Amyloid burden, cortical thickness, and cognitive function in the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention
Abstract There is a growing interest in understanding how amyloid β (Aβ) accumulation in preclinical Alzheimer's disease relates to brain morphometric measures and cognition. Existing investigations in this area have been primarily conducted in older cognitively normal (CN) individuals. Therefo...
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| author | Benjamin M. Doherty Stephanie A. Schultz Jennifer M. Oh Rebecca L. Koscik N. Maritza Dowling Todd E. Barnhart Dhanabalan Murali Catherine L. Gallagher Cynthia M. Carlsson Barbara B. Bendlin Asenath LaRue Bruce P. Hermann Howard A. Rowley Sanjay Asthana Mark A. Sager Brad T. Christian Sterling C. Johnson Ozioma C. Okonkwo |
| author_facet | Benjamin M. Doherty Stephanie A. Schultz Jennifer M. Oh Rebecca L. Koscik N. Maritza Dowling Todd E. Barnhart Dhanabalan Murali Catherine L. Gallagher Cynthia M. Carlsson Barbara B. Bendlin Asenath LaRue Bruce P. Hermann Howard A. Rowley Sanjay Asthana Mark A. Sager Brad T. Christian Sterling C. Johnson Ozioma C. Okonkwo |
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| description | Abstract There is a growing interest in understanding how amyloid β (Aβ) accumulation in preclinical Alzheimer's disease relates to brain morphometric measures and cognition. Existing investigations in this area have been primarily conducted in older cognitively normal (CN) individuals. Therefore, not much is known about the associations between Aβ burden, cortical thickness, and cognition in midlife. We examined this question in 109, CN, late to middle‐aged adults (mean age = 60.72 ± 5.65 years) from the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention. They underwent Pittsburgh Compound B (PiB) and anatomical magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, and a comprehensive cognitive examination. Blinded visual rating of the PiB scans was used to classify the participants as Aβ+ or Aβ−. Cortical thickness measurements were derived from the MR images. The Aβ+ group exhibited significant thinning of the entorhinal cortex and accelerated age‐associated thinning of the parahippocampal gyrus compared with the Aβ− group. The Aβ+ group also had numerically lower, but nonsignificant, test scores on all cognitive measures, and significantly faster age‐associated cognitive decline on measures of Speed & Flexibility, Verbal Ability, and Visuospatial Ability. Our findings suggest that early Aβ aggregation is associated with deleterious changes in brain structure and cognitive function, even in midlife, and that the temporal lag between Aβ deposition and the inception of neurodegenerative/cognitive changes might be narrower than currently thought. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-565826ad3ce34a42bd65a431046cfc552022-12-22T02:35:56ZengWileyAlzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring2352-87292015-06-011216016910.1016/j.dadm.2015.01.003Amyloid burden, cortical thickness, and cognitive function in the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's PreventionBenjamin M. Doherty0Stephanie A. Schultz1Jennifer M. Oh2Rebecca L. Koscik3N. Maritza Dowling4Todd E. Barnhart5Dhanabalan Murali6Catherine L. Gallagher7Cynthia M. Carlsson8Barbara B. Bendlin9Asenath LaRue10Bruce P. Hermann11Howard A. Rowley12Sanjay Asthana13Mark A. Sager14Brad T. Christian15Sterling C. Johnson16Ozioma C. Okonkwo17Geriatric Research Education and Clinical CenterWilliam S. Middleton Memorial VA HospitalMadisonWIUSAGeriatric Research Education and Clinical CenterWilliam S. Middleton Memorial VA HospitalMadisonWIUSAGeriatric Research Education and Clinical CenterWilliam S. Middleton Memorial VA HospitalMadisonWIUSAWisconsin Alzheimer's Institute, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWIUSAAlzheimer's Disease Research CenterUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWIUSADepartment of Medical PhysicsUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWIUSADepartment of Medical PhysicsUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWIUSAGeriatric Research Education and Clinical CenterWilliam S. Middleton Memorial VA HospitalMadisonWIUSAGeriatric Research Education and Clinical CenterWilliam S. Middleton Memorial VA HospitalMadisonWIUSAGeriatric Research Education and Clinical CenterWilliam S. Middleton Memorial VA HospitalMadisonWIUSAWisconsin Alzheimer's Institute, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWIUSAAlzheimer's Disease Research CenterUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWIUSAAlzheimer's Disease Research CenterUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWIUSAGeriatric Research Education and Clinical CenterWilliam S. Middleton Memorial VA HospitalMadisonWIUSAAlzheimer's Disease Research CenterUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWIUSAAlzheimer's Disease Research CenterUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWIUSAGeriatric Research Education and Clinical CenterWilliam S. Middleton Memorial VA HospitalMadisonWIUSAGeriatric Research Education and Clinical CenterWilliam S. Middleton Memorial VA HospitalMadisonWIUSAAbstract There is a growing interest in understanding how amyloid β (Aβ) accumulation in preclinical Alzheimer's disease relates to brain morphometric measures and cognition. Existing investigations in this area have been primarily conducted in older cognitively normal (CN) individuals. Therefore, not much is known about the associations between Aβ burden, cortical thickness, and cognition in midlife. We examined this question in 109, CN, late to middle‐aged adults (mean age = 60.72 ± 5.65 years) from the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention. They underwent Pittsburgh Compound B (PiB) and anatomical magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, and a comprehensive cognitive examination. Blinded visual rating of the PiB scans was used to classify the participants as Aβ+ or Aβ−. Cortical thickness measurements were derived from the MR images. The Aβ+ group exhibited significant thinning of the entorhinal cortex and accelerated age‐associated thinning of the parahippocampal gyrus compared with the Aβ− group. The Aβ+ group also had numerically lower, but nonsignificant, test scores on all cognitive measures, and significantly faster age‐associated cognitive decline on measures of Speed & Flexibility, Verbal Ability, and Visuospatial Ability. Our findings suggest that early Aβ aggregation is associated with deleterious changes in brain structure and cognitive function, even in midlife, and that the temporal lag between Aβ deposition and the inception of neurodegenerative/cognitive changes might be narrower than currently thought.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dadm.2015.01.003Preclinical ADAmyloidCortical thicknessCognition |
| spellingShingle | Benjamin M. Doherty Stephanie A. Schultz Jennifer M. Oh Rebecca L. Koscik N. Maritza Dowling Todd E. Barnhart Dhanabalan Murali Catherine L. Gallagher Cynthia M. Carlsson Barbara B. Bendlin Asenath LaRue Bruce P. Hermann Howard A. Rowley Sanjay Asthana Mark A. Sager Brad T. Christian Sterling C. Johnson Ozioma C. Okonkwo Amyloid burden, cortical thickness, and cognitive function in the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring Preclinical AD Amyloid Cortical thickness Cognition |
| title | Amyloid burden, cortical thickness, and cognitive function in the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention |
| title_full | Amyloid burden, cortical thickness, and cognitive function in the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention |
| title_fullStr | Amyloid burden, cortical thickness, and cognitive function in the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention |
| title_full_unstemmed | Amyloid burden, cortical thickness, and cognitive function in the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention |
| title_short | Amyloid burden, cortical thickness, and cognitive function in the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention |
| title_sort | amyloid burden cortical thickness and cognitive function in the wisconsin registry for alzheimer s prevention |
| topic | Preclinical AD Amyloid Cortical thickness Cognition |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dadm.2015.01.003 |
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