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MRI of hippocampal volume loss in early Alzheimer's disease in relation to ApoE genotype and biomarkers

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Schuff, N., Woerner, N., Boreta, L., Kornfield, T., Shaw, L. M., Trojanowski, J. Q., Thompson, P. M., Jack, C. R. +2 more·2008·Brain

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Hippocampal volume change over time, measured with MRI, has huge potential as a marker for Alzheimer's disease. The objectives of this study were: (i) to test if constant and accelerated hippocampal loss can be detected in Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment and normal ageing over short periods, e.g. 6-12 months, with MRI in the large multicentre setting of the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI); (ii) to determine the extent to which the polymorphism of the apolipoprotein E (ApoE) gene modulates hippocampal change; and (iii) to determine if rates of hippocampal loss correlate with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease, such as the beta-amyloid (Abeta(1-42)) and tau proteins (tau). The MRI multicentre study included 112 cognitive normal elderly individuals, 226 mild cognitive impairment and 96 Alzheimer's disease patients who all had at least three successive MRI scans, involving 47 different imaging centres. The mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease groups showed hippocampal volume loss over 6 months and accelerated loss over 1 year. Moreover, increased rates of hippocampal loss were associated with presence of the ApoE allele epsilon4 gene in Alzheimer's disease and lower CSF Abeta(1-42) in mild cognitive impairment, irrespective of ApoE genotype, whereas relations with tau were only trends. The power to measure hippocampal change was improved by exploiting correlations statistically between successive MRI observations. The demonstration of considerable hippocampal loss in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease patients over only 6 months and accelerated loss over 12 months illustrates the power of MRI to track morphological brain changes over time in a large multisite setting. Furthermore, the relations between faster hippocampal loss in the presence of ApoE allele epsilon4 and decreased CSF Abeta(1-42) supports the concept that increased hippocampal loss is an indicator of Alzheimer's disease pathology and a potential marker for the efficacy of therapeutic interventions in Alzheimer's disease.

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Schuff, N., Woerner, N., Boreta, L., Kornfield, T., Shaw, L. M., Trojanowski, J. Q., Thompson, P. M., Jack, C. R., Weiner, M. W., & Initiative, T. A. D. N.
Affiliations
  • San Francisco VA Medical Center (US)
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • Mayo Clinic (US)
Corresponding author
Schuff, N.
Venue
Brain
Published
2008-05-21
Volume
132
Issue
4
Pages
1067-1077
ISSN
  • 0006-8950 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2156
OpenAlex
W2104048700
Cited by
679
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26.47
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en
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  • Brain (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Eli Lilly and Company
  • Pfizer
  • AstraZeneca
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
  • National Institutes of Health (5u01ag024904-10)
  • University of California, Davis
  • University of California, San Diego
  • University of California, San Francisco
  • National Institute on Aging (U01-AG-024904, U19AG010483)
  • National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
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
hippocampal atrophy, Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, apolipoprotein E, APOE ε4, cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers, amyloid-beta, tau protein, longitudinal MRI, normal aging, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
MeSH terms
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alzheimer Disease, Apolipoproteins E, Cognition Disorders, Female, Genotype, Hippocampus, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Peptide Fragments, Polymorphism, Genetic, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Biomarkers, Amyloid beta-Peptides, Sample Size, Disease Progression, Genetic Predisposition to Disease

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