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Memory performance-related dynamic brain connectivity indicates pathological burden and genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease

Overview of attention for article published in Alzheimer's Research & Therapy, March 2017
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Title
Memory performance-related dynamic brain connectivity indicates pathological burden and genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease
Published in
Alzheimer's Research & Therapy, March 2017
DOI 10.1186/s13195-017-0249-7
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Authors

Frances C. Quevenco, Maria G. Preti, Jiri M. G. van Bergen, Jun Hua, Michael Wyss, Xu Li, Simon J. Schreiner, Stefanie C. Steininger, Rafael Meyer, Irene B. Meier, Adam M. Brickman, Sandra E. Leh, Anton F. Gietl, Alfred Buck, Roger M. Nitsch, Klaas P. Pruessmann, Peter C. M. van Zijl, Christoph Hock, Dimitri Van De Ville, Paul G. Unschuld

Abstract

The incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) strongly relates to advanced age and progressive deposition of cerebral amyloid-beta (Aβ), hyperphosphorylated tau, and iron. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between cerebral dynamic functional connectivity and variability of long-term cognitive performance in healthy, elderly subjects, allowing for local pathology and genetic risk. Thirty seven participants (mean (SD) age 74 (6.0) years, Mini-Mental State Examination 29.0 (1.2)) were dichotomized based on repeated neuropsychological test performance within 2 years. Cerebral Aβ was measured by (11)C Pittsburgh Compound-B positron emission tomography, and iron by quantitative susceptibility mapping magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at an ultra-high field strength of 7 Tesla (7T). Dynamic functional connectivity patterns were investigated by resting-state functional MRI at 7T and tested for interactive effects with genetic AD risk (apolipoprotein E (ApoE)-ε4 carrier status). A relationship between low episodic memory and a lower expression of anterior-posterior connectivity was seen (F(9,27) = 3.23, p < 0.008), moderated by ApoE-ε4 (F(9,27) = 2.22, p < 0.005). Inherent node-strength was related to local iron (F(5,30) = 13.2; p < 0.022). Our data indicate that altered dynamic anterior-posterior brain connectivity is a characteristic of low memory performance in the subclinical range and genetic risk for AD in the elderly. As the observed altered brain network properties are associated with increased local iron, our findings may reflect secondary neuronal changes due to pathologic processes including oxidative stress.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 101 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 18 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 14%
Student > Bachelor 10 10%
Student > Master 9 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 7%
Other 14 14%
Unknown 29 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 17 17%
Neuroscience 17 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 9 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 4%
Sports and Recreations 3 3%
Other 15 15%
Unknown 36 36%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 April 2017.
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#4,210,528
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Outputs from Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
#916
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Outputs of similar age
#75,349
of 309,400 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
#21
of 28 outputs
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