2023
Tau Positron Emission Tomography and Neurocognitive Function Among Former Professional American-Style Football Players
Dhaynaut M, Grashow R, Normandin M, Wu O, Marengi D, Terry D, Sanchez J, Weisskopf M, Speizer F, Taylor H, Guehl N, Seshadri S, Beiser A, Daneshvar D, Johnson K, Iverson G, Zafonte R, Fakhri G, Baggish A. Tau Positron Emission Tomography and Neurocognitive Function Among Former Professional American-Style Football Players. Journal Of Neurotrauma 2023, 40: 1614-1624. PMID: 37282582, PMCID: PMC10458363, DOI: 10.1089/neu.2022.0454.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomographyDistribution volume ratioNeuropsychological testsNeurocognitive functionStandardized uptake value ratioControl participantsMeasures of neurocognitive functionStructural magnetic resonance imagingMeasures of memoryDepressive symptom severityMale control participantsEmission tomographyCerebellar gray matterNeuropsychological measuresTau positron emission tomographyExecutive functionSymptom severityBrain regionsEntorhinal cortexRepetitive head impactsP-tauReference regionFormer playersRepetitive head impact exposureMale controls
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
2021
In vivo and neuropathology data support locus coeruleus integrity as indicator of Alzheimer’s disease pathology and cognitive decline
Jacobs H, Becker J, Kwong K, Engels-Domínguez N, Prokopiou P, Papp K, Properzi M, Hampton O, d'Oleire Uquillas F, Sanchez J, Rentz D, El Fakhri G, Normandin M, Price J, Bennett D, Sperling R, Johnson K. In vivo and neuropathology data support locus coeruleus integrity as indicator of Alzheimer’s disease pathology and cognitive decline. Science Translational Medicine 2021, 13: eabj2511. PMID: 34550726, PMCID: PMC8641759, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abj2511.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLC integrityLongitudinal cognitive measuresCognitive measuresLocus coeruleusIndicators of Alzheimer's disease pathologyLocus coeruleus integrityMedial temporal lobeTangle densityRush Memory and Aging ProjectBraak stageMemory and Aging ProjectHyperphosphorylated tau aggregatesAlzheimer's diseaseB-amyloidAD-related processesMemory declineCognitive dysfunctionDisease pathologyCognitive trajectoriesTemporal lobeLC neuronsPostmortem correlationsCognitive declineEntorhinal cortexPreclinical AD
2020
Tracking the origin of tau spread in the brain
Jacobs H, Becker A, Kwong K, Uquillas F, Papp K, Properzi M, Rentz D, Fakhri G, Sperling R, Johnson K. Tracking the origin of tau spread in the brain. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2020, 16 DOI: 10.1002/alz.037501.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEntorhinal cortexMemory declineLocus coeruleusHarvard Aging Brain StudyPosterior cingulate cortexProspective memory declineAD-related cognitive declineMedial temporal lobeAging Brain StudyTau spreadingAlzheimer's diseaseCingulate cortexLimbic regionsNeuropsychological assessmentCingulate regionsTau PET imagingLC integrityCognitive changesTau accumulationMediation analysisTemporal lobeEntorhinal tauIncreased ABCognitive declineBrain studies