Asymmetric thinning of the cerebral cortex across the adult lifespan is accelerated in Alzheimer's disease
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Asymmetric thinning of the cerebral cortex across the adult lifespan is accelerated in Alzheimer's disease. / Roe, James M; Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Sørensen, Øystein; Brandmaier, Andreas M; Düzel, Sandra; Gonzalez, Hector A; Kievit, Rogier A; Knights, Ethan; Kühn, Simone; Lindenberger, Ulman; Mowinckel, Athanasia M; Nyberg, Lars; Park, Denise C; Pudas, Sara; Rundle, Melissa M; Walhovd, Kristine B; Fjell, Anders M; Westerhausen, René; Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle Flagship Study of Ageing.
in: NAT COMMUN, Jahrgang 12, Nr. 1, 721, 01.02.2021.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Asymmetric thinning of the cerebral cortex across the adult lifespan is accelerated in Alzheimer's disease
AU - Roe, James M
AU - Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac
AU - Sørensen, Øystein
AU - Brandmaier, Andreas M
AU - Düzel, Sandra
AU - Gonzalez, Hector A
AU - Kievit, Rogier A
AU - Knights, Ethan
AU - Kühn, Simone
AU - Lindenberger, Ulman
AU - Mowinckel, Athanasia M
AU - Nyberg, Lars
AU - Park, Denise C
AU - Pudas, Sara
AU - Rundle, Melissa M
AU - Walhovd, Kristine B
AU - Fjell, Anders M
AU - Westerhausen, René
AU - Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle Flagship Study of Ageing
PY - 2021/2/1
Y1 - 2021/2/1
N2 - Aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are associated with progressive brain disorganization. Although structural asymmetry is an organizing feature of the cerebral cortex it is unknown whether continuous age- and AD-related cortical degradation alters cortical asymmetry. Here, in multiple longitudinal adult lifespan cohorts we show that higher-order cortical regions exhibiting pronounced asymmetry at age ~20 also show progressive asymmetry-loss across the adult lifespan. Hence, accelerated thinning of the (previously) thicker homotopic hemisphere is a feature of aging. This organizational principle showed high consistency across cohorts in the Lifebrain consortium, and both the topological patterns and temporal dynamics of asymmetry-loss were markedly similar across replicating samples. Asymmetry-change was further accelerated in AD. Results suggest a system-wide dedifferentiation of the adaptive asymmetric organization of heteromodal cortex in aging and AD.
AB - Aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are associated with progressive brain disorganization. Although structural asymmetry is an organizing feature of the cerebral cortex it is unknown whether continuous age- and AD-related cortical degradation alters cortical asymmetry. Here, in multiple longitudinal adult lifespan cohorts we show that higher-order cortical regions exhibiting pronounced asymmetry at age ~20 also show progressive asymmetry-loss across the adult lifespan. Hence, accelerated thinning of the (previously) thicker homotopic hemisphere is a feature of aging. This organizational principle showed high consistency across cohorts in the Lifebrain consortium, and both the topological patterns and temporal dynamics of asymmetry-loss were markedly similar across replicating samples. Asymmetry-change was further accelerated in AD. Results suggest a system-wide dedifferentiation of the adaptive asymmetric organization of heteromodal cortex in aging and AD.
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Aged, 80 and over
KW - Aging/physiology
KW - Alzheimer Disease/pathology
KW - Cerebral Cortex/diagnostic imaging
KW - Female
KW - Healthy Volunteers
KW - Humans
KW - Longitudinal Studies
KW - Magnetic Resonance Imaging/statistics & numerical data
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Organ Size/physiology
KW - Time Factors
KW - Young Adult
U2 - 10.1038/s41467-021-21057-y
DO - 10.1038/s41467-021-21057-y
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 33526780
VL - 12
JO - NAT COMMUN
JF - NAT COMMUN
SN - 2041-1723
IS - 1
M1 - 721
ER -