1. The effects of normal aging on amyloid-β deposition in nondemented adults with Down syndrome as imaged by carbon 11-labeled Pittsburgh compound B.
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Lao PJ, Betthauser TJ, Hillmer AT, Price JC, Klunk WE, Mihaila I, Higgins AT, Bulova PD, Hartley SL, Hardison R, Tumuluru RV, Murali D, Mathis CA, Cohen AD, Barnhart TE, Devenny DA, Mailick MR, Johnson SC, Handen BL, and Christian BT
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- Adult, Aniline Compounds, Apolipoproteins E genetics, Carbon Radioisotopes, Cohort Studies, Down Syndrome genetics, Female, Humans, Linear Models, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Positron-Emission Tomography, Radiopharmaceuticals, Thiazoles, Aging metabolism, Brain diagnostic imaging, Brain metabolism, Down Syndrome diagnostic imaging, Down Syndrome metabolism
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Introduction: In Down syndrome (DS), the overproduction of amyloid precursor protein is hypothesized to predispose young adults to early expression of Alzheimer-like neuropathology., Methods: PET imaging with carbon 11-labeled Pittsburgh compound B examined the pattern of amyloid-β deposition in 68 nondemented adults with DS (30-53 years) to determine the relationship between deposition and normal aging. Standard uptake value ratio (SUVR) images were created with cerebellar gray matter as the reference region., Results: Multiple linear regression revealed slight but highly significant (corrected P < .05) positive correlations between SUVR and age. The striatum showed the strongest correlation, followed by precuneus, parietal cortex, anterior cingulate, frontal cortex, and temporal cortex., Conclusion: There is an age-related amyloid-β deposition in the DS population, but as a pattern of elevated cortical retention becomes apparent, the correlation of SUVR with age ceases to be significant. Factors unrelated to aging may drive an increase in deposition during early Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis., (Copyright © 2016 The Alzheimer's Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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