Regional amyloid accumulation and cognitive decline in initially amyloid-negative adults

ME Farrell, X Chen, MM Rundle, MY Chan, GS Wig… - Neurology, 2018 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To assess whether global or regional changes in amyloid burden over 4 years
predict early declines in episodic memory in initially amyloid-negative adults. Methods One …

Memory decline accompanies subthreshold amyloid accumulation

SM Landau, A Horng, WJ Jagust… - Neurology, 2018 - AAN Enterprises
Objective Extensive cortical β-amyloid (Aβ positivity) has been linked to cognitive decline,
but the clinical significance of elevations in Aβ within the negative range is unknown …

Amyloid deposition in younger adults is linked to episodic memory performance

GN Bischof, KM Rodrigue, KM Kennedy… - Neurology, 2016 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To examine the relationship of β-amyloid (Aβ) deposition to episodic memory in
younger (30–49 years), middle-older (50–69 years), and older adults (70–89 years). We …

Predicting symptom onset in sporadic Alzheimer disease with amyloid PET

SE Schindler, Y Li, VD Buckles, BA Gordon… - Neurology, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives To predict when cognitively normal individuals with brain
amyloidosis will develop symptoms of Alzheimer disease (AD). Methods Brain amyloid …

Subthreshold amyloid predicts tau deposition in aging

SL Leal, SN Lockhart, A Maass, RK Bell… - Journal of …, 2018 - Soc Neuroscience
Current approaches to the early detection of Alzheimer's disease (AD) rely upon classifying
individuals as “positive” or “negative” for biomarkers related to the core pathology of β …

Brain β-amyloid load approaches a plateau

CR Jack Jr, HJ Wiste, TG Lesnick, SD Weigand… - Neurology, 2013 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To model the temporal trajectory of β-amyloid accumulation using serial amyloid
PET imaging. Methods: Participants, aged 70–92 years, were enrolled in either the Mayo …

Brain structure and function as mediators of the effects of amyloid on memory

N Mattsson, PS Insel, PS Aisen, W Jagust, S Mackin… - Neurology, 2015 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: The objective of this study was to test whether effects of β-amyloid (Aβ) pathology
on episodic memory were mediated by metabolism and gray matter volume in the early …

Rates of β-amyloid accumulation are independent of hippocampal neurodegeneration

CR Jack Jr, HJ Wiste, DS Knopman, P Vemuri… - Neurology, 2014 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To test the hypotheses predicted in a hypothetical model of Alzheimer disease
(AD) biomarkers that rates of β-amyloid (Aβ) accumulation on PET imaging are not related to …

Association of longitudinal cognitive decline with amyloid burden in middle-aged and older adults: evidence for a dose-response relationship

ME Farrell, KM Kennedy, KM Rodrigue, G Wig… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Presently, the clinical standard for reporting the results of an amyloid positron
emission tomography scan is to assign a dichotomous rating of positive or negative for the …

β-Amyloid burden in healthy aging: regional distribution and cognitive consequences

KM Rodrigue, KM Kennedy, MD Devous Sr, JR Rieck… - Neurology, 2012 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: Several lines of evidence suggest that pathologic changes underlying Alzheimer
disease (AD) begin years prior to the clinical expression of the disease, underscoring the …