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Relationship between cerebrospinal fluid neurodegeneration biomarkers and temporal brain atrophy in cognitively healthy older adults

Vidal-Piñeiro, D; Sørensen, Ø; Blennow, K; Capogna, E; Halaas, NB; Idland, AV; Mowinckel, AM; ... Fjell, AM; + view all (2022) Relationship between cerebrospinal fluid neurodegeneration biomarkers and temporal brain atrophy in cognitively healthy older adults. Neurobiology of Aging 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2022.04.010. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

It is unclear whether cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers of neurodegeneration predict brain atrophy in cognitively healthy older adults, whether these associations can be explained by phosphorylated tau181 (p-tau) and the 42 amino acid form of amyloid-ꞵ (Aꞵ42) biomarkers, and which neural substrates may drive these associations. We addressed these questions in two samples of cognitively healthy older adults who underwent longitudinal structural MRI up to 7 years and had baseline CSF levels of heart-type fatty-acid binding protein [FABP3], total-tau, neurogranin, and neurofilament light [NFL] (n=189, scans=721). The results showed that NFL, total-tau, and FABP3 predicted entorhinal thinning and hippocampal atrophy. Brain atrophy was not moderated by Aꞵ42 and the associations between NFL and FABP3 with brain atrophy were independent of p-tau. The spatial pattern of cortical atrophy associated with the biomarkers overlapped with neurogenetic profiles associated with expression in the axonal (total-tau, NFL) and dendritic (neurogranin) components. CSF biomarkers of neurodegeneration are useful for predicting specific features of brain atrophy in older adults, independently of amyloid and tau pathology biomarkers.

Type: Article
Title: Relationship between cerebrospinal fluid neurodegeneration biomarkers and temporal brain atrophy in cognitively healthy older adults
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2022.04.010
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2022.04.0...
Language: English
Additional information: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. under a Creative Commons license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: Cognitively healthy older adults, neurodegeneration biomarkers, FABP3, neurogranin, NFL, CSF
UCL classification: 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 > Neurodegenerative Diseases
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10147750
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