2019
Genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease and functional brain connectivity in children and adolescents
Axelrud L, Sato J, Santoro M, Talarico F, Pine D, Rohde L, Zugman A, Junior E, Bressan R, Grassi-Oliveira R, Pan P, Hoffmann M, Simioni A, Guinjoan S, Hakonarson H, Brietzke E, Gadelha A, Pellegrino da Silva R, Hoexter M, Miguel E, Belangero S, Salum G. Genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease and functional brain connectivity in children and adolescents. Neurobiology Of Aging 2019, 82: 10-17. PMID: 31376729, PMCID: PMC7658444, DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2019.06.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlzheimer's diseaseAD-PRSBrain connectivityGenetic riskRight superior temporal gyrusFunctional brain connectivityMagnetic resonance imagingInhibitory controlSuperior temporal gyrusTau pathologyAD developmentPolygenic risk scoresRisk scoreRight precuneusResonance imagingTau proteinTemporal gyrusDiseaseBrain connectionsEarly lifePathology networkFunctional networksRiskPorto AlegreMemory performance
2018
Polygenic Risk Score for Alzheimer’s Disease: Implications for Memory Performance and Hippocampal Volumes in Early Life
Axelrud L, Santoro M, Pine D, Talarico F, Gadelha A, Manfro G, Pan P, Jackowski A, Picon F, Brietzke E, Grassi-Oliveira R, Bressan R, Miguel E, Rohde L, Hakonarson H, Pausova Z, Belangero S, Paus T, Salum G. Polygenic Risk Score for Alzheimer’s Disease: Implications for Memory Performance and Hippocampal Volumes in Early Life. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2018, 175: 555-563. PMID: 29495896, PMCID: PMC6372950, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.17050529.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHippocampal volumeEarly-life cognitionCanadian sampleMemory taskCognitive abilitiesExecutive functionImmediate recallMemory performanceCognitive testsGenetic riskReplication sampleBrain algorithmPolygenic risk scoresStandardized testsLower hippocampal volumeDistinct tasksBrain structuresAlzheimer's diseaseCognitionIndependent samplesLate-life dementiaDevelopmental conditionsRecallPrevious evidenceTask