Fluorodeoxyglucose metabolism associated with tau‐amyloid interaction predicts memory decline
Hanseeuw B, Betensky R, Schultz A, Papp K, Mormino E, Sepulcre J, Bark J, Cosio D, LaPoint M, Chhatwal J, Rentz D, Sperling R, Johnson K. Fluorodeoxyglucose metabolism associated with tau‐amyloid interaction predicts memory decline. Annals Of Neurology 2017, 81: 583-596. PMID: 28253546, PMCID: PMC5404378, DOI: 10.1002/ana.24910.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMemory declineFrontal hypometabolismHarvard Aging Brain StudyAssociated with frontal hypometabolismCourse of preclinical ADAssociated with memory lossAging Brain StudySignificant memory declinePreclinical Alzheimer's diseaseCerebral glucose metabolismAlzheimer's diseaseCingulate metabolismPosterior cingulate metabolismEntorhinal tauEntorhinal cortexPositron emission tomographyPittsburgh compound BPreclinical ADBrain studiesMemory lossImpact of amyloidOlder adultsHypometabolismAge-related tauopathyEmission tomographyAssociation of In Vivo [18F]AV-1451 Tau PET Imaging Results With Cortical Atrophy and Symptoms in Typical and Atypical Alzheimer Disease
Xia C, Makaretz S, Caso C, McGinnis S, Gomperts S, Sepulcre J, Gomez-Isla T, Hyman B, Schultz A, Vasdev N, Johnson K, Dickerson B. Association of In Vivo [18F]AV-1451 Tau PET Imaging Results With Cortical Atrophy and Symptoms in Typical and Atypical Alzheimer Disease. JAMA Neurology 2017, 74: 427-436. PMID: 28241163, PMCID: PMC5470368, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2016.5755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStructural magnetic resonance imagingAlzheimer's diseaseCortical atrophyHyperphosphorylated tau proteinClinical phenotypeTau in vivoAssociation in vivoAtypical Alzheimer's diseaseMagnetic resonance imagingTau proteinMeasure amyloid burdenPositron emission tomographicNeurofibrillary tanglesMeasure cortical thicknessOutpatient referral centerDisease-modifying therapeuticsTau PET imagingCarbon 11-labeled Pittsburgh Compound BCognitive functionIn vivo evidenceCortical regionsResonance imagingPostmortem studiesCortical thicknessNeurodegenerative diseases