2024
Assessment of disparities in timely diagnosis and comprehensive workup of cognitive impairment between English and Spanish speakers
Silva-Rudberg J, Carrión C, Pérez-Palmer N, Li J, Mehta S, Diab N, Mecca A, O'Dell R. Assessment of disparities in timely diagnosis and comprehensive workup of cognitive impairment between English and Spanish speakers. American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2024, 32: 773-786. PMID: 38336573, PMCID: PMC11162952, DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2024.01.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDiagnosis of mild cognitive impairmentSpanish-speaking patientsMild cognitive impairmentHispanic/Latino patientsCognitive impairmentNon-English language preferenceLanguage preferenceComprehension of diagnosisImpact of language barriersAssessment of disparitiesDiagnosis of cognitive impairmentSpanish language preferenceDiagnosis of dementiaElectronic medical recordsCross-sectional studyTimeliness of diagnosisDementia careRetrospective cross-sectional studyDementia diagnosisHealth disparitiesU.S. Hispanic/Latino populationBinomial logistic regressionNeighborhood disadvantageSpanish speakersHealth care
2021
Association 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
2020
PET imaging of mGluR5 in Alzheimer’s disease
Mecca AP, McDonald JW, Michalak HR, Godek TA, Harris JE, Pugh EA, Kemp EC, Chen MK, Salardini A, Nabulsi NB, Lim K, Huang Y, Carson RE, Strittmatter SM, van Dyck CH. PET imaging of mGluR5 in Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 2020, 12: 15. PMID: 31954399, PMCID: PMC6969979, DOI: 10.1186/s13195-020-0582-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly Alzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's diseaseMild cognitive impairmentBrain amyloidHippocampus of ADPositron emission tomography radioligandSubtype 5 receptorsMild AD dementiaGray matter atrophyAssociation cortical regionsAmnestic mild cognitive impairmentImportant therapeutic targetCerebellum reference regionDynamic PET scansHippocampal mGluR5MethodsSixteen individualsMGluR5 bindingSynaptotoxic actionAD dementiaAD pathogenesisMatter atrophyInitial administrationAD groupSynaptic transmissionEntorhinal cortex
2018
Assessing Synaptic Density in Alzheimer Disease With Synaptic Vesicle Glycoprotein 2A Positron Emission Tomographic Imaging
Chen MK, Mecca AP, Naganawa M, Finnema SJ, Toyonaga T, Lin SF, Najafzadeh S, Ropchan J, Lu Y, McDonald JW, Michalak HR, Nabulsi NB, Arnsten AFT, Huang Y, Carson RE, van Dyck CH. Assessing Synaptic Density in Alzheimer Disease With Synaptic Vesicle Glycoprotein 2A Positron Emission Tomographic Imaging. JAMA Neurology 2018, 75: 1215-1224. PMID: 30014145, PMCID: PMC6233853, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2018.1836.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomographic imagingSynaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2ASynaptic densityAlzheimer's diseaseEmission tomographic imagingHigh-resolution PET scanningPET scanningCognitive impairmentDisease-modifying therapiesDisease-modifying treatmentsNormal participantsCross-sectional studyPittsburgh compound BMajor structural correlateAmnestic mild cognitive impairmentMagnetic resonance imagingMild cognitive impairmentJ PET imagingRestoration of synapsesSpecific bindingNeurologic evaluationSynaptic lossDisease stagePostmortem studiesOutcome measuresSleep Disturbance and the Risk of Cognitive Decline or Clinical Conversion in the ADNI Cohort
Mecca AP, Michalak HR, McDonald JW, Kemp EC, Pugh EA, Becker ML, Mecca MC, van Dyck CH. Sleep Disturbance and the Risk of Cognitive Decline or Clinical Conversion in the ADNI Cohort. Dementia And Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 2018, 45: 232-242. PMID: 29886490, PMCID: PMC6178799, DOI: 10.1159/000488671.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMild cognitive impairmentCognitive declineSleep disturbancesSubsequent cognitive declineExecutive functionGlobal cognitionCognitionMCI participantsCognitive impairmentNormal cognitionEarly mild cognitive impairmentClinical conversionLongitudinal cohort studyYears of ageDiagnostic conversionADNI cohortCohort studyAlzheimer's diseaseSecondary analysisMemoryParticipantsImpairmentDeclineAdultsIndividuals