Longitudinal stability of medial temporal lobe connectivity is associated with tau-related memory decline
- Elaine C. Hubbard Center for Nursing Research on Aging, School of Nursing, University of Rochester Medical Center, United States
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center, United States
- Department of Imaging Sciences, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, United States
- Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center, United States
- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center, United States
- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, United States
- School of Medicine, Stanford University, United States
Figures
Figure 1 with 1 supplement
Regions of interests.
(A) Regions of interests are identified based on the Desikan-Killiany Atlas and visualized with the BrainNet Viewer (Xia et al., 2013). The medial temporal lobe (MTL) includes bilateral entorhinal …
Figure 1—figure supplement 1
Average mean diffusivity (MD) matrices for each group at each time point.
Please note that the white color indicates that no streamline was generated between the region of interest pairs in any of the participants within the group.
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Figure 1—figure supplement 1—source data 1
Average mean diffusivity (MD) matrices for each group at each time point.
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Figure 2 with 1 supplement
Relationship between baseline CSF Ptau and MTL structural stability.
(A) Structural stability within MTL, MTL-AT, and MTL-PM for CN Ptau– (blue), CN Ptau+ (orange), and MCI Ptau+ (red) groups. Asterisk represents significant group comparison. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; …
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Figure 2—source data 1
Group comparisons.
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Figure 2—figure supplement 1
Group comparisons without the exclusion of eight participants.
Figure 3
The effect of age (A), CSF Aβ pathology (B), and neurodegeneration (C) on the structural stability within MTL, MTL-AT, and MTL-PM in the whole sample.
N: neurodegeneration; higher values indicate greater cortical thickness and lower severity in neurodegeneration.
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Figure 3—source data 1
The effect of covariates on the structural stability in the whole sample.
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Figure 4
The effect of age (A), CSF Aβ pathology (B), and neurodegeneration (C) on the relationship between baseline CSF Ptau levels and the structural stability within MTL, MTL-AT, and MTL-PM in the whole sample.
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Figure 4—source data 1
The effect of covariates on the relationship between Ptau and structural stability.
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Figure 5
MTL structural stability predicts episodic memory.
(A) Relationship of average episodic memory over 5 years and the structural stability in the whole sample. (B) Relationship of episodic memory decline rate and the structural stability in the whole …
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Figure 5—source data 1
MTL structural stability predicts episodic memory.
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Figure 6
The moderating effect of medial temporal lobe (MTL) structural stability on the relationship between Ptau and rate of memory change.
The plot shows how structural stability within MTL affected the relationship between Ptau and rate of memory change. Participants were divided into terciles based on their MTL stability. The lowest …
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Figure 6—source data 1
MTL structural stability moderates the relationship between Ptau and memory change.
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Tables
Table 1
Baseline characteristics.
| CN Ptau– (n = 26) | CN Ptau+ (n = 18) | MCI Ptau+ (n = 30) | T, F, or χ2 tests, df1, df2, (p) | |
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| Age baseline, mean (SD) | 74.0 (4.63) | 74.8 (6.04) | 73.9 (7.34) | 0.14, 2, 71 (0.87) |
| Age baseline ≥ 75, N (%) | 12 (46.2) | 8 (44.4) | 15 (50.0) | 0.16, 2 (0.92) |
| Male, N (%) | 11 (42.3) | 7 (38.9) | 18 (60.0) | 2.65, 2 (0.27) |
| Education, mean (SD) | 16.69 (2.57) | 17.28 (2.42) | 15.67 (2.35) | 2.68, 2, 71 (0.08) |
| APOEε4 carrier, N (%) | 5 (19.2)a | 7 (38.8)a | 22 (73.3)b | 14.79, 2 (<0.001) |
| CSF Ptau baseline, mean (SD) | 15.8 (4.30)a | 29.0 (7.63)b | 38.0 (12.34)c | 41.58, 2, 71 (<0.001) |
| CSF Aβ baseline, mean (SD) | 1231.1 (571.89)a | 1396.2 (690.95)a | 890.7 (383.11)b | 5.63, 2, 71 (0.005) |
| CSF Aβ-positive baseline, N (%) | 9 (34.6)a | 7 (38.9)a | 22 (73.3)b | 9.84, 2 (0.007) |
| Neurodegeneration baseline, mean (SD) | 2.97 (0.11)a | 2.89 (0.17)a | 2.77 (0.20)b | 9.68, 2, 71 (<0.001) |
| Neurodegeneration-positive baseline, N (%) | 2 (7.69)a | 3 (16.67)a | 14 (46.67)b | 12.10, 2 (0.002) |
| Episodic memory baseline, mean (SD) | 0.75 (0.81)a | 0.67 (0.79)a | 0.14 (0.84)b | 4.60, 2, 71 (0.013) |
| MOCA baseline, mean (SD) | 25.92 (2.07)a | 25.89 (2.54)a | 21.67 (2.17)b | 32.17, 2, 71 (<0.001) |
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Note: CN, cognitively normal; MCI, amnestic mild cognitive impairment; APOEε4, apolipoprotein E ε4; SD, standard deviation; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; Aβ, beta-amyloid-(1–42); Ptau, phosphorylated tau; MOCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment. a, b, c represents the post hoc comparison difference from the F-test or χ2 test. Bold values indicate p < 0.05.
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Table 1—source data 1
Baseline characteristics.
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Table 2
Dichotomized mean MD and stability of MTL.
| Mean MD of MTL at year 0 | Mean MD of MTL at year 2 | Stability of MTL | CN Ptau– (N = 26) | CN Ptau+ (N = 18) | MCI Ptau+ (N = 30) |
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| High | High | Stable | 8 (30.8%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (13.3%) |
| High | Low | Stable | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (10.0%) |
| Low | High | Stable | 6 (23.1%) | 1 (5.6%) | 0 (0%) |
| Low | Low | Stable | 4 (15.4%) | 7 (38.9%) | 4 (13.3%) |
| High | High | Instable | 2 (7.6%) | 6 (33.3%) | 4 (13.3%) |
| High | Low | Instable | 0 (0%) | 2 (11.1%) | 8 (26.7%) |
| Low | High | Instable | 3 (11.5%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (10.0%) |
| Low | Low | Instable | 3 (11.5%) | 2 (11.1%) | 4 (13.3%) |
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Note: Mean MD is the averaged MD across all connections within MTL. MD, mean diffusivity; MTL, medial temporal lobe.
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Table 2—source data 1
Dichotomized mean MD and stability of MTL.
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