1. Cognitive changes of older adults with an equivocal amyloid load
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Bruno Vellas, Laure Saint-Aubert, Mapt, Julien Delrieu, Pierre Payoux, Kristell Pothier, Philipe de Souto Barreto, Claudie Hooper, Psychologie des âges de la vie et adaptation (PAVeA), Université de Tours (UT), Toulouse Neuro Imaging Center (ToNIC), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Hôpital Purpan [Toulouse], CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-CHU Toulouse [Toulouse], Epidémiologie et analyses en santé publique : risques, maladies chroniques et handicaps (LEASP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), CHU Toulouse [Toulouse], and Université de Tours
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Aging ,Amyloid ,Neurology ,Population ,Disease ,Neuropsychological Tests ,03 medical and health sciences ,Executive Function ,0302 clinical medicine ,Cognition ,Neuroimaging ,Memory ,medicine ,Humans ,Cognitive Dysfunction ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Cognitive decline ,education ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Neuroradiology ,Aged ,education.field_of_study ,Aniline Compounds ,business.industry ,[SCCO.NEUR]Cognitive science/Neuroscience ,Brain ,Executive functions ,Positron-Emission Tomography ,[SCCO.PSYC]Cognitive science/Psychology ,Observational study ,Ethylene Glycols ,Female ,[SDV.NEU]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC] ,Neurology (clinical) ,Radiopharmaceuticals ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Clinical psychology ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
Observational and interventional studies addressing the link between amyloid (Aβ) burden and cognitive decline are increasing, but a clear definition of amyloid positivity is still lacking. This may represent a great stake for therapeutic studies enrolling Aβ + patients only. The main objective of this study was to define a population with “equivocal” amyloid status, and evaluate their cognitive changes. Sixty-five participants over 75 years old, from the Control group of the interventional MAPT study, at risk to develop Alzheimer’s disease, were included. Participants were classified into three groups in terms of amyloid load: Aβ +, Aβ − and Equivocal participants (according to visual reading, global standardized uptake (SUVR) cut-offs, or a k-mean clustering method). The cognitive changes over time (memory, executive functions, attention and processing speed) of this Equivocal group were then compared to Aβ + and Aβ − participants. When classified by visual read, Equivocal participants’ memory scores were comparable to the Aβ- participants, and greater than in Aβ + participants over time. Secondary analyses, using SUVR cut-offs classification, showed different trajectories with Equivocal participants being comparable to the Aβ + participants, and lower than Aβ-, on executive performance over time. This original work pointed out a population that may be of great interest for interventional studies, raising the question of how amyloid status should be defined and integrated in such studies. These findings should be replicated in future studies on larger datasets, to confirm what methodological approach would be the most suitable to highlight this specific neuroimaging entity.
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- 2019
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