scholarly journals Adverse Effects of the Apolipoprotein E ε4 Allele on Episodic Memory, Task Switching and Gray Matter Volume in Healthy Young Adults

Author(s):  
Jianfei Nao ◽  
Hongzan Sun ◽  
Qiushi Wang ◽  
Shuang Ma ◽  
Shuo Zhang ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 168 ◽  
pp. S209
Author(s):  
Jing Yan ◽  
Wenjuan Li ◽  
Tingting Zhang ◽  
Junjun Zhang ◽  
Zhenlan Jin ◽  
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NeuroImage ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. T66-T71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akemi Tomoda ◽  
Hanako Suzuki ◽  
Keren Rabi ◽  
Yi-Shin Sheu ◽  
Ann Polcari ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 85 (10) ◽  
pp. S160-S161
Author(s):  
Valeria Tretyak ◽  
Dylan Kirsch ◽  
Sepeadeh Radpour ◽  
Wade Weber ◽  
Stephen Strakowski ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akihiro Takamiya ◽  
Thomas Vande Casteele ◽  
Michel Koole ◽  
François-Laurent De Winter ◽  
Filip Bouckaert ◽  
...  

AbstractLate-life depression (LLD) is associated with a risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, the role of AD-pathophysiology in LLD, and its association with clinical symptoms and cognitive function are elusive. In this study, one hundred subjects underwent amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with [18F]-flutemetamol and structural MRI: 48 severely depressed elderly subjects (age 74.1 ± 7.5 years, 33 female) and 52 age-/gender-matched healthy controls (72.4 ± 6.4 years, 37 female). The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) were used to assess the severity of depressive symptoms and episodic memory function respectively. Amyloid deposition was quantified using the standardized uptake value ratio. Whole-brain voxel-wise comparisons of amyloid deposition and gray matter volume (GMV) between LLD and controls were performed. Multivariate analysis of covariance was conducted to investigate the association of regional differences in amyloid deposition and GMV with clinical factors, including GDS and RAVLT. As a result, there were no significant group differences in amyloid deposition. In contrast, LLD showed significant lower GMV in the left temporal and parietal region. GMV reduction in the left temporal region was associated with episodic memory dysfunction, but not with depression severity. Regional GMV reduction was not associated with amyloid deposition. LLD is associated with lower GMV in regions that overlap with AD-pathophysiology, and which are associated with episodic memory function. The lack of corresponding associations with amyloid suggests that lower GMV driven by non-amyloid pathology may play a central role in the neurobiology of LLD presenting as a psychiatric disorder.Trial registration: European Union Drug Regulating Authorities Clinical Trials identifier: EudraCT 2009-018064-95.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Malekzadeh ◽  
Alireza Kashani

AbstractAlthough, asymmetry is a central organizational aspect of human brain, it has not been clearly described yet. Here, we have studied structural brain asymmetry in 1113 young adults using data obtained from Human Connectome Project. A significant rightward asymmetry in mean global cerebral cortical thickness, surface area and gray matter volume as well as volumes of cerebral white matter, cerebellar cortex and white matter, hippocampus, putamen, caudate nucleus, nucleus accumbens and amygdala was observed. Thalamus showed a leftward asymmetry. Regionally, most cerebral cortical regions show a significant rightward asymmetry in thickness. However, cortical surface area and gray matter volume are more evenly distributed between two hemispheres with almost half of the regions showing a leftward asymmetry. In addition, a strong correlation between cortical surface area and gray matter volume as well as their asymmetry indices was noted which results in concordant asymmetry patterns between cortical surface area and gray matter volume in most cortical regions.


Alcohol ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 89-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noora Heikkinen ◽  
Olli Kärkkäinen ◽  
Eila Laukkanen ◽  
Virve Kekkonen ◽  
Outi Kaarre ◽  
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