2024
Relationship between neuroimaging and cognition in frontotemporal dementia: An FDG‐PET and structural MRI study
Cayir S, Volpi T, Toyonaga T, Gallezot J, Yang Y, Sadabad F, Mulnix T, Mecca A, Fesharaki‐Zadeh A, Matuskey D. Relationship between neuroimaging and cognition in frontotemporal dementia: An FDG‐PET and structural MRI study. Journal Of Neuroimaging 2024, 34: 627-634. PMID: 38676301, PMCID: PMC11511789, DOI: 10.1111/jon.13206.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMoCA scoresFDG-PETAssociation of cognitionStandardized uptake value ratioMontreal Cognitive AssessmentSignificant positive associationFrontotemporal dementiaPrimary outcome measurePosterior cingulate cortexDecline of cognitive functionYears of ageGM volumeFrontal cortexOutcome measuresCognitive dysfunctionGray matterCognitive AssessmentMoCAAssociated with cognitive dysfunctionFluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PETPositive associationMagnetic resonance imagingPartial volume correctionCognitive functionDementia
2023
Cholinergic system adaptations are associated with cognitive function in people recently abstinent from smoking: a (-)-[18F]flubatine PET study
Calakos K, Hillmer A, Anderson J, LeVasseur B, Baldassarri S, Angarita G, Matuskey D, Kapinos M, Zheng M, Huang Y, Cosgrove K. Cholinergic system adaptations are associated with cognitive function in people recently abstinent from smoking: a (-)-[18F]flubatine PET study. Neuropsychopharmacology 2023, 48: 683-689. PMID: 36681758, PMCID: PMC9938267, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01535-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExecutive functionCholinergic systemWorse executive functionAcetylcholine levelsVerbal learningCognitive batteryPositron emission tomography brainCognitive dataAbstinent smokersCognitive functionCognitive deficitsCortical acetylcholine levelsEarly smoking cessationAcetylcholinesterase inhibitor physostigmineCognitionQuit attemptsNAChR sitesPhysostigmine administrationTomography brainSmoking statusSmoking cessationInhibitor physostigmineTreatment strategiesAgonist radioligandPhysostigmine challenge