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Association of anxiety with subcortical amyloidosis in cognitively normal older adults

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Hanseeuw, Bernard J., Jonas, Victoria, Jackson, Jonathan, Betensky, Rebecca A., Rentz, Dorene M., Johnson, Keith A., Sperling, Reisa A., Donovan, Nancy J.·2020·Molecular Psychiatry

Abstract

Late-life anxiety has been associated with increased progression from normal cognition to amnestic MCI, suggesting that anxiety may be a neuropsychiatric symptom of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathological changes and a possible marker of anatomical progression in preclinical AD. This study examined whether cortical or subcortical amyloidosis, indicating earlier or later stages of preclinical AD, was associated with greater self-reported anxiety among 118 cognitively normal volunteers, aged 65-90 years, and whether this association was stronger in APOEε4 carriers. Participants underwent Pittsburgh Compound B Positron Emission Tomography (PiB-PET) to assess fibrillar amyloid-β burden in cortical and subcortical regions, and measurement of anxiety using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-anxiety subscale. Higher PiB-PET measures in the subcortex (striatum, amygdala, and thalamus), but not in the cortex, were associated with greater anxiety, adjusting for demographics, cognition, and depression. Findings were similar using a cortico-striatal staging system and continuous PET measurements. Anxiety was highest in APOEε4 carriers with subcortical amyloidosis. This work supports in vivo staging of amyloid-β deposition in both cortical and subcortical regions as a promising approach to the study of neuropsychiatric symptoms such as anxiety in cognitively normal older individuals. Elevated anxiety symptoms in combination with high-risk biological factors such as APOEε4 and subcortical amyloid-β may identify participants closest to MCI for secondary prevention trials.

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  • Anxiety is considered a risk factor for cognitive impairment in cognitively normal older adults.

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    The Discussion says a subset of cognitively normal older adults with late-life anxiety may be at high risk of cognitive impairment, particularly when APOEε4 genotype and amyloid-β stage are considered. It describes anxiety as a potential marker, not an established risk factor for cognitively normal older adults generally. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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Authors
Hanseeuw, B. J., Jonas, V., Jackson, J., Betensky, R. A., Rentz, D. M., Johnson, K. A., Sperling, R. A., & Donovan, N. J.
Affiliations
  • Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc (BE)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
Corresponding author
Donovan, Nancy J.
Venue
Molecular Psychiatry
Published
2018-08-16
Volume
25
Issue
10
Pages
2599-2607
ISSN
  • 1359-4184 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-5578
OpenAlex
W2885621583
Cited by
61
References
45
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 9
FWCI
4.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Molecular Psychiatry (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Aging (R21AG054953, K24 AG035007, P01 AGO36694, R01 AG037497)
  • Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS (SPD28094292)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
Keywords
anxiety, amyloid-beta, preclinical Alzheimer's disease, APOE ε4, cognitively normal older adults, striatum, amygdala, thalamus, neuropsychiatric symptoms, mild cognitive impairment, secondary prevention
MeSH terms
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alzheimer Disease, Amyloidosis, Anxiety, Brain, Female, Health, Humans, Male, Amyloid beta-Peptides, Positron-Emission Tomography

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