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Title: Increased Cortical Thickness and Caudate Volume Precede Atrophy in PSEN1 Mutation Carriers
Author: Fortea Ormaechea, Juan
Sala Llonch, Roser
Bartrés Faz, David
Bosch, Beatriz
Lladó Plarrumaní, Albert
Bargalló Alabart, Núria​
Molinuevo, José Luis
Sánchez del Valle Díaz, Raquel
Keywords: Malaltia d'Alzheimer
Mutació (Biologia)
Alzheimer's disease
Mutation (Biology)
Issue Date: 25-Nov-2010
Publisher: IOS Press
Abstract: Neuroimaging studies of familial Alzheimer's disease allow investigation of the disease process before clinical onset. We performed semi-automated MRI analysis to evaluate cortical thickness (CTh), grey matter (GM) volumes, and GM diffusivity indexes in PSEN1 mutation carriers (MC). We recruited 11 MC from 4 families with PSEN1 mutations (L286P, M139T, K239N) and 6 familial and 12 non-familial healthy controls. MC were classified as either asymptomatic (n=6) or symptomatic (n=5). Subjects underwent structural and diffusion-weighted 3-Tesla MRI scanning. CTh and GM volumes of subcortical structures and diffusivity indexes were calculated and group comparisons were performed. Structural images were reanalyzed with voxel-based morphometry methodology. Cerebrospinal fluid amyloid-β1-42 levels (Aβ) were measured. We found that symptomatic MC presented widespread cortical thinning, especially in precuneus and parietotemporal areas (p<0.01) and increased mean diffusivity (MD) in these areas compared to controls. Unexpectedly, asymptomatic MC, 9.9 years prior to the predicted age of disease onset, presented increased CTh in the precuneus and parietotemporal areas (p<0.01), increased caudate volumes (p<0.01), and decreased MD (p<0.05) in these areas compared to HC. In MC, CTh correlated with adjusted age. Aβ values were within normal limits in AMC. In conclusion, at early preclinical stages, CTh in the precuneus and parietotemporal regions and caudate volume increase in PSEN1 MC and decrease thereafter with disease progression. The different trends in MD in asymptomatic and symptomatic MC suggest that different microstructural changes underlie the contrasting morphometric findings. Reactive neuronal hypertrophy or/and inflammation may account for increased CTh and decreased MD in asymptomatic MC.
Note: Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-2010-100678
It is part of: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2010, vol. 22, num. 3, p. 909-922
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/163160
Related resource: https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-2010-100678
ISSN: 1387-2877
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