Basal forebrain degeneration precedes and predicts the cortical spread of Alzheimer’s pathology

oleh: Taylor W. Schmitz, R. Nathan Spreng, The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2016-11-01

Deskripsi

Whether Alzheimer’s disease originates in basal forebrain or entorhinal cortex remains highly debated. Here the authors use structural magnetic resonance data from a longitudinal sample of participants stratified by cerebrospinal biomarker and clinical diagnosis to show that tissue volume changes appear earlier in the basal forebrain than in the entorhinal cortex.