Brown BM. The impact of exercise, sleep, and diet on neurocognitive recovery from mild traumatic brain injury in older adults: A narrative review. Ageing Res Rev 2021; 68:101322. [PMID: 33737117 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2021.101322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 03/06/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) accounts for a large majority of traumatic brain injuries sustained globally each year. Older adults, who are already susceptible to age-related declines to neurocognitive health, appear to be at an increased risk of both sustaining an mTBI and experiencing slower or impaired recovery. There is also growing evidence that mTBI is a potential risk factor for accelerated cognitive decline and neurodegeneration. Lifestyle-based interventions are gaining prominence as a cost-effective means of maintaining cognition and brain health with age. Consequently, inter-individual variations in exercise, sleep, and dietary patterns could influence the trajectory of post-mTBI neurocognitive recovery, particularly in older adults. This review synthesises the current animal and human literature centred on the mechanisms through which lifestyle-related habits and behaviours could influence acute and longer-term neurocognitive functioning following mTBI. Numerous neuroprotective processes which are impacted by lifestyle factors have been established in animal models of TBI. However, the literature is characterised by a lack of translation to human samples and limited appraisal of the interaction between ageing and brain injury. Further research is needed to better establish the therapeutic utility of applying lifestyle-based modifications to improve post-mTBI neurocognitive outcomes in older adults.
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- Shaun J Markovic
- Discipline of Exercise Science, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South St, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia; Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute Building, 8 Verdun St, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.
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- Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute Building, 8 Verdun St, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute Building, 8 Verdun St, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Discipline of Exercise Science, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South St, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University, 90 South St, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia; Murdoch Applied Sports Science Laboratory, Murdoch University, 90 South St, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Discipline of Exercise Science, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South St, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University, 90 South St, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia; Murdoch Applied Sports Science Laboratory, Murdoch University, 90 South St, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute Building, 8 Verdun St, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University, 90 South St, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia; School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Dr, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia; School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
| | - Hamid R Sohrabi
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute Building, 8 Verdun St, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University, 90 South St, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia; School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Dr, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, Balaclava Rd, Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Australia
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- Discipline of Exercise Science, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South St, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia; Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute Building, 8 Verdun St, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University, 90 South St, Murdoch, Western Australia, 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] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
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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Gardener SL, Weinborn M, Sohrabi HR, Doecke JD, Bourgeat P, Rainey-Smith SR, Shen KK, Fripp J, Taddei K, Maruff P, Salvado O, Savage G, Ames D, Masters CL, Rowe CC, Martins RN. Longitudinal Trajectories in Cortical Thickness and Volume Atrophy: Superior Cognitive Performance Does Not Protect Against Brain Atrophy in Older Adults. J Alzheimers Dis 2021; 81:1039-1052. [PMID: 33935071 PMCID: PMC8293653 DOI: 10.3233/jad-201243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
Background: Previous research has identified a small subgroup of older adults that maintain a high level of cognitive functioning well into advanced age. Investigation of those with superior cognitive performance (SCP) for their age is important, as age-related decline has previously been thought to be inevitable. Objective: Preservation of cortical thickness and volume was evaluated in 76 older adults with SCP and 100 typical older adults (TOAs) assessed up to five times over six years. Methods: Regions of interest (ROIs) found to have been associated with super-aging status (a construct similar to SCP status) in previous literature were investigated, followed by a discovery phase analyses of additional regions. SCPs were aged 70 + at baseline, scoring at/above normative memory (CVLT-II) levels for demographically similar individuals aged 30–44 years old, and in the unimpaired range for all other cognitive domains over the course of the study. Results: In linear mixed models, following adjustment for multiple comparisons, there were no significant differences between rates of thinning or volume atrophy between SCPs and TOAs in previously identified ROIs, or the discovery phase analyses. With only amyloid-β negative individuals in the analyses, again there were no significant differences between SCPs and TOAs. Conclusion: The increased methodological rigor in classifying groups, together with the influence of cognitive reserve, are discussed as potential factors accounting for our findings as compared to the extant literature on those with superior cognitive performance for their age.
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- Samantha L Gardener
- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research & Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research & Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
| | - Hamid R Sohrabi
- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research & Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia
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- CSIRO Health and Biosecurity/Australian eHealth Research Centre, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- CSIRO Health and Biosecurity/Australian eHealth Research Centre, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research & Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.,Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research & Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,CSIRO Health and Biosecurity/Australian eHealth Research Centre, Herston, Queensland, Australia
| | - Jurgen Fripp
- CSIRO Health and Biosecurity/Australian eHealth Research Centre, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research & Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
| | - Paul Maruff
- CogState, Ltd., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- CSIRO Health and Biosecurity/Australian eHealth Research Centre, Herston, Queensland, Australia.,CSIRO Data61, Sydney, Australia
| | - Greg Savage
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders and Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia
| | - David Ames
- National Ageing Research Institute, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.,Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Centre for PET, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.,Florey Department of the University of Melbourne
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research & Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia
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Tan S, Porter T, Bucks RS, Weinborn M, Milicic L, Brown A, Rainey-Smith SR, Taddei K, Ames D, Masters CL, Maruff P, Savage G, Rowe CC, Villemagne VL, Brown B, Sohrabi HR, Laws SM, Martins RN. Androgen receptor CAG repeat length as a moderator of the relationship between free testosterone levels and cognition. Horm Behav 2021; 131:104966. [PMID: 33714752 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.104966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
Age-related decrease in testosterone levels is a potential risk factor for cognitive decline in older men. However, observational studies and clinical trials have reported inconsistent results on the effects of testosterone on individual cognitive domains. Null findings may be attributed to factors that studies have yet to consider. In particular, individual variations in polyglutamine (CAG) length in the androgen receptor (AR) gene could alter androgenic activity in brain regions associated with cognitive processes including memory and executive functions. However, the role of AR CAG repeat length as a moderator of the relationship between testosterone levels and cognition has not been investigated. Therefore, we aimed to examine the relationship between baseline calculated free testosterone (cFT) levels, change in cFT levels over 18 months and CAG repeat length on cognitive performance in memory, executive function, language, attention and processing speed domains. These relationships were examined in 304 cognitively normal older male participants of the Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) Study of Ageing. In the attention and processing speed domain, a short CAG repeat length appears to exacerbate the effects of low baseline cFT levels that are also lower than expected at follow-up. These results highlight that individual variations in AR CAG repeat length should be considered in future studies and clinical trials that examine the complex relationship between testosterone and cognition.
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- Sherilyn Tan
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia; Centre for Precision Health, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia; School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia; Centre for Precision Health, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
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- Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; University of Melbourne Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; National Ageing Research Institute (NARI), Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Cooperative Research Centre for Mental Health, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; CogState Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Nuclear Medicine & Centre for PET, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Precision Health, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia; Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Nuclear Medicine & Centre for PET, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; Centre for Precision Health, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia; Centre for Healthy Ageing, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education (SHEE), Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia; Centre for Healthy Ageing, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education (SHEE), Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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- Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia; Centre for Precision Health, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia; School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia.
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Ralph and Patricia Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia; Cooperative Research Centre for Mental Health, Carlton, Victoria, Australia; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Chatterjee P, Tegg M, Pedrini S, Fagan AM, Xiong C, Singh AK, Taddei K, Gardener S, Masters CL, Schofield PR, Multhaup G, Benzinger TLS, Morris JC, Bateman RJ, Greenberg SM, van Buchem MA, Stoops E, Vanderstichele H, Teunissen CE, Hankey GJ, Wermer MJH, Sohrabi HR, Martins RN. Plasma Amyloid-Beta Levels in a Pre-Symptomatic Dutch-Type Hereditary Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy Pedigree: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Investigation. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22062931. [PMID: 33805778 PMCID: PMC8000178 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22062931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Revised: 03/06/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Plasma amyloid-beta (Aβ) has long been investigated as a blood biomarker candidate for Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (CAA), however previous findings have been inconsistent which could be attributed to the use of less sensitive assays. This study investigates plasma Aβ alterations between pre-symptomatic Dutch-type hereditary CAA (D-CAA) mutation-carriers (MC) and non-carriers (NC) using two Aβ measurement platforms. Seventeen pre-symptomatic members of a D-CAA pedigree were assembled and followed up 3–4 years later (NC = 8; MC = 9). Plasma Aβ1-40 and Aβ1-42 were cross-sectionally and longitudinally analysed at baseline (T1) and follow-up (T2) and were found to be lower in MCs compared to NCs, cross-sectionally after adjusting for covariates, at both T1(Aβ1-40: p = 0.001; Aβ1-42: p = 0.0004) and T2 (Aβ1-40: p = 0.001; Aβ1-42: p = 0.016) employing the Single Molecule Array (Simoa) platform, however no significant differences were observed using the xMAP platform. Further, pairwise longitudinal analyses of plasma Aβ1-40 revealed decreased levels in MCs using data from the Simoa platform (p = 0.041) and pairwise longitudinal analyses of plasma Aβ1-42 revealed decreased levels in MCs using data from the xMAP platform (p = 0.041). Findings from the Simoa platform suggest that plasma Aβ may add value to a panel of biomarkers for the diagnosis of pre-symptomatic CAA, however, further validation studies in larger sample sets are required.
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- Pratishtha Chatterjee
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia; (P.C.); (H.R.S.)
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia; (M.T.); (S.P.); (K.T.); (S.G.)
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia; (M.T.); (S.P.); (K.T.); (S.G.)
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia; (M.T.); (S.P.); (K.T.); (S.G.)
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA; (A.M.F.); (J.C.M.); (R.J.B.)
- Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA; (C.X.); (T.L.S.B.)
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- Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA; (C.X.); (T.L.S.B.)
- Division of Biostatistics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
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- Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia;
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia; (M.T.); (S.P.); (K.T.); (S.G.)
- Australian Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia; (M.T.); (S.P.); (K.T.); (S.G.)
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia;
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- Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia;
- School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada;
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- Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA; (C.X.); (T.L.S.B.)
- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA; (A.M.F.); (J.C.M.); (R.J.B.)
- Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA; (C.X.); (T.L.S.B.)
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA; (A.M.F.); (J.C.M.); (R.J.B.)
- Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA; (C.X.); (T.L.S.B.)
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital Stroke Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA;
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands;
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- Neurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia;
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- Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands;
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia; (P.C.); (H.R.S.)
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia; (M.T.); (S.P.); (K.T.); (S.G.)
- Australian Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
- Centre for Healthy Ageing, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia; (P.C.); (H.R.S.)
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia; (M.T.); (S.P.); (K.T.); (S.G.)
- Australian Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
- School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
- The KaRa Institute of Neurological Disease, Macquarie Park, NSW 2113, Australia
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +61-8-6304-5456; Fax: +61-8-6304-5851
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Fernandez S, Burnham SC, Milicic L, Savage G, Maruff P, Peretti M, Sohrabi HR, Lim YY, Weinborn M, Ames D, Masters CL, Martins RN, Rainey-Smith S, Rowe CC, Salvado O, Groth D, Verdile G, Villemagne VL, Porter T, Laws SM. SPON1 Is Associated with Amyloid-β and APOE ε4-Related Cognitive Decline in Cognitively Normal Adults. J Alzheimers Dis Rep 2021; 5:111-120. [PMID: 33782664 PMCID: PMC7990462 DOI: 10.3233/adr-200246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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- Shane Fernandez
- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Nedlands, Western Australia.,Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, Center for Precision Health, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
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- Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, Center for Precision Health, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, Center for Precision Health, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,CogState Ltd., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, Center for Precision Health, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Nedlands, Western Australia.,Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
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- Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Nedlands, Western Australia.,Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, St. Vincent's Health, The University of Melbourne, Kew, Victoria, Australia.,National Ageing Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Nedlands, Western Australia.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Nedlands, Western Australia.,Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Medicine, Austin Health, The University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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- CSIRO Health and Biosecurity/Australian e-Health Research Centre, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, 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, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, Center for Precision Health, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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- Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, Center for Precision Health, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, Center for Precision Health, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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Brown BM, Frost N, Rainey-Smith SR, Doecke J, Markovic S, Gordon N, Weinborn M, Sohrabi HR, Laws SM, Martins RN, Erickson KI, Peiffer JJ. High-intensity exercise and cognitive function in cognitively normal older adults: a pilot randomised clinical trial. Alzheimers Res Ther 2021; 13:33. [PMID: 33522961 PMCID: PMC7849126 DOI: 10.1186/s13195-021-00774-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
Background Physical inactivity has been consistently linked to increased risk of cognitive decline; however, studies examining the impact of exercise interventions on cognition have produced inconsistent findings. Some observational studies suggest exercise intensity may be important for inducing cognitive improvements; however, this has yet to be thoroughly examined in older adult cohorts. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the effect of systematically manipulated high-intensity and moderate-intensity exercise interventions on cognition. Methods This multi-arm pilot randomised clinical trial investigated the effects of 6 months of high-intensity exercise and moderate-intensity exercise, compared with an inactive control, on cognition. Outcome measures were assessed at pre- (baseline), post- (6 months), and 12 months post-intervention. Ninety-nine cognitively normal men and women (aged 60–80 years) were enrolled from October 2016 to November 2017. Participants that were allocated to an exercise group (i.e. high-intensity or moderate-intensity) engaged in cycle-based exercise two times per week for 6 months. Cognition was assessed using a comprehensive neuropsychological test battery. Cardiorespiratory fitness was evaluated by a graded exercise test. Results There was a dose-dependent effect of exercise intensity on cardiorespiratory fitness, whereby the high-intensity group experienced greater increases in fitness than the moderate-intensity and control groups. However, there was no direct effect of exercise on cognition. Conclusions We did not observe a direct effect of exercise on cognition. Future work in this field should be appropriately designed and powered to examine factors that may contribute to individual variability in response to intervention. Trial registration This study is registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN12617000643370). Registered on 3 May 2017—retrospectively registered. https://www.anzctr.org.au/Trial/Registration/TrialReview.aspx?id=372780 Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13195-021-00774-y.
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- Belinda M Brown
- Discipline of Exercise Science, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia. .,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia. .,Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia. .,School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.
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- School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.,Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Australian eHealth Research Centre, CSIRO, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Discipline of Exercise Science, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia.,Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- Discipline of Exercise Science, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.,Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.,School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Discipline of Exercise Science, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia.,Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Discipline of Exercise Science, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia.,Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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