2022
Lower novelty‐related locus coeruleus function is associated with entorhinal tau‐mediated memory decline in older individuals.
Prokopiou P, Engels N, Schneider C, Schultz A, Sepulcre J, Riphagen J, Koops E, Papp K, Fakhri G, Rentz D, Sperling R, Johnson K, Jacobs H. Lower novelty‐related locus coeruleus function is associated with entorhinal tau‐mediated memory decline in older individuals. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2022, 18 DOI: 10.1002/alz.067706.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMemory declineLC activityLocus coeruleusEC tauEntorhinal cortexLC phasic activationAssociated with memory declineFace-name pairsMediation effectHarvard Aging Brain StudySteeper memory declineExposure to noveltyAssociated with tau depositionInferior temporal lobeSpatial patterns of tauAging Brain StudyPreclinical Alzheimer's diseaseCortical tau depositionTau depositionFusiform cortexMemory testInsular cortexMixed-effects analysisMediation analysisInferior temporal
2017
Phases of Hyperconnectivity and Hypoconnectivity in the Default Mode and Salience Networks Track with Amyloid and Tau in Clinically Normal Individuals
Schultz A, Chhatwal J, Hedden T, Mormino E, Hanseeuw B, Sepulcre J, Huijbers W, LaPoint M, Buckley R, Johnson K, Sperling R. Phases of Hyperconnectivity and Hypoconnectivity in the Default Mode and Salience Networks Track with Amyloid and Tau in Clinically Normal Individuals. Journal Of Neuroscience 2017, 37: 4323-4331. PMID: 28314821, PMCID: PMC5413178, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3263-16.2017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlzheimer's diseaseFunctional connectivity MRITau neurofibrillary tanglesAssociated with <i>inTau-PETNeurofibrillary tanglesAmyloid pathologyCourse of preclinical ADTau levelsTau-PET signalTau PET tracersRegional tauTau PET imagingInferior temporalPreclinical ADMolecular pathologyTauReports of associationsAmyloid PET imagingCortical association networksInferior parietal cortexAmyloidAssociated with connectivityAssociation networksPreclinical Alzheimer's disease