2024
Medial amygdalar tau is associated with mood symptoms in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease
Li J, Tun S, Ficek-Tani B, Xu W, Wang S, Horien C, Toyonaga T, Nuli S, Zeiss C, Powers A, Zhao Y, Mormino E, Fredericks C. Medial amygdalar tau is associated with mood symptoms in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2024 PMID: 39059466, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.07.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociated with mood symptomsMood symptomsAmyloid-positive individualsMedial amygdalaSeed-based functional connectivity analysisAssociated with anxiety symptomsSelf-reported mood symptomsPost hoc correlation analysisAlzheimer's diseaseFunctional connectivity analysisPreclinical Alzheimer's diseaseTau bindingOrbitofrontal cortexTau depositionAmygdalar connectivityEmotional processingAnxiety symptomsRetrosplenial cortexBetween-group differencesAmygdalaFunctional connectivityLateral amygdalaConnectivity analysisDepression scoresNeuropsychiatric symptoms
2023
Connectome-based predictive modeling shows sex differences in brain-based predictors of memory performance
Ju S, Horien C, Shen X, Abuwarda H, Trainer A, Constable R, Fredericks C. Connectome-based predictive modeling shows sex differences in brain-based predictors of memory performance. Frontiers In Dementia 2023, 2: 1126016. PMID: 39082002, PMCID: PMC11285565, DOI: 10.3389/frdem.2023.1126016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDefault mode networkConnectome-based predictive modelingMemory performanceMemory taskMemory scoresShort-term memory performanceBrain-based predictorsShort-term memoryPosterior default mode networkAmnestic Alzheimer's diseaseRecollective memoryDMN activityMode networkVisual networkPast researchSex-specific modelsVisual circuitryAlzheimer's diseaseSex differencesMemoryDifferent circuitryTaskElevated riskMachine learning approachesNetwork activity
2022
Sex differences in default mode network connectivity in healthy aging adults
Ficek-Tani B, Horien C, Ju S, Xu W, Li N, Lacadie C, Shen X, Scheinost D, Constable T, Fredericks C. Sex differences in default mode network connectivity in healthy aging adults. Cerebral Cortex 2022, 33: 6139-6151. PMID: 36563018, PMCID: PMC10183749, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac491.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDefault mode networkPreclinical Alzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's diseaseSex differencesBrain connectivity changesDefault mode network connectivityIntrinsic connectivity distributionSeed-based analysisMode network connectivityMedial prefrontal cortexPosterior DMN nodesHealthy aging adultsImpact of sexLifetime riskDMN connectivityWhole brainPosterior cingulateDMN nodesSignificant sex differencesPrefrontal cortexConnectivity changesAging AdultsHealthy participantsDMN functionMode networkRobust prediction of memory and neuroticism in men and women using connectome‐based predictive modeling
Ju S, Horien C, Constable T, Fredericks C. Robust prediction of memory and neuroticism in men and women using connectome‐based predictive modeling. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2022, 18 DOI: 10.1002/alz.063015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConnectome-based predictive modelingAlzheimer's diseaseRAVLT measuresFunctional MRI scansBackground Alzheimer's diseaseHealthy womenNeurobehavioral scoresHealthy subjectsHigh riskMemory performanceMRI scansBrain circuitryBrain connectivityWomenMenSexBrain connectomeDiseasePearson correlationScoresPredictorsConnectivity matrixBrain-based predictorsBehavioral measuresSubjectsThe lateral entorhinal cortex is a hub for local and global dysfunction in early Alzheimer’s disease states
Mandino F, Yeow LY, Bi R, Sejin L, Bae HG, Baek SH, Lee CY, Mohammad H, Horien C, Teoh CL, Lee JH, Lai MK, Jung S, Fu Y, Olivo M, Gigg J, Grandjean J. The lateral entorhinal cortex is a hub for local and global dysfunction in early Alzheimer’s disease states. Cerebrovascular And Brain Metabolism Reviews 2022, 42: 1616-1631. PMID: 35466772, PMCID: PMC9441719, DOI: 10.1177/0271678x221082016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlzheimer's diseaseEntorhinal cortexFunctional connectivity lossEarly AD stagesEarly Alzheimer's diseaseLateral entorhinal cortexVentral networkSynaptic hyperexcitabilityAD progressionGlobal dysfunctionMouse modelOptogenetic activationProjection targetsPathophysiological modelAD stagesMice showNetwork alterationsActive phenotypeNeuronal facilitationEarly hallmarkDiseaseActivity alterationsFMRI signalsNeuronal underpinningsTauopathies
2021
Sex differences in connectivity in the default mode network in healthy aging adults
Ficek B, Horien C, Lacadie C, Shen X, Scheinost D, Constable T, Fredericks C. Sex differences in connectivity in the default mode network in healthy aging adults. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2021, 17 DOI: 10.1002/alz.056050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntrinsic connectivity distributionDefault mode networkAlzheimer's diseaseHealthy aging adultsElevated riskAging AdultsLarge cross-sectional studyPosterior default mode networkSex differencesMode networkCross-sectional cohortCross-sectional studyPreclinical Alzheimer's diseaseSymptomatic Alzheimer's diseaseResting-state scansSex-based differencesAnterior nodeAD showDMN connectivityHealthy adultsFunctional MRI dataNormal individualsResults FemalesZ-scoreFunctional connectivity