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Synaptic proteins, neuropathology and cognitive status in the oldest-old

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Head, Elizabeth, Corrada, Maria M., Kahle-Wrobleski, Kristin, Kim, Ronald C., Sarsoza, Floyd, Goodus, Matthew, Kawas, Claudia H.·2009·Neurobiology of Aging

Abstract

An increasing number of individuals in our population are surviving to over 90 years and a subset is at risk for developing dementia. However, senile plaque and neurofibrillary tangle pathology do not consistently differentiate individuals with and without dementia. Synaptic protein loss is a feature of aging and dementia and may dissociate 90+ individuals with and without dementia. Synaptophysin (SYN), postsynaptic density 95 (PSD-95) and growth-associated protein 43 (GAP-43) were studied in the frontal cortex of an autopsy series of 32 prospectively followed individuals (92-105 years) with a range of cognitive function. SYN protein levels were decreased in individuals with dementia and increased in those with clinical signs of cognitive impairment insufficient for a diagnosis of dementia. SYN but neither PSD-95 nor GAP-43 protein levels were significantly correlated with mini-mental status examination (MMSE) scores. Frontal cortex SYN protein levels may protect neuronal function in oldest-old individuals and reflect compensatory responses that may be involved with maintaining cognition.

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Crossref · 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.10.001

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  • A sizable percentage of non-demented elderly have plaques.

    “Decades of clinical-pathological correlative studies, now corroborated by a decade of neuroimaging studies, also demonstrate a sizable percentage of the non-demented elderly have plaques [40, 51, 54, 55, 58–68].”

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Authors
Head, E., Corrada, M. M., Kahle-Wrobleski, K., Kim, R. C., Sarsoza, F., Goodus, M., & Kawas, C. H.
Affiliations
University of California, Irvine (US)
Corresponding author
Head, Elizabeth
Venue
Neurobiology of Aging
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-07
Volume
30
Issue
7
Pages
1125-1134
ISSN
0197-4580 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2105762907
Cited by
145
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58
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FWCI
4.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Neurobiology of Aging (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • American Academy of Neurology
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute on Aging (R01AG021055, Z01AG000658, P50AG016573, P50 AG000658)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Keywords
synaptic proteins, synaptophysin, PSD-95, GAP-43, oldest old, dementia, cognitive impairment, frontal cortex, compensatory mechanisms, cognitive aging, neuropathology
MeSH terms
Disks Large Homolog 4 Protein, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Cognition Disorders, Dementia, Female, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Male, Membrane Proteins, Neuropsychological Tests, Prospective Studies, Synaptic Membranes, Cohort Studies, Biomarkers, Synaptophysin, Disease Progression, GAP-43 Protein, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins

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