2019
Decreased meta-memory is associated with early tauopathy in cognitively unimpaired older adults
Vannini P, Uquillas F, Jacobs H, Sepulcre J, Gatchel J, Amariglio R, Hanseeuw B, Papp K, Hedden T, Rentz D, Pascual-Leone A, Johnson K, Sperling R. Decreased meta-memory is associated with early tauopathy in cognitively unimpaired older adults. NeuroImage Clinical 2019, 24: 102097. PMID: 31795044, PMCID: PMC6879982, DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2019.102097.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFeeling-of-knowingEpisodic feeling-of-knowingCognitively unimpaired older adultsMeta-memoryMedial temporal lobe regionsOlder adultsFace-name pairsRegion-of-interest analysisTemporal lobe regionsAlzheimer's diseaseVoxel-wise correlationSemantic knowledge networkTemporal poleLobe regionsEntorhinal cortexNon-famousSensitive clinical indicatorMulti-tracer PETMemory efficiencySemantic informationAdultsTau pathologyAD pathophysiologyParticipantsPET data
2017
The association between tau PET and retrospective cortical thinning in clinically normal elderly
LaPoint M, Chhatwal J, Sepulcre J, Johnson K, Sperling R, Schultz A. The association between tau PET and retrospective cortical thinning in clinically normal elderly. NeuroImage 2017, 157: 612-622. PMID: 28545932, PMCID: PMC5772972, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.05.049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTemporal regionsCortical thinningCortical ROIsCortical thicknessRetrospective longitudinal analysisRight temporal regionAssociated with neuronal lossBaseline ageNormal cohortNeuronal lossRate of cortical thinningLeft cuneusPathologyMedial temporal regionsVolumetric ROIsReference regionAtrophyThick cross-sectionsCortical regionsBilateral parahippocampal cortexLongitudinal atrophyLongitudinal analysisLeft superior temporal sulcusCortexBrain studiesAssociation 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
2015
Tau positron emission tomographic imaging in aging and early Alzheimer disease
Johnson K, Schultz A, Betensky R, Becker J, Sepulcre J, Rentz D, Mormino E, Chhatwal J, Amariglio R, Papp K, Marshall G, Albers M, Mauro S, Pepin L, Alverio J, Judge K, Philiossaint M, Shoup T, Yokell D, Dickerson B, Gomez-Isla T, Hyman B, Vasdev N, Sperling R. Tau positron emission tomographic imaging in aging and early Alzheimer disease. Annals Of Neurology 2015, 79: 110-119. PMID: 26505746, PMCID: PMC4738026, DOI: 10.1002/ana.24546.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomographyCognitive impairmentMild cognitive impairmentClinical impairmentAssociated with clinical impairmentInferior temporal gyrusBrain tau depositionAssociation of cognitive impairmentMild AD dementiaAD dementiaAlzheimer's diseasePositron emission tomographic imagingTau positron emission tomographyTemporal gyrusMonitoring of disease progressionEmission tomographic imagingDisease-modifying therapiesSymptomatic patientsClinically normal individualsPittsburgh compound BControl subjectsDisease progressionClinically normal controlsNormal controlsImpairment