2023
Association of Pathologic and Volumetric Biomarker Changes With Cognitive Decline in Clinically Normal Adults
Hanseeuw B, Jacobs H, Schultz A, Buckley R, Farrell M, Guehl N, Becker J, Properzi M, Sanchez J, Quiroz Y, Vannini P, Sepulcre J, Yang H, Chhatwal J, Gatchel J, Marshall G, Amariglio R, Papp K, Rentz D, Normandin M, Price J, Healy B, El Fakhri G, Sperling R, Johnson K. Association of Pathologic and Volumetric Biomarker Changes With Cognitive Decline in Clinically Normal Adults. Neurology 2023, 101: e2533-e2544. PMID: 37968130, PMCID: PMC10791053, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000207962.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAssociated with cognitive declineOlder adultsNon-AD pathologyCognitive declineHippocampal volumeCognitive dataPreclinical Alzheimer Cognitive CompositeInferior temporal tauProspective cohort studyClinically normal older adultsHarvard Aging Brain StudyPittsburgh compound B PET scansOvert cognitive impairmentAnalyzed dataNormal older adultsAging Brain StudyClinically normal adultsLongitudinal associationsAlzheimer's diseaseCohort studyMemory impairmentCognitive compositeCognitive impairmentHippocampal atrophyCognitionAssociation of Novelty-Related Locus Coeruleus Function With Entorhinal Tau Deposition and Memory Decline in Preclinical Alzheimer Disease
Prokopiou P, Engels-Domínguez N, Schultz A, Sepulcre J, Koops E, Papp K, Marshall G, Normandin M, El Fakhri G, Rentz D, Sperling R, Johnson K, Jacobs H. Association of Novelty-Related Locus Coeruleus Function With Entorhinal Tau Deposition and Memory Decline in Preclinical Alzheimer Disease. Neurology 2023, 101: e1206-e1217. PMID: 37491329, PMCID: PMC10516269, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000207646.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLC activityMemory declineLocus coeruleusCognitive declineEC tauHarvard Aging Brain StudyHuman neuroimaging studiesSteeper memory declineNoradrenergic brainstem nucleiLongitudinal cognitive dataFunctional MRI dataTau depositionAging Brain StudyPreclinical Alzheimer's diseaseTau progressionCortical tau depositionElevated beta-amyloidInterventions promoting resilienceMild cognitive impairmentExecutive dysfunctionExecutive functionNeuroimaging studiesTau spreadingTemporal cortexCognitive composite
2022
Longitudinal hippocampal atrophy is associated with cognitive decline independently of amyloid and tau in neocortex
Hanseeuw B, Jacobs H, Schultz A, Buckley R, Properzi M, Becker A, Farrell M, Sanchez J, Papp K, Yang H, Chhatwal J, Price J, Fakhri G, Rentz D, Sperling R, Johnson K. Longitudinal hippocampal atrophy is associated with cognitive decline independently of amyloid and tau in neocortex. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2022, 18 DOI: 10.1002/alz.069271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLower novelty-related locus coeruleus function is associated with Aβ-related cognitive decline in clinically healthy individuals
Prokopiou P, Engels-Domínguez N, Papp K, Scott M, Schultz A, Schneider C, Farrell M, Buckley R, Quiroz Y, El Fakhri G, Rentz D, Sperling R, Johnson K, Jacobs H. Lower novelty-related locus coeruleus function is associated with Aβ-related cognitive decline in clinically healthy individuals. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 1571. PMID: 35322012, PMCID: PMC8943159, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28986-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive declineLC activityLC-FCFunctional connectivityLocus coeruleusAssociated with altered neuronal activityNeuronal activityFace-name paradigmAD-related cognitive declineHuman imaging researchIn vivo neuronal activityLongitudinal cognitive dataAssociated with cognitive declineBeta-amyloid-PETIndividuals at-riskAlzheimer's diseaseCognitively unimpaired older individualsBeta-amyloidSubcortical regionsFunctional MRICognitive dataNeurofibrillary tauImaging researchHippocampusCognition
2021
In vivo and neuropathology data support locus coeruleus integrity as indicator of Alzheimer’s disease pathology and cognitive decline
Jacobs H, Becker J, Kwong K, Engels-Domínguez N, Prokopiou P, Papp K, Properzi M, Hampton O, d'Oleire Uquillas F, Sanchez J, Rentz D, El Fakhri G, Normandin M, Price J, Bennett D, Sperling R, Johnson K. In vivo and neuropathology data support locus coeruleus integrity as indicator of Alzheimer’s disease pathology and cognitive decline. Science Translational Medicine 2021, 13: eabj2511. PMID: 34550726, PMCID: PMC8641759, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abj2511.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLC integrityLongitudinal cognitive measuresCognitive measuresLocus coeruleusIndicators of Alzheimer's disease pathologyLocus coeruleus integrityMedial temporal lobeTangle densityRush Memory and Aging ProjectBraak stageMemory and Aging ProjectHyperphosphorylated tau aggregatesAlzheimer's diseaseB-amyloidAD-related processesMemory declineCognitive dysfunctionDisease pathologyCognitive trajectoriesTemporal lobeLC neuronsPostmortem correlationsCognitive declineEntorhinal cortexPreclinical ADThe cortical origin and initial spread of medial temporal tauopathy in Alzheimer’s disease assessed with positron emission tomography
Sanchez J, Becker J, Jacobs H, Hanseeuw B, Jiang S, Schultz A, Properzi M, Katz S, Beiser A, Satizabal C, O'Donnell A, DeCarli C, Killiany R, El Fakhri G, Normandin M, Gómez-Isla T, Quiroz Y, Rentz D, Sperling R, Seshadri S, Augustinack J, Price J, Johnson K. The cortical origin and initial spread of medial temporal tauopathy in Alzheimer’s disease assessed with positron emission tomography. Science Translational Medicine 2021, 13 PMID: 33472953, PMCID: PMC7978042, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abc0655.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomographyTemporal lobeMedial temporal lobe tauAlzheimer's diseaseMedial temporal lobeStudy of normal agingAssociated with baseline measuresMolecular positron emission tomographyTau-PET signalDegree of clinical impairmentEmission tomographyModel of Alzheimer's diseaseTemporal lobe anatomyCognitive declineClinical impairmentNormal agingAdult participantsStudy of AgingRhinal sulcusBrain pathologyExtratemporal regionsPET measurementsLongitudinal studyTau progressionClinically normal people
2020
Tracking the origin of tau spread in the brain
Jacobs H, Becker A, Kwong K, Uquillas F, Papp K, Properzi M, Rentz D, Fakhri G, Sperling R, Johnson K. Tracking the origin of tau spread in the brain. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2020, 16 DOI: 10.1002/alz.037501.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEntorhinal cortexMemory declineLocus coeruleusHarvard Aging Brain StudyPosterior cingulate cortexProspective memory declineAD-related cognitive declineMedial temporal lobeAging Brain StudyTau spreadingAlzheimer's diseaseCingulate cortexLimbic regionsNeuropsychological assessmentCingulate regionsTau PET imagingLC integrityCognitive changesTau accumulationMediation analysisTemporal lobeEntorhinal tauIncreased ABCognitive declineBrain studies