Depressive symptoms in cognitively unimpaired older adults are associated with lower structural and functional integrity in a frontolimbic network

E Touron, I Moulinet, E Kuhn, S Sherif, V Ourry… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Subclinical depressive symptoms are associated with increased risk of Alzheimer's disease
(AD), but the brain mechanisms underlying this relationship are still unclear. We aimed to …

Assessment of late-life depression via self-report measures: a review

M Balsamo, F Cataldi, L Carlucci… - … interventions in aging, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Depression in later life is a significant and growing problem. Age-related differences in the
type and severity of depressive disorders continue to be questioned and necessarily …

Apathy and anxiety are early markers of Alzheimer's disease

M Johansson, E Stomrud, O Lindberg, E Westman… - Neurobiology of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigated associations between neuropsychiatric symptoms (ie, apathy,
anxiety, and depression) and cerebral atrophy, white matter lesions (WML), beta-amyloid …

Mild behavioral impairment is associated with β‐amyloid but not tau or neurodegeneration in cognitively intact elderly individuals

FZ Lussier, TA Pascoal, M Chamoun… - Alzheimer's & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Mild behavioral impairment (MBI) is characterized by the emergence of
neuropsychiatric symptoms in elderly persons. Here, we examine the associations between …

Anxiety disorders in the elderly

C Andreescu, S Lee - Anxiety disorders: Rethinking and understanding …, 2020 - Springer
Recent data has linked anxiety and its disorders in late life to increased morbidity and
mortality, especially related to a higher cardiovascular burden and an increased cognitive …

Depression as a risk factor for dementia and Alzheimer's disease

V Cantón-Habas, M Rich-Ruiz, M Romero-Saldaña… - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Preventing the onset of dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD), improving the diagnosis,
and slowing the progression of these diseases remain a challenge. The aim of this study …

Longitudinal association of depression symptoms with cognition and cortical amyloid among community-dwelling older adults

JR Gatchel, JS Rabin, RF Buckley… - JAMA network …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Depressive symptoms are prevalent among older adults and may be early
manifestations of Alzheimer disease (AD) before onset of mild cognitive impairment …

Personality associations with amyloid and tau: Results from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging and meta-analysis

A Terracciano, M Bilgel, D Aschwanden, M Luchetti… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Higher neuroticism and lower conscientiousness are risk factors for Alzheimer's
disease and related dementias, but the underlying neuropathological correlates remain …

Associations of AT (N) biomarkers with neuropsychiatric symptoms in preclinical Alzheimer's disease and cognitively unimpaired individuals

KP Ng, H Chiew, P Rosa-Neto, N Kandiah… - Translational …, 2021 - Springer
The development of in vivo biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has advanced the
diagnosis of AD from a clinical syndrome to a biological construct. The preclinical stage of …

PET imaging of neural activity, β-amyloid, and tau in normal brain aging

K Zhang, H Mizuma, X Zhang, K Takahashi… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Normal brain aging is commonly associated with neural activity alteration, β-amyloid (Aβ)
deposition, and tau aggregation, driving a progressive cognitive decline in normal elderly …