Varied effects of age-related neuropathologies on the trajectory of late life cognitive decline

PA Boyle, J Yang, L Yu, SE Leurgans, AW Capuano… - Brain, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The objective of this study was to examine whether the effects of age-related
neuropathologies on cognition change over time. Participants were 1096 deceased persons …

To what degree is late life cognitive decline driven by age-related neuropathologies?

PA Boyle, T Wang, L Yu, RS Wilson, R Dawe… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The ageing brain is vulnerable to a wide array of neuropathologies. Prior work estimated
that the three most studied of these, Alzheimer's disease, infarcts, and Lewy bodies, account …

Age and the association of dementia-related pathology with trajectories of cognitive decline

WJ Jansen, RS Wilson, PJ Visser, S Nag… - Neurobiology of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The association of dementia-related pathologies with cognition is hypothesized to decrease
as age advances. We examined this in 413 persons without cognitive impairment at …

Residual decline in cognition after adjustment for common neuropathologic conditions.

L Yu, PA Boyle, E Segawa, S Leurgans… - …, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular conditions are common in old age and
are associated with cognitive decline. However, considerable heterogeneity remains in …

Postmortem neurodegenerative markers and trajectories of decline in cognitive systems

RS Wilson, J Yang, L Yu, SE Leurgans, AW Capuano… - Neurology, 2019 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To assess whether neurodegenerative pathologies are differentially related to
trajectories of change in different cognitive abilities. Methods At annual intervals for up to 21 …

Normative cognitive decline in old age

RS Wilson, T Wang, L Yu, DA Bennett… - Annals of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To characterize trajectories of normative cognitive aging. Methods Older persons
without dementia at study enrollment (n= 1,010) had annual cognitive testing for up to 24 …

Terminal cognitive decline: accelerated loss of cognition in the last years of life

RS Wilson, TL Beck, JL Bienias… - Psychosomatic …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To test the hypothesis that rate of cognitive decline accelerates in the last years of
life. Methods: Participants are 853 older persons without dementia at study onset. For up to 8 …

Temporal course of neurodegenerative effects on cognition in old age.

RS Wilson, AW Capuano, DA Bennett… - …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: To test the hypothesis that different forms of neurodegeneration are differentially
related to longitudinal cognitive trajectories in old age. Methods: Participants are 420 older …

Much of late life cognitive decline is not due to common neurodegenerative pathologies

PA Boyle, RS Wilson, L Yu, AM Barr… - Annals of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The pathologic indices of Alzheimer disease, cerebrovascular disease, and Lewy
body disease accumulate in the brains of older persons with and without dementia, but the …

Vascular and amyloid pathologies are independent predictors of cognitive decline in normal elderly

P Vemuri, TG Lesnick, SA Przybelski, DS Knopman… - Brain, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Our primary objective was to investigate a biomarker driven model for the interrelationships
between vascular disease pathology, amyloid pathology, and longitudinal cognitive decline …