2023
Assessment of Gray Matter Microstructure and Synaptic Density in Alzheimer's Disease: A Multimodal Imaging Study With DTI and SV2A PET
Silva-Rudberg J, Salardini E, O'Dell R, Chen M, Ra J, Georgelos J, Morehouse M, Melino K, Varma P, Toyonaga T, Nabulsi N, Huang Y, Carson R, van Dyck C, Mecca A. Assessment of Gray Matter Microstructure and Synaptic Density in Alzheimer's Disease: A Multimodal Imaging Study With DTI and SV2A PET. American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2023, 32: 17-28. PMID: 37673749, PMCID: PMC10840732, DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2023.08.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSynaptic densityAlzheimer's diseaseMean diffusivitySynaptic lossGray matter microstructureGray matter mean diffusivityDisease pathologyHippocampal synaptic densityMajor pathological correlateSetting of ADAD-related neuropathologySynaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2AHippocampal mean diffusivityAlzheimer's disease pathologyAmyloid-positive participantsMatter mean diffusivityPositron emission tomography (PET) imagingEmission Tomography ImagingGray matter structuresPathological correlatesPositive participantsInverse associationAD groupCognitive impairmentDisease
2021
Association of entorhinal cortical tau deposition and hippocampal synaptic density in older individuals with normal cognition and early Alzheimer's disease
Mecca AP, Chen MK, O'Dell RS, Naganawa M, Toyonaga T, Godek TA, Harris JE, Bartlett HH, Zhao W, Banks ER, Ni GS, Rogers K, Gallezot JD, Ropchan J, Emery PR, Nabulsi NB, Vander Wyk BC, Arnsten AFT, Huang Y, Carson RE, van Dyck CH. Association of entorhinal cortical tau deposition and hippocampal synaptic density in older individuals with normal cognition and early Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology Of Aging 2021, 111: 44-53. PMID: 34963063, PMCID: PMC8761170, DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.11.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHippocampal synaptic densitySynaptic densityAlzheimer's diseaseCortical tau depositionEarly neuropathologic changesInitial clinical featuresSynaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2AEarly Alzheimer's diseaseOverall sampleEntorhinal cortical cellsClinical featuresNeuropathologic changesTau depositionTau pathologyInverse associationPerforant pathAD groupSynaptic failureNormal cognitionOlder individualsEarly degenerationDiseaseNormal participantsHippocampusTauEffect of age on brain metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 measured with [18F]FPEB PET
Mecca AP, Rogers K, Jacobs Z, McDonald JW, Michalak HR, DellaGioia N, Zhao W, Hillmer AT, Nabulsi N, Lim K, Ropchan J, Huang Y, Matuskey D, Esterlis I, Carson RE, van Dyck CH. Effect of age on brain metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 measured with [18F]FPEB PET. NeuroImage 2021, 238: 118217. PMID: 34052464, PMCID: PMC8378132, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118217.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAgingBrain ChemistryFemaleFluorine RadioisotopesFluorodeoxyglucose F18Gray MatterHippocampusHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedNeuroimagingOrgan SizePositron-Emission TomographyRadiopharmaceuticalsReceptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5Young AdultConceptsMetabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5MGluR5 availabilityMultiple brain regionsTissue lossSubtype 5Association cortexPrimary analysisBrain regionsAge-related molecular changesBrain glutamatergic systemBrain tissue lossNon-significant trendPartial volume correctionPositron emission tomographyBrain mGluR5Effect of ageAge-related declineGlutamatergic systemInverse associationTissue alterationsDistribution volumeEmission tomographyOlder ageCognitive functionExploratory analysisAssociation of Aβ deposition and regional synaptic density in early Alzheimer’s disease: a PET imaging study with [11C]UCB-J
O’Dell R, Mecca AP, Chen MK, Naganawa M, Toyonaga T, Lu Y, Godek TA, Harris JE, Bartlett HH, Banks ER, Kominek VL, Zhao W, Nabulsi NB, Ropchan J, Ye Y, Vander Wyk BC, Huang Y, Arnsten AFT, Carson RE, van Dyck CH. Association of Aβ deposition and regional synaptic density in early Alzheimer’s disease: a PET imaging study with [11C]UCB-J. Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 2021, 13: 11. PMID: 33402201, PMCID: PMC7786921, DOI: 10.1186/s13195-020-00742-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRegional Aβ depositionAβ depositionEarly Alzheimer's diseaseSynaptic lossSynaptic densityAlzheimer's diseaseDistribution volume ratioPositron emission tomographyHippocampal synaptic densityMild AD dementiaDeposition of AβSignificant inverse associationAmnestic mild cognitive impairmentWhole-brain analysisMild cognitive impairmentCerebellar reference regionPET imaging studiesPlaque burdenAD dementiaInverse associationPostmortem studiesClinical severityNeurodegenerative processesClinical diseaseLarge cohort
2015
A preliminary study of dopamine D2/3 receptor availability and social status in healthy and cocaine dependent humans imaged with [11C](+)PHNO
Matuskey D, Gaiser EC, Gallezot JD, Angarita GA, Pittman B, Nabulsi N, Ropchan J, MaCleod P, Cosgrove KP, Ding YS, Potenza MN, Carson RE, Malison RT. A preliminary study of dopamine D2/3 receptor availability and social status in healthy and cocaine dependent humans imaged with [11C](+)PHNO. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2015, 154: 167-173. PMID: 26164205, PMCID: PMC4536182, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.06.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomographyNon-human primatesInverse associationCD groupReceptor availabilityHealthy non-human primatesSubstantia nigra/ventral tegmental areaBarratt Simplified MeasureDopamine D2/3 receptor availabilityBody mass indexVentral tegmental areaCocaine-dependent humansChronic cocaine administrationDependent humansD2/3 receptor availabilitySN/VTAMass indexCD subjectsRegional brainExtrastriatal regionsTegmental areaCocaine administrationAntagonist radioligandAgonist radioligandCD individuals