Epigenetic age of the pre-frontal cortex is associated with neuritic plaques, amyloid load, and Alzheimer’s disease related cognitive functioning
Levine ME, Lu AT, Bennett DA, Horvath S. Epigenetic age of the pre-frontal cortex is associated with neuritic plaques, amyloid load, and Alzheimer’s disease related cognitive functioning. Aging 2015, 7: 1198-1211. PMID: 26684672, PMCID: PMC4712342, DOI: 10.18632/aging.100864.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive functioningBrain ageCognitive declineGlobal cognitive functioningAccurate epigenetic biomarkerPre-frontal cortexEpisodic memoryAge related neurodegenerationReligious Orders StudyRush MemoryMemoryAging ProjectAlzheimer's diseaseNeuropathological measurementsNeuropathological markersFunctioningRelated neurodegenerationDorsolateral prefrontal cortex samplesOrders StudyEpigenetic age accelerationComplex trait analysisDLPFCSignificant genetic correlationsAge accelerationAmyloid load