2023
Tau epicenter identification and connectivity in clinically heterogeneous Alzheimer’s disease variants
Trainer A, Xu W, Chase A, O'Dell R, Tun S, Li J, Ju S, van Dyck C, Mecca A, Fredricks C. Tau epicenter identification and connectivity in clinically heterogeneous Alzheimer’s disease variants. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2023, 19 DOI: 10.1002/alz.079435.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmnestic Alzheimer's diseaseLogopenic variant primary progressive aphasiaPosterior cortical atrophyFunctional connectivity mapsHigher tau burdenFunctional connectivityTau burdenAlzheimer's diseaseConnectivity mapsLongitudinal tau-PETSpread of tauVariant primary progressive aphasiaFusiform gyrusFrontal eye fieldPrimary progressive aphasiaBrains of participantsTau PET scansSuperior parietal lobulePatient-specific biomarkersCortical atrophyCommon subtypeTau-PETHealthy controlsParietooccipital cortexPET scans
2021
Identifying brain networks in synaptic density PET (11C-UCB-J) with independent component analysis
Fang XT, Toyonaga T, Hillmer AT, Matuskey D, Holmes SE, Radhakrishnan R, Mecca AP, van Dyck CH, D’Souza D, Esterlis I, Worhunsky PD, Carson RE. Identifying brain networks in synaptic density PET (11C-UCB-J) with independent component analysis. NeuroImage 2021, 237: 118167. PMID: 34000404, PMCID: PMC8452380, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynaptic densityResting-state functional magnetic resonance imagingSynaptic vesicle protein 2ALevel-dependent signal fluctuationsBrain networksFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingAge-related changesHealthy controlsResonance imagingRs-fMRIEffects of sexProtein 2AMultiple comparisonsHuman brainAgePotential utilitySexFirst evidenceCovariance patterns