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Date: | 2023 |
Abstract: | Background: Basal forebrain (BF) degeneration occurs in Down syndrome (DS)-associated Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the dynamics of BF atrophy with age and disease progression, its impact on cognition, and its relationship with AD biomarkers have not been studied in DS. Methods: We included 234 adults with DS (150 asymptomatic, 38 prodromal AD, and 46 AD dementia) and 147 euploid controls. BF volumes were extracted from T-weighted magnetic resonance images using a stereotactic atlas in SPM12. We assessed BF volume changes with age and along the clinical AD continuum and their relationship to cognitive performance, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma amyloid/tau/neurodegeneration biomarkers, and hippocampal volume. Results: In DS, BF volumes decreased with age and along the clinical AD continuum and significantly correlated with amyloid, tau, and neurofilament light chain changes in CSF and plasma, hippocampal volume, and cognitive performance. Discussion: BF atrophy is a potentially valuable neuroimaging biomarker of AD-related cholinergic neurodegeneration in DS. |
Grants: | Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad 71320 European Commission. Horizon 2020 965422 European Commission 101053962 European Commission 681712 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad PI14/1561 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad PI16/01825 Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI18/00335 Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI18/00435 Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI20/00613 Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI20/01330 Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI20/01473 Instituto de Salud Carlos III FI18/00275 Instituto de Salud Carlos III FI22/00077 European Commission 681712 European Commission 101053962 European Commission 860197 European Commission. Horizon 2020 2020/860197 Generalitat de Catalunya IIBSP-DOW-2020-151 |
Note: | Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB |
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Language: | Anglès |
Document: | Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
Subject: | Alzheimer's disease ; Basal forebrain ; Biomarkers ; Cholinergic ; Down syndrome ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; Neuroimaging ; Volumetry |
Published in: | Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2023 , ISSN 1552-5279 |
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