Imaging tau and amyloid-β proteinopathies in Alzheimer disease and other conditions

VL Villemagne, V Doré, SC Burnham… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Most neurodegenerative disorders are associated with aggregated protein deposits. In the
case of Alzheimer disease (AD), extracellular amyloid-β (Aβ) aggregates and intracellular …

Dementia risk and prevention by targeting modifiable vascular risk factors

S Tariq, PA Barber - Journal of neurochemistry, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The incidence of dementia is expected to double in the next 20 years and will contribute to
heavy social and economic burden. Dementia is caused by neuronal loss that leads to brain …

[HTML][HTML] Local and distant relationships between amyloid, tau and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's Disease

L Iaccarino, G Tammewar, N Ayakta, SL Baker… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2018 - Elsevier
The relationships between β-amyloid (Aβ), tau and neurodegeneration within Alzheimer's
Disease pathogenesis are not fully understood. To explore these associations in vivo, we …

Cortical microstructure in young onset Alzheimer's disease using neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging

TD Parker, CF Slattery, J Zhang… - Human brain …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with extensive alterations in grey matter
microstructure, but our ability to quantify this in vivo is limited. Neurite orientation dispersion …

Involvement of the precuneus/posterior cingulate cortex is significant for the development of Alzheimer's disease: A PET (THK5351, PiB) and resting fMRI study

T Yokoi, H Watanabe, H Yamaguchi… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: Imaging studies in Alzheimer's disease (AD) have yet to answer the underlying
questions concerning the relationship among tau retention, neuroinflammation, network …

Imaging and molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease: a review

GD Femminella, T Thayanandan, V Calsolaro… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia and is a significant burden for
affected patients, carers, and health systems. Great advances have been made in …

Regionally specific changes in the hippocampal circuitry accompany progression of cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in preclinical Alzheimer's disease

CL Tardif, GA Devenyi, RSC Amaral… - Human brain …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Neuropathological and in vivo brain imaging studies agree that the cornu ammonis 1 and
subiculum subfields of the hippocampus are most vulnerable to atrophy in the prodromal …

KIBRA is associated with accelerated cognitive decline and hippocampal atrophy in APOE ε4-positive cognitively normal adults with high Aβ-amyloid burden

T Porter, SC Burnham, V Doré, G Savage… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
A single nucleotide polymorphism, rs17070145, in the KIdney and BRAin expressed protein
(KIBRA) gene has been associated with cognition and hippocampal volume in cognitively …

Multiple pathways of reserve simultaneously present in cognitively normal older adults

H Oh, QR Razlighi, Y Stern - Neurology, 2018 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To examine neural correlates of intellectual activity underlying multiple pathways
imparting reserve by testing that higher intellectual activity is associated with lower brain …

Longitudinal structural cerebral changes related to core CSF biomarkers in preclinical Alzheimer's disease: A study of two independent datasets

C Falcon, A Tucholka, GC Monté-Rubio… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2018 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by an accumulation of β-amyloid (Aβ 42)
accompanied by brain atrophy and cognitive decline. Several recent studies have shown …