1. Sex Differences of Longitudinal Brain Changes in Cognitively Unimpaired Adults.
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Falcon C, Grau-Rivera O, Suárez-Calvet M, Bosch B, Sánchez-Valle R, Arenaza-Urquijo EM, González-de-Echavarri JM, Gispert JD, Rami L, and Molinuevo JL
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- Aged, Alzheimer Disease pathology, Atrophy, Biomarkers cerebrospinal fluid, Brain metabolism, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Peptide Fragments cerebrospinal fluid, Pilot Projects, Sex Characteristics, Amyloid beta-Peptides cerebrospinal fluid, Brain pathology, tau Proteins cerebrospinal fluid
- Abstract
Background: There is increasing evidence that AD progression differs by sex., Objective: The aim of this work was to determine sex differences in the association of baseline levels of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers (Aβ42, p-tau, YKL-40, sTREM2) with longitudinal brain changes in cognitively unimpaired (CU) older adults., Methods: This pilot study included 36 CU subjects (age 66.5±5.5, 12 male) scanned twice, two years apart. Using a voxel-wise analysis, we determined the sex differences in the association maps between CSF biomarkers and atrophy rates., Results: We did not find differences related to Aβ42. We found a greater impact of the rest of CSF biomarkers in areas of the Papez circuit in women versus men. Men showed greater involvement in lateral parietal and paracentral areas., Discussion: Results suggest an early differential progression of brain atrophy between sexes. Further research will elucidate whether the mechanisms responsible for sex-specific atrophy patterns are biological and/or environmental.
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- 2020
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