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Asymmetric thinning of the cerebral cortex across the adult lifespan is accelerated in Alzheimer’s disease
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Aging and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are associated with progressive brain disorganization. Although structural asymmetry is an organizing feature of the cerebral cortex it is unknown whether continuous age- and AD-related cortical degradation alters cortical asymmetry. Here, in multiple longitudinal adult lifespan cohorts we show that higher-order cortical regions exhibiting pronounced asymmetry at age ~20 also show progressive asymmetry-loss across the adult lifespan. Hence, accelerated thinning of the (previously) thicker homotopic hemisphere is a feature of aging. This organizational principle showed high consistency across cohorts in the Lifebrain consortium, and both the topological patterns and temporal dynamics of asymmetry-loss were markedly similar across replicating samples. Asymmetry-change was further accelerated in AD. Results suggest a system-wide dedifferentiation of the adaptive asymmetric organization of heteromodal cortex in aging and AD.<br />Correction: Roe, J.M., Vidal-Piñeiro, D., Sørensen, Ø. et al. Author Correction: Asymmetric thinning of the cerebral cortex across the adult lifespan is accelerated in Alzheimer’s disease. Nat Commun 13, 834 (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28514-2
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- Database :
- OAIster
- Notes :
- application/pdf, English
- Publication Type :
- Electronic Resource
- Accession number :
- edsoai.on1285637785
- Document Type :
- Electronic Resource
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038.s41467-021-21057-y