Associations Between Brainstem Volume and Alzheimer's Disease Pathology in Middle-Aged Individuals of the Framingham Heart Study

Heidi I.L. Jacobs, Adrienne O'donnell, Claudia L. Satizabal, Cristina Lois, Daniel Kojis, Bernard J. Hanseeuw, Emma Thibault, Justin S. Sanchez, Rachel F. Buckley, Qiong Yang, Charles Decarli, Ron Killiany, Muralidharan Sargurupremraj, Reisa A. Sperling, Keith A. Johnson, Alexa S. Beiser, Sudha Seshadri

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The brainstem is among the first regions to accumulate Alzheimer's disease (AD)-related hyperphosphorylated tau pathology during aging. We aimed to examine associations between brainstem volume and neocortical amyloid-β or tau pathology in 271 middle-aged clinically normal individuals of the Framingham Heart Study who underwent MRI and PET imaging. Lower volume of the medulla, pons, or midbrain was associated with greater neocortical amyloid burden. No associations were detected between brainstem volumes and tau deposition. Our results support the hypothesis that lower brainstem volumes are associated with initial AD-related processes and may signal preclinical AD pathology.

Idioma originalEnglish (US)
Páginas (desde-hasta)1603-1609
Número de páginas7
PublicaciónJournal of Alzheimer's Disease
Volumen86
N.º4
DOI
EstadoPublished - 2022

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Neuroscience
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Geriatrics and Gerontology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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