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Amyloid β influences the relationship between cortical thickness and vascular load

Parker, TD; Cash, DM; Lane, CA; Lu, K; Malone, IB; Nicholas, JM; James, S; ... Schott, JM; + view all (2020) Amyloid β influences the relationship between cortical thickness and vascular load. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring , 12 (1) , Article e12022. 10.1002/dad2.12022. Green open access

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Abstract

Introduction Cortical thickness has been proposed as a biomarker of Alzheimer's disease (AD)– related neurodegeneration, but the nature of its relationship with amyloid beta (Aβ) deposition and white matter hyperintensity volume (WMHV) in cognitively normal adults is unclear. Methods We investigated the influences of Aβ status (negative/positive) and WMHV on cortical thickness in 408 cognitively normal adults aged 69.2 to 71.9 years who underwent 18F‐Florbetapir positron emission tomography (PET) and structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Two previously defined Alzheimer's disease (AD) cortical signature regions and the major cortical lobes were selected as regions of interest (ROIs) for cortical thickness. Results Higher WMHV, but not Aβ status, predicted lower cortical thickness across all participants, in all ROIs. Conversely, when Aβ‐positive participants were considered alone, higher WMHV predicted higher cortical thickness in a temporal AD‐signature region. Discussion WMHV may differentially influence cortical thickness depending on the presence or absence of Aβ, potentially reflecting different pathological mechanisms.

Type: Article
Title: Amyloid β influences the relationship between cortical thickness and vascular load
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1002/dad2.12022
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12022
Language: English
Additional information: This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid, biomarker, cognitively normal, cortical thickness, MRC National Survey of Health and Development, neurodegeneration, white matter hyperintensities
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Brain Repair and Rehabilitation
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Neurodegenerative Diseases
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science > Population Science and Experimental Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science > Population Science and Experimental Medicine > MRC Unit for Lifelong Hlth and Ageing
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10095754
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