Relationships Between Performance On The Cogstate Brief Battery, Neurodegeneration, And aβ Accumulation In Cognitively Normal Older Adults And Adults With MCI
Authors/Creators
Abstract
We investigated the extent to which decline in memory and working memory in beta-amyloid (Aβ) positive non-demented individuals was related to hippocampal atrophy and Aβ accumulation over 36 months. Cognitively normal older adults (CN) (n = 178) and adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) (n = 49) underwent positron emission tomography neuroimaging, magnetic resonance imaging, and cognitive assessments at baseline, 18- and 36-months. Relative to Aβ- CNs, Aβ+ CNs and Aβ+ MCIs showed greater rates of cognitive decline, Aβ accumulation, and hippocampal atrophy. Analysis of interrelationships between these Alzheimer's disease markers in Aβ+ CNs and MCIs indicated that rate of Aβ accumulation was associated with rate of hippocampal atrophy (β = -0.05, p =.037), which was in turn associated independently with rate of decline in memory (β = -0.03, p =.032). This suggests that Aβ accumulation precedes any neurodegeneration or clinical symptoms, and that the relationship between Aβ and cognitive decline is mediated by hippocampal atrophy.
Keywords
Episodic memory; Hippocampal volume; MCI; Neuropsychological assessment; Preclinical AD; β-amyloid
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
2015
Faculty
Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science
Publisher
Oxford University Press
School
School of Medical Sciences / Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care
RAS ID
18823
Copyright
free_to_read
Comments
Lim, Y. Y., Pietrzak, R. H., Bourgeat, P., Ames, D., Ellis, K. A., Rembach, A., ... & Masters, C. L. (2015). Relationships between performance on the Cogstate Brief Battery, neurodegeneration, and Aβ accumulation in cognitively normal older adults and adults with MCI. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 30(1), 49-58. Available here