Tau pathology mediates age effects on medial temporal lobe structure
(2022) In Neurobiology of Aging 109. p.135-144- Abstract
Hippocampal atrophy is endemic in ‘normal aging’ but it is unclear what factors drive age-related changes in medial temporal lobe (MTL) structural measures. We investigated cross-sectional (n = 191) and longitudinal (n = 164) MTL atrophy patterns in cognitively normal older adults from ADNI-GO/2 with no to low cerebral β-amyloid and assessed whether white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) phospho tau (p-tau) levels can explain age-related changes in the MTL. Age was significantly associated with hippocampal volumes and Brodmann Area (BA) 35 thickness, regions affected early by neurofibrillary tangle pathology, in the cross-sectional analysis and with anterior and/or posterior hippocampus, entorhinal cortex and... (More)
Hippocampal atrophy is endemic in ‘normal aging’ but it is unclear what factors drive age-related changes in medial temporal lobe (MTL) structural measures. We investigated cross-sectional (n = 191) and longitudinal (n = 164) MTL atrophy patterns in cognitively normal older adults from ADNI-GO/2 with no to low cerebral β-amyloid and assessed whether white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) phospho tau (p-tau) levels can explain age-related changes in the MTL. Age was significantly associated with hippocampal volumes and Brodmann Area (BA) 35 thickness, regions affected early by neurofibrillary tangle pathology, in the cross-sectional analysis and with anterior and/or posterior hippocampus, entorhinal cortex and BA35 in the longitudinal analysis. CSF p-tau was significantly associated with hippocampal volumes and atrophy rates. Mediation analyses showed that CSF p-tau levels partially mediated age effects on hippocampal atrophy rates. No significant associations were observed for WMHs. These findings point toward a role of tau pathology, potentially reflecting Primary Age-Related Tauopathy, in age-related MTL structural changes and suggests a potential role for tau-targeted interventions in age-associated neurodegeneration and memory decline.
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- Wisse, Laura EM LU ; Xie, Long ; Das, Sandhitsu R. ; de Flores, Robin ; Hansson, Oskar LU ; Habes, Mohamad ; Doshi, Jimit ; Davatzikos, Christos ; Yushkevich, Paul A. and Wolk, David A.
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- organization
- publishing date
- 2022-01-01
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Aging, Longitudinal, Medial temporal lobe, Phospho-tau, Primary age-related tauopathy, White matter hyperintensities
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- Neurobiology of Aging
- volume
- 109
- pages
- 10 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
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- pmid:34740075
- scopus:85117960778
- ISSN
- 0197-4580
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.09.017
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 802fd269-16f9-462c-be31-5724abb7344e
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- 2021-11-22 15:40:23
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