2024
Spatiotemporal patterns of locus coeruleus integrity predict cortical tau and cognition
Bueichekú E, Diez I, Kim C, Becker J, Koops E, Kwong K, Papp K, Salat D, Bennett D, Rentz D, Sperling R, Johnson K, Sepulcre J, Jacobs H. Spatiotemporal patterns of locus coeruleus integrity predict cortical tau and cognition. Nature Aging 2024, 4: 625-637. PMID: 38664576, PMCID: PMC11108787, DOI: 10.1038/s43587-024-00626-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTau spreadingDisease pathologyGene expression profilesTau positron emission tomography imagingTranscriptomic informationLocus coeruleusHyperphosphorylated tauAlzheimer's disease pathologyTau accumulationBiological functionsExpression profilesTau depositionGenetic featuresCortical tauAlzheimer's diseaseLocus coeruleus integrityTauAssociated with lower cognitive performanceLower cognitive performanceTransport regulationLC integrityCognitive performanceAlzheimerAllocortical regionsSpatiotemporal patterns
2023
Spatiotemporal Assessment of Locus Coeruleus Integrity Predicting Cortical Tau and Cognition
Bueichekú E, Diez I, Kim C, Becker A, Koops E, Kwong K, Papp K, Salat D, Bennett D, Rentz D, Sperling R, Johnson K, Sepulcre J, Jacobs H. Spatiotemporal Assessment of Locus Coeruleus Integrity Predicting Cortical Tau and Cognition. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2023, 19 DOI: 10.1002/alz.079747.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLC integrityLocus coeruleusLower cognitive performanceLongitudinal tau accumulationCognitive performanceEmergence of cognitive declineAssociated with lower cognitive performanceTemporal cortex areasIn vivo neuroimaging dataTau accumulationTau progressionCortical tau depositionAlzheimer's diseaseNeuroimaging studiesMTL structuresNeuroimaging dataAD-related pathologyCognitive declineCortex areaPartial correlationMisfolded tau proteinContext of ADGLM analysisSites of tauLipid biosynthetic process