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Luna MG, Pahlen S, Corley RP, Wadsworth SJ, Reynolds CA. Frailty and Processing Speed Performance at the Cusp of Midlife in CATSLife. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2023; 78:1834-1842. [PMID: 37480567 PMCID: PMC10645312 DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbad102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 07/24/2023] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Frailty is not an end state of aging, but rather represents physiological vulnerability across multiple systems that unfolds across adulthood. However, examinations of frailty at the midlife transition, and how frailty may impact other age-sensitive traits, such as processing speed (PS), remain scarce. Our research aims were to examine frailty and frailty-speed associations before midlife, a ripe developmental period for healthy aging interventions. METHODS Using data from the Colorado Adoption/Twin Study of Lifespan behavioral development and cognitive aging (N = 1,215; Mage = 33.23 years; standard deviation = 4.98), we constructed 25-item (FI25) and 30-item (FI30) frailty indices. PS was measured using the Colorado Perceptual Speed task and WAIS-III Digit Symbol (DS) subtest. Multilevel models accounted for clustering among siblings and adjusted for sex, race, ethnicity, adoption status, educational attainment, and age. RESULTS Reliability of FI measures was apparent from strong intraclass correlations (ICCs) among identical twin siblings, although ICC patterns across all siblings suggested that FI variability may include nonadditive genetic contributions. Higher FI was associated with poorer PS performance but was significant for DS only (BFI25 = -1.17, p = .001, d = -0.12; BFI30 = -1.21, p = .001, d = -0.12). Furthermore, the negative frailty-DS association was moderated by age (BFI25×age = -0.14, p = .042; BFI30×age=-0.19, p = .008) where increasingly worse performance with higher frailty emerged at older ages. DISCUSSION Frailty is evident before midlife and associated with poorer PS, an association that magnifies with age. These findings help elucidate the interrelationship between indicators of frailty and cognitive performance for adults approaching midlife, an understudied period within life-span development.
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- Maria G Luna
- Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, USA
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- Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, USA
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Crystal O, Maralani PJ, Black S, Fischer C, Moody AR, Khademi A. Detecting conversion from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease using FLAIR MRI biomarkers. Neuroimage Clin 2023; 40:103533. [PMID: 37952286 PMCID: PMC10666029 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2023.103533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is the prodromal phase of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and while it presents as an imperative intervention window, it is difficult to detect which subjects convert to AD (cMCI) and which ones remain stable (sMCI). The objective of this work was to investigate fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MRI biomarkers and their ability to differentiate between sMCI and cMCI subjects in cross-sectional and longitudinal data. Three types of biomarkers were investigated: volume, intensity and texture. Volume biomarkers included total brain volume, cerebrospinal fluid volume (CSF), lateral ventricular volume, white matter lesion volume, subarachnoid CSF, and grey matter (GM) and white matter (WM), all normalized to intracranial volume. The mean intensity, kurtosis, and skewness of the GM and WM made up the intensity features. Texture features quantified homogeneity and microstructural tissue changes of GM and WM regions. Composite indices were also considered, which are biomarkers that represent an aggregate sum (z-score normalization and summation) of all biomarkers. The FLAIR MRI biomarkers successfully identified high-risk subjects as significant differences (p < 0.05) were found between the means of the sMCI and cMCI groups and the rate of change over time for several individual biomarkers as well as the composite indices for both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. Classification accuracy and feature importance analysis showed volume biomarkers to be most predictive, however, best performance was obtained when complimenting the volume biomarkers with the intensity and texture features. Using all the biomarkers, accuracy of 86.2 % and 69.2 % was achieved for normal control-AD and sMCI-cMCI classification respectively. Survival analysis demonstrated that the majority of the biomarkers showed a noticeable impact on the AD conversion probability 4 years prior to conversion. Composite indices were the top performers for all analyses including feature importance, classification, and survival analysis. This demonstrated their ability to summarize various dimensions of disease into single-valued metrics. Significant correlation (p < 0.05) with phosphorylated-tau and amyloid-beta CSF biomarkers was found with all the FLAIR biomarkers. The proposed biomarker system is easily attained as FLAIR is routinely acquired, models are not computationally intensive and the results are explainable, thus making this pipeline easily integrated into clinical workflow.
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- Owen Crystal
- Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON, Canada; Keenan Research Center, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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- Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada; Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada; L.C. Campbell Cognitive Neurology Research Unit, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; Keenan Research Center, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Keenan Research Center, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Technology (iBEST), Toronto, ON, Canada October 5, 2023; Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Wang Z, Wang J, Guo J, Dove A, Arfanakis K, Qi X, Bennett DA, Xu W. Association of Motor Function With Cognitive Trajectories and Structural Brain Differences: A Community-Based Cohort Study. Neurology 2023; 101:e1718-e1728. [PMID: 37657942 PMCID: PMC10624482 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000207745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The association of motor function with cognitive health remains controversial, and the mechanisms underlying this relationship are unclear. We aimed to examine the association between motor function and long-term cognitive trajectories and further explore the underlying mechanisms using brain MRI. METHODS In the Rush Memory and Aging Project, a prospective cohort study, a total of 2,192 volunteers were recruited from the communities in northeastern Illinois and followed up for up to 22 years (from 1997 to 2020). Individuals with dementia, disability, missing data on motor function at baseline, and missing follow-up data on cognitive function were excluded. At baseline, global motor function was evaluated using the averaged z scores of 10 motor tests covering dexterity, gait, and hand strength; the composite score was tertiled as low, moderate, or high. Global and domain-specific cognitive functions-including episodic memory, semantic memory, working memory, visuospatial ability, and perceptual speed-were measured annually through 19 cognitive tests. A subsample (n = 401) underwent brain MRI scans and regional brain volumes were measured. Data were analyzed using linear mixed-effects models and linear regression. RESULTS Among the 1,618 participants (mean age 79.45 ± 7.32 years) included in this study, baseline global motor function score ranged from 0.36 to 1.82 (mean 1.03 ± 0.22). Over the follow-up (median 6.03 years, interquartile range 3.00-10.01 years), low global motor function and its subcomponents were related to significantly faster declines in global cognitive function (β = -0.005, 95% CI -0.006 to -0.005) and each of the 5 cognitive domains. Of the 344 participants with available MRI data, low motor function was also associated with smaller total brain (β = -25.848, 95% CI -44.902 to -6.795), total white matter (β = -18.252, 95% CI -33.277 to -3.226), and cortical white matter (β = -17.503, 95% CI -32.215 to -2.792) volumes, but a larger volume of white matter hyperintensities (β = 0.257, 95% CI 0.118-0.397). DISCUSSION Low motor function is associated with an accelerated decline in global and domain-specific cognitive functions. Both neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular pathologies might contribute to this association.
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- Zhangyu Wang
- From the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Z.W., J.W., X.Q., W.X.), School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, China; Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology (J.G., A.D., W.X.), Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (K.A., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; and Department of Biomedical Engineering (K.A.), Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
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- From the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Z.W., J.W., X.Q., W.X.), School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, China; Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology (J.G., A.D., W.X.), Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (K.A., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; and Department of Biomedical Engineering (K.A.), Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
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- From the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Z.W., J.W., X.Q., W.X.), School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, China; Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology (J.G., A.D., W.X.), Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (K.A., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; and Department of Biomedical Engineering (K.A.), Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
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- From the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Z.W., J.W., X.Q., W.X.), School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, China; Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology (J.G., A.D., W.X.), Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (K.A., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; and Department of Biomedical Engineering (K.A.), Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
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- From the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Z.W., J.W., X.Q., W.X.), School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, China; Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology (J.G., A.D., W.X.), Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (K.A., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; and Department of Biomedical Engineering (K.A.), Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
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- From the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Z.W., J.W., X.Q., W.X.), School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, China; Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology (J.G., A.D., W.X.), Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (K.A., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; and Department of Biomedical Engineering (K.A.), Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
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- From the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Z.W., J.W., X.Q., W.X.), School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, China; Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology (J.G., A.D., W.X.), Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (K.A., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; and Department of Biomedical Engineering (K.A.), Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
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- From the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Z.W., J.W., X.Q., W.X.), School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, China; Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology (J.G., A.D., W.X.), Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (K.A., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; and Department of Biomedical Engineering (K.A.), Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.
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Zhao X, Ji C, Zhang C, Huang C, Zhou Y, Wang L. Transferability and sustainability of process-based multi-task adaptive cognitive training in community-dwelling older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry 2023; 23:418. [PMID: 37308857 PMCID: PMC10259063 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-04917-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Cognitive training shows promising effects for improving cognitive domains in individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), including the crucial predictive factor of executive function (EF) for dementia prognosis. Few studies have paid sufficient emphasis on the training-induced effects of cognitive training programs, particularly with regards to targeting EF. A process-based multi-task adaptive cognitive training (P-bM-tACT) program targeting EF is required to examine direct, transfer, and sustainability effects in older adults with MCI. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the direct effects of a P-bM-tACT program on EF, the transfer effects on untrained cognitive domains, and further explore the sustainability of training gains for older adults with MCI in the community. METHODS In a single-blind, randomized controlled trial, 92 participants with MCI were randomly assigned to either the intervention group, participating in a P-bM-tACT program (3 training sessions/week, 60 min/session for 10 weeks) or the wait-list control group, accepting a health education program on MCI (1 education session/ twice a week, 40-60 min/session for 10 weeks). The direct and transfer effects of the P-bM-tACT program were assessed at baseline, immediately after 10 weeks of training, and the 3-month follow-up. Repeated measures analysis of variance and a simple effect test were used to compare the direct and transfer effects over the 3-time points between the two groups. RESULTS The P-bM-tACT program yielded a greater benefit of direct and transfer effects in the intervention group participants than in the wait-list control group. Combined with the results of simple effect tests, the direct and transfer effects of participants in the intervention group significantly increased immediately after 10 weeks of training compared to the baseline (F = 14.702 ~ 62.905, p < 0.05), and these effects were maintained at the 3-month follow-up (F = 19.595 ~ 122.22, p < 0.05). Besides, the acceptability of the cognitive training program was established with a high adherence rate of 83.4%. CONCLUSIONS The P-bM-tACT program exerted positive direct and transfer effects on the improvement of cognitive function, and these effects were sustained for 3 months. The findings provided a viable and potential approach to improving cognitive function in older adults with MCI in the community. TRIAL REGISTRATION The trial was registered at Chinese Clinical Trials Registry on 09/01/2019 ( www.chictr.org.cn ; Number Registry: ChiCTR1900020585).
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- Xia Zhao
- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Suzhou Guangji Hospital, JiangSu, China
- School of Medicine, Huzhou University, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Suzhou Guangji Hospital, JiangSu, China
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- Department of general medicine, Community health service center of Binhu Street, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Medicine, Huzhou University, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Nursing, Jiangsu College of Nursing, JiangSu, China
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- School of Medicine, Huzhou University, Zhejiang, China.
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de Chastelaine M, Srokova S, Hou M, Kidwai A, Kafafi SS, Racenstein ML, Rugg MD. Cortical thickness, gray matter volume, and cognitive performance: a crosssectional study of the moderating effects of age on their interrelationships. Cereb Cortex 2023; 33:6474-6485. [PMID: 36627250 PMCID: PMC10183746 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
In a sample comprising younger, middle-aged, and older cognitively healthy adults (N = 375), we examined associations between mean cortical thickness, gray matter volume (GMV), and performance in 4 cognitive domains-memory, speed, fluency, and crystallized intelligence. In almost all cases, the associations were moderated significantly by age, with the strongest associations in the older age group. An exception to this pattern was identified in a younger adult subgroup aged <23 years when a negative association between cognitive performance and cortical thickness was identified. Other than for speed, all associations between structural metrics and performance in specific cognitive domains were fully mediated by mean cognitive ability. Cortical thickness and GMV explained unique fractions of the variance in mean cognitive ability, speed, and fluency. In no case, however, did the amount of variance jointly explained by the 2 metrics exceed 7% of the total variance. These findings suggest that cortical thickness and GMV are distinct correlates of domain-general cognitive ability, that the strength and, for cortical thickness, the direction of these associations are moderated by age, and that these structural metrics offer only limited insights into the determinants of individual differences in cognitive performance across the adult lifespan.
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- Marianne de Chastelaine
- Center for Vital Longevity and School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 1600, Viceroy Drive, Suite 800, Dallas, TX 75235, United States
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- Center for Vital Longevity and School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 1600, Viceroy Drive, Suite 800, Dallas, TX 75235, United States
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- Center for Vital Longevity and School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 1600, Viceroy Drive, Suite 800, Dallas, TX 75235, United States
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- Center for Vital Longevity and School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 1600, Viceroy Drive, Suite 800, Dallas, TX 75235, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, United States
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- Center for Vital Longevity and School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 1600, Viceroy Drive, Suite 800, Dallas, TX 75235, United States
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- Center for Vital Longevity and School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 1600, Viceroy Drive, Suite 800, Dallas, TX 75235, United States
- School of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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Cumplido-Mayoral I, García-Prat M, Operto G, Falcon C, Shekari M, Cacciaglia R, Milà-Alomà M, Lorenzini L, Ingala S, Meije Wink A, Mutsaerts HJMM, Minguillón C, Fauria K, Molinuevo JL, Haller S, Chetelat G, Waldman A, Schwarz AJ, Barkhof F, Suridjan I, Kollmorgen G, Bayfield A, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Suárez-Calvet M, Vilaplana V, Gispert JD. Biological brain age prediction using machine learning on structural neuroimaging data: Multi-cohort validation against biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease and neurodegeneration stratified by sex. eLife 2023; 12:e81067. [PMID: 37067031 PMCID: PMC10181824 DOI: 10.7554/elife.81067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Brain-age can be inferred from structural neuroimaging and compared to chronological age (brain-age delta) as a marker of biological brain aging. Accelerated aging has been found in neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease (AD), but its validation against markers of neurodegeneration and AD is lacking. Here, imaging-derived measures from the UK Biobank dataset (N=22,661) were used to predict brain-age in 2,314 cognitively unimpaired (CU) individuals at higher risk of AD and mild cognitive impaired (MCI) patients from four independent cohorts with available biomarker data: ALFA+, ADNI, EPAD, and OASIS. Brain-age delta was associated with abnormal amyloid-β, more advanced stages (AT) of AD pathology and APOE-ε4 status. Brain-age delta was positively associated with plasma neurofilament light, a marker of neurodegeneration, and sex differences in the brain effects of this marker were found. These results validate brain-age delta as a non-invasive marker of biological brain aging in non-demented individuals with abnormal levels of biomarkers of AD and axonal injury.
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- Irene Cumplido-Mayoral
- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center, Pasqual Maragall FoundationBarcelonaSpain
- Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelonaSpain
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- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center, Pasqual Maragall FoundationBarcelonaSpain
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- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center, Pasqual Maragall FoundationBarcelonaSpain
- IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute)BarcelonaSpain
- CIBER Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES)MadridFrance
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- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center, Pasqual Maragall FoundationBarcelonaSpain
- IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute)BarcelonaSpain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN)MadridSpain
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- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center, Pasqual Maragall FoundationBarcelonaSpain
- Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelonaSpain
- IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute)BarcelonaSpain
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- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center, Pasqual Maragall FoundationBarcelonaSpain
- IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute)BarcelonaSpain
- CIBER Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES)MadridFrance
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- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center, Pasqual Maragall FoundationBarcelonaSpain
- Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelonaSpain
- IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute)BarcelonaSpain
- CIBER Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES)MadridFrance
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center, Pasqual Maragall FoundationBarcelonaSpain
- IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute)BarcelonaSpain
- CIBER Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES)MadridFrance
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- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center, Pasqual Maragall FoundationBarcelonaSpain
- CIBER Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES)MadridFrance
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- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center, Pasqual Maragall FoundationBarcelonaSpain
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- CIRD Centre d'Imagerie Rive DroiteGenevaSwitzerland
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- Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, INSERM, U1237, PhIND "Physiopathology and Imaging of Neurological Disorders", Institut Blood and BrainCyceronFrance
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- Centre for Dementia Prevention, Edinburgh Imaging, and UK Dementia Research Institute at The University of EdinburghEdinburghUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
- Institutes of Neurology and Healthcare Engineering, University College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of GothenburgMölndalSweden
- Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University HospitalMölndalSweden
- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Queen Square Institute of NeurologyLondonUnited Kingdom
- Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative DiseasesHong KongChina
- UK Dementia Research Institute at UCLLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of GothenburgMölndalSweden
- Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University HospitalMölndalSweden
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- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center, Pasqual Maragall FoundationBarcelonaSpain
- IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute)BarcelonaSpain
- CIBER Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES)MadridFrance
- Servei de Neurologia, Hospital del MarBarcelonaSpain
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- Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaBarcelonaSpain
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- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center, Pasqual Maragall FoundationBarcelonaSpain
- IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute)BarcelonaSpain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN)MadridSpain
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Ariza M, Cano N, Segura B, Adan A, Bargalló N, Caldú X, Campabadal A, Jurado MA, Mataró M, Pueyo R, Sala-Llonch R, Barrué C, Bejar J, Cortés CU, Garolera M, Junqué C. COVID-19 severity is related to poor executive function in people with post-COVID conditions. J Neurol 2023; 270:2392-2408. [PMID: 36939932 PMCID: PMC10026205 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-023-11587-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/21/2023]
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Patients with post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) conditions typically experience cognitive problems. Some studies have linked COVID-19 severity with long-term cognitive damage, while others did not observe such associations. This discrepancy can be attributed to methodological and sample variations. We aimed to clarify the relationship between COVID-19 severity and long-term cognitive outcomes and determine whether the initial symptomatology can predict long-term cognitive problems. Cognitive evaluations were performed on 109 healthy controls and 319 post-COVID individuals categorized into three groups according to the WHO clinical progression scale: severe-critical (n = 77), moderate-hospitalized (n = 73), and outpatients (n = 169). Principal component analysis was used to identify factors associated with symptoms in the acute-phase and cognitive domains. Analyses of variance and regression linear models were used to study intergroup differences and the relationship between initial symptomatology and long-term cognitive problems. The severe-critical group performed significantly worse than the control group in general cognition (Montreal Cognitive Assessment), executive function (Digit symbol, Trail Making Test B, phonetic fluency), and social cognition (Reading the Mind in the Eyes test). Five components of symptoms emerged from the principal component analysis: the "Neurologic/Pain/Dermatologic" "Digestive/Headache", "Respiratory/Fever/Fatigue/Psychiatric" and "Smell/ Taste" components were predictors of Montreal Cognitive Assessment scores; the "Neurologic/Pain/Dermatologic" component predicted attention and working memory; the "Neurologic/Pain/Dermatologic" and "Respiratory/Fever/Fatigue/Psychiatric" components predicted verbal memory, and the "Respiratory/Fever/Fatigue/Psychiatric," "Neurologic/Pain/Dermatologic," and "Digestive/Headache" components predicted executive function. Patients with severe COVID-19 exhibited persistent deficits in executive function. Several initial symptoms were predictors of long-term sequelae, indicating the role of systemic inflammation and neuroinflammation in the acute-phase symptoms of COVID-19." Study Registration: www.ClinicalTrials.gov , identifier NCT05307549 and NCT05307575.
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- Mar Ariza
- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Unitat de Psicologia Mèdica, Departament de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Institut de Neurociències, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- grid.476208.f0000 0000 9840 9189Grup de Recerca en Cervell, Cognició I Conducta, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa (CST), Terrassa, Spain
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- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Unitat de Psicologia Mèdica, Departament de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- grid.476208.f0000 0000 9840 9189Grup de Recerca en Cervell, Cognició I Conducta, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa (CST), Terrassa, Spain
- grid.410675.10000 0001 2325 3084Departament de Ciències Bàsiques, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain
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- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Unitat de Psicologia Mèdica, Departament de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Institut de Neurociències, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- grid.10403.360000000091771775Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Institut de Neurociències, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Departament de Psicologia Clínica I Psicobiologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.10403.360000000091771775Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Diagnostic Imaging Centre, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- grid.413448.e0000 0000 9314 1427Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Institut de Neurociències, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Departament de Psicologia Clínica I Psicobiologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- grid.411160.30000 0001 0663 8628Institut de Recerca de Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD), Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Unitat de Psicologia Mèdica, Departament de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Institut de Neurociències, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- grid.10403.360000000091771775Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Institut de Neurociències, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Departament de Psicologia Clínica I Psicobiologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- grid.411160.30000 0001 0663 8628Institut de Recerca de Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD), Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Institut de Neurociències, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Departament de Psicologia Clínica I Psicobiologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- grid.411160.30000 0001 0663 8628Institut de Recerca de Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD), Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Institut de Neurociències, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Departament de Psicologia Clínica I Psicobiologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- grid.411160.30000 0001 0663 8628Institut de Recerca de Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD), Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Institut de Neurociències, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- grid.10403.360000000091771775Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Departament de Biomedicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- grid.429738.30000 0004 1763 291XCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales Y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Institut de Neurociències, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.6835.80000 0004 1937 028XDepartament de Ciències de La Computació, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.476208.f0000 0000 9840 9189Grup de Recerca en Cervell, Cognició I Conducta, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa (CST), Terrassa, Spain
- grid.476208.f0000 0000 9840 9189Neuropsychology Unit, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa (CST), Terrassa, Spain
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- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Unitat de Psicologia Mèdica, Departament de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- grid.5841.80000 0004 1937 0247Institut de Neurociències, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- grid.10403.360000000091771775Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Barcelona, Spain
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Chen J, Ge A, Zhou Y, Ma Y, Zhong S, Chen C, Shi W, Ding J, Wang X. White matter integrity mediates the associations between white matter hyperintensities and cognitive function in patients with silent cerebrovascular diseases. CNS Neurosci Ther 2022; 29:412-428. [PMID: 36415139 PMCID: PMC9804066 DOI: 10.1111/cns.14015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationships between cognitive function and white matter hyperintensity volume (WMHV) in patients with silent cerebrovascular disease and to investigate whether white matter integrity or brain atrophy play a role in this association. METHODS Automated Fiber Quantification and Voxel- based morphometry were used to track and identify the integrity of 20 well-defined white matter tracts and to measure the gray matter volume (GMV). A linear regression model was applied for examining the associations between cognitive function and WMHV and mediation analysis was used to identify the roles of white matter integrity or GMV in the influence of WMHV on cognitive function. RESULTS Two hundred and thirty-six individuals were included for analysis. Executive function was linearly associated with fractional anisotropy (FA) of the right interior frontal occipital fasciculus (IFOF) (β = 0.193; 95% CI, 0.126 to 1.218) and with WMHV (β = -0.188; 95% CI, -0.372 to -0.037). Information processing speed was linearly associated with WMHV (β = -0.357; 95% CI, -0.643 to -0.245), FA of the right anterior thalamic radiation (ATR) (β = 0.207; 95% CI, 0.116 to 0.920), and FA of the left superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF) (β = 0.177; 95% CI, 0.103 to 1.315). The relationship between WMHV and executive function was mediated by FA of the right IFOF (effect size = -0.045, 95% CI, -0.015 to -0.092). Parallel mediation analysis showed that the association between WMHV and information processing speed was mediated by FA of the right ATR (effect size = -0.099, 95% CI, -0.198 to -0.038) and FA of the left SLF (effect size = -0.038, 95% CI, -0.080 to -0.003). CONCLUSION These findings suggest a mechanism by which WMH affects executive function and information processing speed by impairing white matter integrity. This may be helpful in providing a theoretical basis for rehabilitation strategies of cognitive function in patients with silent cerebrovascular diseases.
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- Jing Chen
- Department of Neurology, Zhongshan HospitalFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Neurology, Zhongshan HospitalFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Neurology, XiaMen Branch, Zhongshan HospitalFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Neurology, Zhongshan HospitalFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Neurology, Zhongshan HospitalFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Radiology, Zhongshan HospitalFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Health Examination Center, Zhongshan HospitalFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Neurology, Zhongshan HospitalFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Neurology, Zhongshan HospitalFudan UniversityShanghaiChina,Department of the State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science,Institutes of Brain ScienceFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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Kwak S, Kim H, Oh DJ, Jeon YJ, Oh DY, Park SM, Lee JY. Clinical and biological subtypes of late-life depression. J Affect Disord 2022; 312:46-53. [PMID: 35691418 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 05/26/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Late-life depression (LDD) results from multiple psychosocial and neurobiological changes occurring in later life. The current study investigated how patterns of clinical symptoms and brain structural features are classified into LDD subtypes. METHOD Self-report scale of depression, behavioral rating of affective symptoms, and brain structural imaging of white matter change and cortical thickness were assessed in 541 older adults with no cognitive impairment or mild cognitive impairment. Latent profile analysis was used to identify distinct subtypes of depression. RESULTS The latent profile analysis identified four classes with mild to severe depressive symptoms and two classes with minimal symptoms. While the classes primarily differed in the overall severity, the combinatory patterns of clinical symptoms and neuropathological signature distinguished the classes with similar severity. The classes were distinguished in terms of whether or not neurodegenerative risk accompanied the corresponding depressive symptoms. The presence of the negative self-scheme and cortical thinning pattern notably characterized the subtypes of LDD. LIMITATIONS The underlying etiologies of the biological subtypes are still speculative, and the current study lacks clinical history that differentiates late- and early-onset depression. CONCLUSIONS Our finding provides insight in identifying heterogeneities of depressive disorder in later life and suggests that self-report and behavioral symptom profile in combination with white matter lesion and cortical thickness effectively characterizes distinct subtypes of LDD.
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- Seyul Kwak
- Department of Psychology, Pusan National University, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine & SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine & SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine & SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine & SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Counseling Psychology, Hannam University, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine & SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Republic of Korea.
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Wang J, Song R, Dove A, Qi X, Ma J, Laukka EJ, Bennett DA, Xu W. Pulmonary function is associated with cognitive decline and structural brain differences. Alzheimers Dement 2022; 18:1335-1344. [PMID: 34590419 PMCID: PMC10085529 DOI: 10.1002/alz.12479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2021] [Revised: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The association of poor pulmonary function (PF) with cognitive trajectories and structural brain differences remains unclear. Within the Rush Memory and Aging Project, 1377 dementia-free subjects were followed up to 21 years. PF was assessed with a composite score measured at baseline. Global and domain-specific cognitive function was assessed annually constructed from 19 cognitive tests. A subsample of 351 participants underwent brain magnetic resonance imaging to investigate the cross-sectional association between PF and structural brain volumes. We found that low PF was related to faster decline in global cognition, and domain-specific function including episodic memory, semantic memory, working memory, visuospatial ability, and perceptual speed. In addition, low PF was associated with smaller volumes of total brain, white matter and gray matter, and larger white matter hyperintensities volume. Our results suggest that low PF is associated with faster cognitive decline, and both neurodegeneration and vascular brain lesions may underlie the association.
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- Jiao Wang
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environment, Nutrition and Public Health
- Center for International Collaborative Research on Environment, Nutrition and Public Health
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environment, Nutrition and Public Health
- Center for International Collaborative Research on Environment, Nutrition and Public Health
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environment, Nutrition and Public Health
- Center for International Collaborative Research on Environment, Nutrition and Public Health
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Stockholm Gerontology Research Center, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, 60612
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Schroyen G, Sleurs C, Bartsoen E, Smeets D, van Weehaeghe D, Van Laere K, Smeets A, Deprez S, Sunaert S. Neuroinflammation as potential precursor of leukoencephalopathy in early-stage breast cancer patients: A cross-sectional PET-MRI study. Breast 2022; 62:61-68. [PMID: 35131644 PMCID: PMC8829129 DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2022.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background Although chemotherapy-induced leukoencephalopathy has been described in case and cohort studies, literature remains inconclusive about its prevalence and mechanisms. Therefore, we investigated the presence of leukoencephalopathy after multiagent chemotherapy in women treated for breast cancer and potential underlying neuroinflammatory processes. Methods In this exploratory study, 15 chemotherapy-treated and 15 age-matched chemotherapy-naïve patients with early-stage breast cancer, as well as 15 healthy controls underwent simultaneous PET-MR neuroimaging, including T1-weighted MPRAGE, T2-weighted FLAIR and dynamic PET with the 18-kDA translocator protein (TSPO) radioligand [18F]DPA-714. Total and regional (juxtacortical, periventricular, deep white matter and infratentorial) lesion burden were compared between the groups with one-way ANOVA. With paired t-tests, [18F]DPA-714 volume of distribution [VT, including partial volume correction (PVC)] in lesioned and normal appearing white matter (NAWM) were compared within subjects, to investigate inflammation. Finally, two general linear models were used to examine the predictive values of neurofilament light-chain (NfL) serum levels on (1) total lesion burden or (2) PVC [18F]DPA-714 VT of lesions showing elevated inflammation. Results No significant differences were found in total or localized lesion burden. However, significantly higher (20–45%) TSPO uptake was observed in juxtacortical lesions (p ≤ 0.008, t ≥ 3.90) compared to NAWM in both cancer groups, but only persisted for chemotherapy-treated patients after PVC (p = 0.005, t = 4.30). NfL serum levels were not associated with total lesion volume or tracer uptake in juxtacortical lesions. Conclusion This multimodal neuroimaging study suggests that neuroinflammatory processes could be involved in the development of juxtacortical, but not periventricular or deep white matter, leukoencephalopathy shortly after chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer. No increased white matter lesion load in breast cancer patients. No differences in TSPO uptake in periventricular or deep white matter lesions. Higher TSPO uptake in juxtacortical lesions in chemotherapy-treated breast cancer patients. TSPO uptake in inflammatory lesions and NfL levels not significantly associated, despite a trend.
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Wang Y, Liu X, Hu Y, Yu Z, Wu T, Wang J, Liu J, Liu J. Impaired functional network properties contribute to white matter hyperintensity related cognitive decline in patients with cerebral small vessel disease. BMC Med Imaging 2022; 22:40. [PMID: 35264145 PMCID: PMC8908649 DOI: 10.1186/s12880-022-00769-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background White matter hyperintensity (WMH) is one of the typical neuroimaging manifestations of cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD), and the WMH correlates closely to cognitive impairment (CI). CSVD patients with WMH own altered topological properties of brain functional network, which is a possible mechanism that leads to CI. This study aims to identify differences in the characteristics of some brain functional network among patients with different grades of WMH and estimates the correlations between these different brain functional network characteristics and cognitive assessment scores. Methods 110 CSVD patients underwent 3.0 T Magnetic resonance imaging scans and neuropsychological cognitive assessments. WMH of each participant was graded on the basis of Fazekas grade scale and was divided into two groups: (A) WMH score of 1–2 points (n = 64), (B) WMH score of 3–6 points (n = 46). Topological indexes of brain functional network were analyzed using graph-theoretical method. T-test and Mann–Whitney U test was used to compare the differences in topological properties of brain functional network between groups. Partial correlation analysis was applied to explore the relationship between different topological properties of brain functional networks and overall cognitive function. Results Patients with high WMH scores exhibited decreased clustering coefficient values, global and local network efficiency along with increased shortest path length on whole brain level as well as decreased nodal efficiency in some brain regions on nodal level (p < 0.05). Nodal efficiency in the left lingual gyrus was significantly positively correlated with patients' total Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores (p < 0.05). No significant difference was found between two groups on the aspect of total MoCA and Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) scores (p > 0.05). Conclusion Therefore, we come to conclusions that patients with high WMH scores showed less optimized small-world networks compared to patients with low WMH scores. Global and local network efficiency on the whole-brain level, as well as nodal efficiency in certain brain regions on the nodal level, can be viewed as markers to reflect the course of WMH. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12880-022-00769-7.
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- Yifan Wang
- Department of Radiology, Eye & ENT Hospital of Shanghai Medical School, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Computer and Information Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Medical Imaging Engineering, School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Academy for Engineering and Technology, Fudan University, Yangpu District, No. 539 Handan Road, Shanghai, 200433, China. .,Key Laboratory of Industrial Dust Prevention and Control & Occupational Health and Safety, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China. .,Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory of Occupational Health and Safety, Huainan, China. .,Laboratory of Industrial Dust Deep Reduction and Occupational Health and Safety of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Hefei, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 1111 XianXia Road, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing, China
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- School of Computer and Information Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, No. 3, Shangyuan Village, Haidian District, Beijing, 100089, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 1111 XianXia Road, Shanghai, 200050, China.
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de Silva E, Sudre CH, Barnes J, Scelsi MA, Altmann A. Polygenic coronary artery disease association with brain atrophy in the cognitively impaired. Brain Commun 2022; 4:fcac314. [PMID: 36523268 PMCID: PMC9746681 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcac314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Revised: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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While a number of low-frequency genetic variants of large effect size have been shown to underlie both cardiovascular disease and dementia, recent studies have highlighted the importance of common genetic variants of small effect size, which, in aggregate, are embodied by a polygenic risk score. We investigate the effect of polygenic risk for coronary artery disease on brain atrophy in Alzheimer's disease using whole-brain volume and put our findings in context with the polygenic risk for Alzheimer's disease and presumed small vessel disease as quantified by white-matter hyperintensities. We use 730 subjects from the Alzheimer's disease neuroimaging initiative database to investigate polygenic risk score effects (beyond APOE) on whole-brain volumes, total and regional white-matter hyperintensities and amyloid beta across diagnostic groups. In a subset of these subjects (N = 602), we utilized longitudinal changes in whole-brain volume over 24 months using the boundary shift integral approach. Linear regression and linear mixed-effects models were used to investigate the effect of white-matter hyperintensities at baseline as well as Alzheimer's disease-polygenic risk score and coronary artery disease-polygenic risk score on whole-brain atrophy and whole-brain atrophy acceleration, respectively. All genetic associations were examined under the oligogenic (P = 1e-5) and the more variant-inclusive polygenic (P = 0.5) scenarios. Results suggest no evidence for a link between the polygenic risk score and markers of Alzheimer's disease pathology at baseline (when stratified by diagnostic group). However, both Alzheimer's disease-polygenic risk score and coronary artery disease-polygenic risk score were associated with longitudinal decline in whole-brain volume (Alzheimer's disease-polygenic risk score t = 3.3, P FDR = 0.007 over 24 months in healthy controls) and surprisingly, under certain conditions, whole-brain volume atrophy is statistically more correlated with cardiac polygenic risk score than Alzheimer's disease-polygenic risk score (coronary artery disease-polygenic risk score t = 2.1, P FDR = 0.04 over 24 months in the mild cognitive impairment group). Further, in our regional analysis of white-matter hyperintensities, Alzheimer's disease-polygenic risk score beyond APOE is predictive of white-matter volume in the occipital lobe in Alzheimer's disease subjects in the polygenic regime. Finally, the rate of change of brain volume (or atrophy acceleration) may be sensitive to Alzheimer's disease-polygenic risk beyond APOE in healthy individuals (t = 2, P = 0.04). For subjects with mild cognitive impairment, beyond APOE, a more inclusive polygenic risk score including more variants, shows coronary artery disease-polygenic risk score to be more predictive of whole-brain volume atrophy, than an oligogenic approach including fewer larger effect size variants.
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- Eric de Silva
- Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, UK.,NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK
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- Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, UK.,MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, UK.,School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Dementia Research Centre, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, UK
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Roye S, Linck JF, Hoffmeister J, Copeland CT. OUP accepted manuscript. Arch Clin Neuropsychol 2022; 37:1555-1563. [PMID: 35596956 PMCID: PMC9582161 DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acac029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Objective Attention, inhibition, and processing speed are related to functional decline among older adults. This study attempts to clarify the relationships between these cognitive factors and adaptive functioning. Method We examined relationships between attention, inhibition, and processing speed, with scores on the Texas Functional Living Scale (TFLS), a performance-based measure of daily functioning, in a mixed clinical sample of 530 older adults who were referred for an outpatient neuropsychological evaluation. Results The current study used a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to derive a three-factor cognitive model consisting of attention, inhibition, and processing speed. Results from a hierarchical regression, which included factor scores from the CFA, revealed that processing speed was the only significant predictor of TFLS performance when all three cognitive factors were included within a single model. Conclusion These results highlight the influence of processing speed as an important indicator of functional decline among a clinical population of older adults.
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- Scott Roye
- Corresponding author at: Neuropsychology Services, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA. Tel.: (405) 271-4468; Fax: (405) 271-8802. E-mail address: (Scott Roye)
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- Neuropsychology Service, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Neuropsychology Service, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Neuropsychology Service, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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Hotz I, Deschwanden PF, Mérillat S, Liem F, Kollias S, Jäncke L. Associations of subclinical cerebral small vessel disease and processing speed in non-demented subjects: A 7-year study. Neuroimage Clin 2021; 32:102884. [PMID: 34911190 PMCID: PMC8633374 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Markers of cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) have previously been associated with age-related cognitive decline. Using longitudinal data of cognitively healthy, older adults (N = 216, mean age at baseline = 70.9 years), we investigated baseline status and change in white matter hyperintensities (WMH) (total, periventricular, deep), normal appearing white matter (NAWM), brain parenchyma volume (BPV) and processing speed over seven years as well as the impact of different covariates by applying latent growth curve (LGC) models. Generally, we revealed a complex pattern of associations between the different CSVD markers. More specifically, we observed that changes of deep WMH (dWMH), as compared to periventricular WMH (pWMH), were more strongly related to the changes of other CSVD markers and also to baseline processing speed performance. Further, the number of lacunes rather than their volume reflected the severity of CSVD. With respect to the studied covariates, we revealed that higher education had a protective effect on subsequent total WMH, pWMH, lacunar number, NAWM volume, and processing speed performance. The indication of antihypertensive drugs was associated with lower lacunar number and volume at baseline and the indication of antihypercholesterolemic drugs came along with higher processing speed performance at baseline. In summary, our results confirm previous findings, and extend them by providing information on true within-person changes, relationships between the different CSVD markers and brain-behavior associations. The moderate to strong associations between changes of the different CSVD markers indicate a common pathological relationship and, thus, support multidimensional treatment strategies.
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- Isabel Hotz
- Division of Neuropsychology, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; University Research Priority Program (URPP), Dynamics of Healthy Aging, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- University Research Priority Program (URPP), Dynamics of Healthy Aging, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- University Research Priority Program (URPP), Dynamics of Healthy Aging, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- University Research Priority Program (URPP), Dynamics of Healthy Aging, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Neuropsychology, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; University Research Priority Program (URPP), Dynamics of Healthy Aging, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Bretzner M, Bonkhoff AK, Schirmer MD, Hong S, Dalca AV, Donahue KL, Giese AK, Etherton MR, Rist PM, Nardin M, Marinescu R, Wang C, Regenhardt RW, Leclerc X, Lopes R, Benavente OR, Cole JW, Donatti A, Griessenauer CJ, Heitsch L, Holmegaard L, Jood K, Jimenez-Conde J, Kittner SJ, Lemmens R, Levi CR, McArdle PF, McDonough CW, Meschia JF, Phuah CL, Rolfs A, Ropele S, Rosand J, Roquer J, Rundek T, Sacco RL, Schmidt R, Sharma P, Slowik A, Sousa A, Stanne TM, Strbian D, Tatlisumak T, Thijs V, Vagal A, Wasselius J, Woo D, Wu O, Zand R, Worrall BB, Maguire JM, Lindgren A, Jern C, Golland P, Kuchcinski G, Rost NS. MRI Radiomic Signature of White Matter Hyperintensities Is Associated With Clinical Phenotypes. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:691244. [PMID: 34321995 PMCID: PMC8312571 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.691244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Neuroimaging measurements of brain structural integrity are thought to be surrogates for brain health, but precise assessments require dedicated advanced image acquisitions. By means of quantitatively describing conventional images, radiomic analyses hold potential for evaluating brain health. We sought to: (1) evaluate radiomics to assess brain structural integrity by predicting white matter hyperintensities burdens (WMH) and (2) uncover associations between predictive radiomic features and clinical phenotypes. METHODS We analyzed a multi-site cohort of 4,163 acute ischemic strokes (AIS) patients with T2-FLAIR MR images with total brain and WMH segmentations. Radiomic features were extracted from normal-appearing brain tissue (brain mask-WMH mask). Radiomics-based prediction of personalized WMH burden was done using ElasticNet linear regression. We built a radiomic signature of WMH with stable selected features predictive of WMH burden and then related this signature to clinical variables using canonical correlation analysis (CCA). RESULTS Radiomic features were predictive of WMH burden (R 2 = 0.855 ± 0.011). Seven pairs of canonical variates (CV) significantly correlated the radiomics signature of WMH and clinical traits with respective canonical correlations of 0.81, 0.65, 0.42, 0.24, 0.20, 0.15, and 0.15 (FDR-corrected p-values CV 1 - 6 < 0.001, p-value CV 7 = 0.012). The clinical CV1 was mainly influenced by age, CV2 by sex, CV3 by history of smoking and diabetes, CV4 by hypertension, CV5 by atrial fibrillation (AF) and diabetes, CV6 by coronary artery disease (CAD), and CV7 by CAD and diabetes. CONCLUSION Radiomics extracted from T2-FLAIR images of AIS patients capture microstructural damage of the cerebral parenchyma and correlate with clinical phenotypes, suggesting different radiographical textural abnormalities per cardiovascular risk profile. Further research could evaluate radiomics to predict the progression of WMH and for the follow-up of stroke patients' brain health.
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- Martin Bretzner
- J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
- Inserm, CHU Lille, U1172 - LilNCog (JPARC) - Lille Neurosciences and Cognition, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
- A. A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
- Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
- Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
- Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Inserm, CHU Lille, U1172 - LilNCog (JPARC) - Lille Neurosciences and Cognition, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- Inserm, CHU Lille, U1172 - LilNCog (JPARC) - Lille Neurosciences and Cognition, University of Lille, Lille, France
- CNRS, Institut Pasteur de Lille, US 41 - UMS 2014 - PLBS, Lille, France
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and the Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology (BRAINN), Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Geisinger, Danville, PA, United States
- Research Institute of Neurointervention, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, Neurovascular Research Group (NEUVAS), Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Neurosciences, Experimental Neurology and Leuven Research Institute for Neuroscience and Disease (LIND), KU Leuven – University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- VIB, Vesalius Research Center, Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- Department of Neurology, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research and Center for Pharmacogenomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Clinical Division of Neurogeriatrics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Neurology and Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Neurology and Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Neurology and Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Clinical Division of Neurogeriatrics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Royal Holloway University of London (ICR2UL), Egham, United Kingdom
- Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals, Chertsey and Ashford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Division of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology, Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Clinica Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Neurology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Stroke Division, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Department of Neurology Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Radiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- A. A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Geisinger, Danville, PA, United States
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- Department of Neurology and Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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- Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Neurology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- Inserm, CHU Lille, U1172 - LilNCog (JPARC) - Lille Neurosciences and Cognition, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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Development of a protocol to assess within-subject, regional white matter hyperintensity changes in aging and dementia. J Neurosci Methods 2021; 360:109270. [PMID: 34171312 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2021.109270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2021] [Revised: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND White matter hyperintensities (WMH), associated with both dementia risk and progression, can individually progress, remain stable, or even regress influencing cognitive decline related to specific cerebrovascular-risks. This study details the development and validation of a registration protocol to assess regional, within-subject, longitudinal WMH changes (ΔWMH) that is currently lacking in the field. NEW METHOD 3D-FLAIR images (baseline and one-year-visit) were used for protocol development and validation. The method was validated by assessing the correlation between forward and reverse longitudinal registration, and between summated regional progression-regression volumes and Global ΔWMH. The clinical relevance of growth-regression ΔWMH were explored in relation to an executive function test. RESULTS MRI scans for 79 participants (73.5 ± 8.8 years) were used in this study. Global ΔWMH vs. summated regional progression-regression volumes were highly associated (r2 = 0.90; p-value < 0.001). Bi-directional registration validated the registration method (r2 = 0.999; p-value < 0.001). Growth and regression, but not overall ΔWMH, were associated with one-year declines in performance on Trial-Making-Test-B. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHOD(S) This method presents a unique registration protocol for maximum tissue alignment, demonstrating three distinct patterns of longitudinal within-subject ΔWMH (stable, growth and regression). CONCLUSIONS These data detail the development and validation of a registration protocol for use in assessing within-subject, voxel-level alterations in WMH volume. The methods developed for registration and intensity correction of longitudinal within-subject FLAIR images allow regional and within-lesion characterization of longitudinal ΔWMH. Assessing the impact of associated cerebrovascular-risks and longitudinal clinical changes in relation to dynamic regional ΔWMH is needed in future studies.
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Vipin A, Wong BYX, Kumar D, Low A, Ng KP, Kandiah N. Association between white matter hyperintensity load and grey matter atrophy in mild cognitive impairment is not unidirectional. Aging (Albany NY) 2021; 13:10973-10988. [PMID: 33861727 PMCID: PMC8109133 DOI: 10.18632/aging.202977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Neuroimaging measures of Alzheimer's disease (AD) include grey matter volume (GMV) alterations in the Default Mode Network (DMN) and Executive Control Network (ECN). Small-vessel cerebrovascular disease, often visualised as white matter hyperintensities (WMH) on MRI, is often seen in AD. However, the relationship between WMH load and GMV needs further examination. We examined the load-dependent influence of WMH on GMV and cognition in 183 subjects. T1-MRI data from 93 Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and 90 cognitively normal subjects were studied and WMH load was categorized into low, medium and high terciles. We examined how differing loads of WMH related to whole-brain voxel-wise and regional DMN and ECN GMV. We further investigated how regional GMV moderated the relationship between WMH and cognition. We found differential load-dependent effects of WMH burden on voxel-wise and regional atrophy in only MCI. At high load, as expected WMH negatively related to both ECN and DMN GMV, however at low load, WMH positively related to ECN GMV. Additionally, negative associations between WMH and memory and executive function were moderated by regional GMV. Our results demonstrate non-unidirectional relationships between WMH load, GMV and cognition in MCI.
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- Ashwati Vipin
- National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Singapore
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- National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Singapore
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- National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Singapore
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- National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Singapore.,Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.,Lee Kong Chian-Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Singapore.,Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.,Lee Kong Chian-Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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Ferrucci R, Dini M, Groppo E, Rosci C, Reitano MR, Bai F, Poletti B, Brugnera A, Silani V, D’Arminio Monforte A, Priori A. Long-Lasting Cognitive Abnormalities after COVID-19. Brain Sci 2021; 11:235. [PMID: 33668456 PMCID: PMC7917789 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11020235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Considering the mechanisms capable of causing brain alterations in COVID-19, we aimed to study the occurrence of cognitive abnormalities in the months following hospital discharge. We recruited 38 (aged 22-74 years; 27 males) patients hospitalized for complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection in nonintensive COVID units. Participants underwent neuropsychological testing about 5 months after hospital discharge. Of all patients, 42.1% had processing speed deficits, while 26.3% showed delayed verbal recall deficits. Twenty-one percent presented with deficits in both processing speed and verbal memory. Bivariate analysis revealed a positive correlation between the lowest arterial oxygen partial pressure (PaO2) to fractional inspired oxygen (FiO2) (P/F) ratio during hospitalization and verbal memory consolidation performance (SRT-LTS score, r = 0.404, p = 0.027), as well as a positive correlation between SpO2 levels upon hospital arrival and delayed verbal recall performance (SRT-D score, rs = 0.373, p = 0.042). Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) during hospitalization was associated with worse verbal memory performance (ARDS vs. no ARDS: SRT-LTS mean score = 30.63 ± 13.33 vs. 44.50 ± 13.16, p = 0.007; SRT-D mean score = 5.95 ± 2.56 vs. 8.10 ± 2.62, p = 0.029). Cognitive abnormalities can frequently be found in COVID-19 patients 5 months after hospital discharge. Increased fatigability, deficits of concentration and memory, and overall decreased cognitive speed months after hospital discharge can interfere with work and daily activities.
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- Roberta Ferrucci
- Aldo Ravelli Research Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics, University of Milan, 20142 Milan, Italy; (R.F.); (M.D.); (V.S.)
- ASST-Santi Paolo e Carlo University Hospital, 20142 Milan, Italy; (E.G.); (C.R.); (M.R.R.); (F.B.); (A.D.M.)
- Department of Health Science (DISS), University of Milan, 20142 Milan, Italy
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- Aldo Ravelli Research Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics, University of Milan, 20142 Milan, Italy; (R.F.); (M.D.); (V.S.)
- ASST-Santi Paolo e Carlo University Hospital, 20142 Milan, Italy; (E.G.); (C.R.); (M.R.R.); (F.B.); (A.D.M.)
- Department of Health Science (DISS), University of Milan, 20142 Milan, Italy
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- ASST-Santi Paolo e Carlo University Hospital, 20142 Milan, Italy; (E.G.); (C.R.); (M.R.R.); (F.B.); (A.D.M.)
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- ASST-Santi Paolo e Carlo University Hospital, 20142 Milan, Italy; (E.G.); (C.R.); (M.R.R.); (F.B.); (A.D.M.)
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- ASST-Santi Paolo e Carlo University Hospital, 20142 Milan, Italy; (E.G.); (C.R.); (M.R.R.); (F.B.); (A.D.M.)
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- ASST-Santi Paolo e Carlo University Hospital, 20142 Milan, Italy; (E.G.); (C.R.); (M.R.R.); (F.B.); (A.D.M.)
- Department of Health Science (DISS), University of Milan, 20142 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italian, 20149 Milan, Italy;
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- Department of Human and Social sciences, University of Bergamo, 24129 Bergamo, Italy;
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- Aldo Ravelli Research Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics, University of Milan, 20142 Milan, Italy; (R.F.); (M.D.); (V.S.)
- Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italian, 20149 Milan, Italy;
- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, “Dino Ferrari” Center, University of Milano, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- ASST-Santi Paolo e Carlo University Hospital, 20142 Milan, Italy; (E.G.); (C.R.); (M.R.R.); (F.B.); (A.D.M.)
- Department of Health Science (DISS), University of Milan, 20142 Milan, Italy
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- Aldo Ravelli Research Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics, University of Milan, 20142 Milan, Italy; (R.F.); (M.D.); (V.S.)
- ASST-Santi Paolo e Carlo University Hospital, 20142 Milan, Italy; (E.G.); (C.R.); (M.R.R.); (F.B.); (A.D.M.)
- Department of Health Science (DISS), University of Milan, 20142 Milan, Italy
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Wang Y, Yang Y, Wang T, Nie S, Yin H, Liu J. Correlation between White Matter Hyperintensities Related Gray Matter Volume and Cognition in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2020; 29:105275. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Cerebellar Grey Matter Volume in Older Persons Is Associated with Worse Cognitive Functioning. THE CEREBELLUM 2020; 20:9-20. [PMID: 32816194 DOI: 10.1007/s12311-020-01148-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The cerebellum is increasingly recognised for its role in modulation of cognition, behaviour, and affect. The present study examined the relation between structural cerebellar damage (grey matter volume (GMV), white matter hyperintensities (WMHs), lacunar infarcts (LIs) and microbleeds (MBs)) and measures of cognitive, psychological (i.e. symptoms of depression and apathy) and general daily functioning in a population of community-dwelling older persons with mild cognitive deficits, but without dementia. In 194 participants of the Discontinuation of Antihypertensive Treatment in Elderly People (DANTE) Study Leiden, the association between cerebellar GMV, WMHs, LIs and MBs and measures of cognitive, psychological and general daily functioning was analysed with linear regression analysis, adjusted for age, sex, education and cerebral volume. Cerebellar GMV was associated with the overall cognition score (standardised beta 0.20 [95% CI, 0.06-0.33]). Specifically, posterior cerebellar GMV was associated with executive function (standardised beta 0.18 [95% CI, 0.03-0.16]). No relation was found between vascular pathology and cognition. Also, no consistent associations were found on the cerebellar GMV and vascular pathology measures and psychological and general daily functioning. In this population of community-dwelling elderly, less posterior cerebellar GMV but not vascular pathology was associated with worse cognitive function, specifically with poorer executive function. No relation was found between cerebellar pathology and psychological and general daily functioning.
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Brugulat-Serrat A, Salvadó G, Operto G, Cacciaglia R, Sudre CH, Grau-Rivera O, Suárez-Calvet M, Falcon C, Sánchez-Benavides G, Gramunt N, Minguillon C, Fauria K, Barkhof F, Molinuevo JL, Gispert JD. White matter hyperintensities mediate gray matter volume and processing speed relationship in cognitively unimpaired participants. Hum Brain Mapp 2019; 41:1309-1322. [PMID: 31778002 PMCID: PMC7267988 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Revised: 10/25/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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White matter hyperintensities (WMH) have been extensively associated with cognitive impairment and reductions in gray matter volume (GMv) independently. This study explored whether WMH lesion volume mediates the relationship between cerebral patterns of GMv and cognition in 521 (mean age 57.7 years) cognitively unimpaired middle‐aged individuals. Episodic memory (EM) was measured with the Memory Binding Test and executive functions (EF) using five WAIS‐IV subtests. WMH were automatically determined from T2 and FLAIR sequences and characterized using diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) parameters. WMH volume was entered as a mediator in a voxel‐wise mediation analysis relating GMv and cognitive performance (with both EM and EF composites and the individual tests independently). The mediation model was corrected by age, sex, education, number of Apolipoprotein E (APOE)‐ε4 alleles and total intracranial volume. We found that even at very low levels of WMH burden in the cohort (median volume of 3.2 mL), higher WMH lesion volume was significantly associated with a widespread pattern of lower GMv in temporal, frontal, and cerebellar areas. WMH mediated the relationship between GMv and EF, mainly driven by processing speed, but not EM. DWI parameters in these lesions were compatible with incipient demyelination and axonal loss. These findings lead to the reflection on the relevance of the control of cardiovascular risk factors in middle‐aged individuals as a valuable preventive strategy to reduce or delay cognitive decline.
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- Anna Brugulat-Serrat
- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES), Madrid, Spain.,IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.,IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Grégory Operto
- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES), Madrid, Spain.,IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Raffaele Cacciaglia
- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES), Madrid, Spain.,IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Carole H Sudre
- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.,Dementia Research Centre, UCL, London, UK.,Centre for Medical Imaging Computing, Faculty of Engineering, University College London, London, UK
| | - Oriol Grau-Rivera
- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES), Madrid, Spain.,IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain.,Servei de Neurologia, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Marc Suárez-Calvet
- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES), Madrid, Spain.,IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain.,Servei de Neurologia, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Carles Falcon
- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.,IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Madrid, Spain
| | - Gonzalo Sánchez-Benavides
- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES), Madrid, Spain.,IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain
| | | | - Carolina Minguillon
- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES), Madrid, Spain.,IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Karine Fauria
- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES), Madrid, Spain
| | - Frederik Barkhof
- Centre for Medical Imaging Computing, Faculty of Engineering, University College London, London, UK.,Brain Repair and Rehabilitation, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.,Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherland
| | - José L Molinuevo
- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES), Madrid, Spain.,IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Juan D Gispert
- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.,IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Madrid, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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