Journal article
Relationships Between Performance on the Cogstate Brief Battery, Neurodegeneration, and A beta Accumulation in Cognitively Normal Older Adults and Adults with MCI
Yen Ying Lim, Robert H Pietrzak, Pierrick Bourgeat, David Ames, Kathryn A Ellis, Alan Rembach, Karra Harrington, Olivier Salvado, Ralph N Martins, Peter J Snyder, Colin L Masters, Christopher C Rowe, Victor L Villemagne, Paul Maruff
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | Published : 2015
Abstract
We investigated the extent to which decline in memory and working memory in beta-amyloid (Aβ) positive non-demented individuals was related to hippocampal atrophy and Aβ accumulation over 36 months. Cognitively normal older adults (CN) (n = 178) and adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) (n = 49) underwent positron emission tomography neuroimaging, magnetic resonance imaging, and cognitive assessments at baseline, 18- and 36-months. Relative to Aβ- CNs, Aβ+ CNs and Aβ+ MCIs showed greater rates of cognitive decline, Aβ accumulation, and hippocampal atrophy. Analysis of interrelationships between these Alzheimer's disease markers in Aβ+ CNs and MCIs indicated that rate of Aβ accumulation..
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