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Title: A[Beta] Deposits in Older Non-Demented Individuals with Cognitive Decline Are Indicative of Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease
Language: English
Authors: Villemagne, V. L., Pike, K. E., Darby, D., Maruff, P., Savage, G., Ng, S., Ackermann, U., Cowie, T. F., Currie, J., Chan, S. G., Jones, G., Tochon-Danguy, H., O'Keefe, G., Masters, C. L., Rowe, C. C.
Source: Neuropsychologia. May 2008 46(6):1688-1697.
Availability: Elsevier. 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, FL 32887-4800. Tel: 877-839-7126; Tel: 407-345-4020; Fax: 407-363-1354; e-mail: usjcs@elsevier.com; Web site: http://www.elsevier.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 10
Publication Date: 2008
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Cognitive Tests, Older Adults, Memory, Neurological Impairments, Predictor Variables, Brain, Diagnostic Tests, Foreign Countries, Aging (Individuals)
Geographic Terms: Australia
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.02.008
ISSN: 0028-3932
Abstract: Approximately 30% of healthy persons aged over 75 years show A[beta] deposition at autopsy. It is postulated that this represents preclinical Alzheimer's disease (AD). We evaluated the relationship between A[beta] burden as assessed by PiB PET and cognitive decline in a well-characterized, non-demented, elderly cohort. PiB PET studies and cognitive tests were performed on 34 elderly participants (age 73 [plus or minus] 6) from the longitudinal Melbourne Healthy Aging Study (MHAS). Subjects were classified as being cognitively "stable" or "declining" by an independent behavioural neurologist based on clinical assessment and serial word-list recall scores from the preceding 6-10 years. Decline was calculated from the slope of the word-list recall scores. A[beta] burden was quantified using Standardized Uptake Value normalized to cerebellar cortex. Ten subjects were clinically classified as declining. At the time of the PET scans, three of the declining subjects had mild cognitive impairment, one had AD, and six were declining but remained within the normal range for age on cognitive tests. Declining subjects were much more likely to show cortical PiB binding than stable subjects (70% vs. 17%, respectively). Neocortical A[beta] burden correlated with word-list recall slopes (r = -0.78) and memory function (r = -0.85) in the declining group. No correlations were observed in the stable group. A[beta] burden correlated with incident memory impairment and the rate of memory decline in the non-demented ageing population. These observations suggest that neither memory decline nor A[beta] deposition are part of normal ageing and likely represent preclinical AD. Further longitudinal observations are required to confirm this hypothesis. (Contains 4 tables and 4 figures.)
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