White matter hyperintensity longitudinal morphometric analysis in association with Alzheimer disease

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INTRODUCTION: Vascular damage in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has shown conflicting findings particularly when analyzing longitudinal data. We introduce white matter hyperintensity (WMH) longitudinal morphometric analysis (WLMA) that quantifies WMH expansion as the distance from lesion voxels to a region of interest boundary.

METHODS: WMH segmentation maps were derived from 270 longitudinal fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) ADNI images. WLMA was performed on five data-driven WMH patterns with distinct spatial distributions. Amyloid accumulation was evaluated with WMH expansion across the five WMH patterns.

RESULTS: The preclinical group had significantly greater expansion in the posterior ventricular WM compared to controls. Amyloid significantly associated with frontal WMH expansion primarily within AD individuals. WLMA outperformed WMH volume changes for classifying AD from controls primarily in periventricular and posterior WMH.

DISCUSSION: These data support the concept that localized WMH expansion continues to proliferate with amyloid accumulation throughout the entirety of the disease in distinct spatial locations.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association - 19(2023), 10 vom: 10. Okt., Seite 4488-4497

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Strain, Jeremy Fuller [VerfasserIn]
Phuah, Chia-Ling [VerfasserIn]
Adeyemo, Babatunde [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Kathleen [VerfasserIn]
Womack, Kyle B [VerfasserIn]
McCarthy, John [VerfasserIn]
Goyal, Manu [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yasheng [VerfasserIn]
Sotiras, Aristeidis [VerfasserIn]
An, Hongyu [VerfasserIn]
Xiong, Chengjie [VerfasserIn]
Scharf, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Newsom-Stewart, Catherine [VerfasserIn]
Morris, John Carl [VerfasserIn]
Benzinger, Tammie Lee Smith [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jin-Moo [VerfasserIn]
Ances, Beau M [VerfasserIn]
Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

AD
Journal Article
Longitudinal
Preclinical
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
WLMA
WMH

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Date Completed 12.10.2023

Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/alz.13377

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360634125