Fox‐Fuller JT, Torrico‐Teave H, d'Oleire Uquillas F, Chen K, Su Y, Chen Y, Brickhouse M, Sanchez JS, Aguero C, Jacobs HI, Hampton O, Guzmán‐Vélez E, Vila‐Castelar C, Aguirre‐Acevedo DC, Baena A, Artola A, Martinez J, Pluim CF, Alvarez S, Ochoa‐Escudero M, Reiman EM, Sperling RA, Lopera F, Johnson KA, Dickerson BC, Quiroz YT. Cortical thickness across the lifespan in a Colombian cohort with autosomal-dominant Alzheimer's disease: A cross-sectional study.
Alzheimers Dement (Amst) 2021;
13:e12233. [PMID:
34541287 PMCID:
PMC8438687 DOI:
10.1002/dad2.12233]
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION
Cortical thinning is a marker of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We investigated the age-related trajectory of cortical thickness across the lifespan (9-59 years) in a Colombian kindred with autosomal dominant AD (ADAD).
METHODS
Two hundred eleven participants (105 presenilin-1 [PSEN1] E280A mutation carriers, 16 with cognitive impairment; 106 non-carriers) underwent magnetic resonance imaging. A piecewise linear regression identified change-points in the age-related trajectory of cortical thickness in carriers and non-carriers.
RESULTS
Unimpaired carriers exhibited elevated cortical thickness compared to non-carriers, and thickness more negatively correlated with age and cognition in carriers relative to non-carriers. We found increased cortical thickness in child carriers, after which thickness steadied compared to non-carriers prior to a rapid reduction in the decade leading up to the expected age at cognitive impairment in carriers.
DISCUSSION
Findings suggest that cortical thickness may fluctuate across the ADAD lifespan, from early-life increased thickness to atrophy proximal to clinical onset.
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