2024
Synaptic density patterns in early Alzheimer’s disease assessed by independent component analysis
Fang X, Raval N, O’Dell R, Naganawa M, Mecca A, Chen M, van Dyck C, Carson R. Synaptic density patterns in early Alzheimer’s disease assessed by independent component analysis. Brain Communications 2024, 6: fcae107. PMID: 38601916, PMCID: PMC11004947, DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcae107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedial temporal brain regionsAlzheimer's diseaseTemporal brain regionsCognitive deficitsBrain regionsCognitive impairmentPostmortem studiesBinds to SV2ASynaptic densityReduction of synaptic densityIndependent component analysisSynaptic lossAlzheimerDeficitsImpairmentBrainNeocortexComponent analysisPrimary pathologySV2A
2018
Sleep Disturbance and the Risk of Cognitive Decline or Clinical Conversion in the ADNI Cohort
Mecca AP, Michalak HR, McDonald JW, Kemp EC, Pugh EA, Becker ML, Mecca MC, van Dyck CH. Sleep Disturbance and the Risk of Cognitive Decline or Clinical Conversion in the ADNI Cohort. Dementia And Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 2018, 45: 232-242. PMID: 29886490, PMCID: PMC6178799, DOI: 10.1159/000488671.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMild cognitive impairmentCognitive declineSleep disturbancesSubsequent cognitive declineExecutive functionGlobal cognitionCognitionMCI participantsCognitive impairmentNormal cognitionEarly mild cognitive impairmentClinical conversionLongitudinal cohort studyYears of ageDiagnostic conversionADNI cohortCohort studyAlzheimer's diseaseSecondary analysisMemoryParticipantsImpairmentDeclineAdultsIndividuals