New Quantitative Neuroimaging Metrics of Structural and Functional Connectivity of the Locus Coeruleus as a Novel Biomarker of Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis and Progression
New Quantitative Neuroimaging Metrics of Structural and Functional Connectivity of the Locus Coeruleus as a Novel Biomarker of Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis and Progression
批准号:
9915829
负责人:
Mark W Bondi
金额:
$62.84万
依托单位国家:
美国
项目类别:
财政年份:
2017
资助国家:
美国
项目状态:
已结题
起止时间:
2017-09-15 至 2022-04-30
关键词:
AddressAfferent PathwaysAgingAlzheimer disease detectionAlzheimer&aposs DiseaseAlzheimer&aposs disease diagnosisAlzheimer&aposs disease riskAlzheimer’s disease biomarkerAmyloidAmyloidosisAnatomyAnisotropyApolipoprotein EAxonBiological MarkersBrain StemCerebellumClinicalClinical TrialsCognitiveComplexComputing MethodologiesDataDiagnosisDiagnosticDiagnostic ImagingDiffusionDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingDiseaseEfferent PathwaysEntropyFunctional Magnetic Resonance ImagingFutureIndividualLeadMRI ScansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMeasuresMedialMethodsModalityMorphologyNeurofibrillary TanglesNeuronsOpticsOutcomeParticipantPathogenesisPathologicPathologic ProcessesPathologyPathway interactionsPhaseResearchResolutionRestRoleSeedsSiteStructureSurrogate MarkersSystemTauopathiesTemporal LobeTherapeuticThickTimeVariantbasedesigndrug discoveryentorhinal cortexlocus ceruleus structuremigrationneuroimagingneuron lossnovelnovel markernovel strategiespre-clinicalprospectiverelating to nervous systemresponseshape analysistau Proteinstheoriestherapeutic targettractographywhite matter
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英文摘要
The original theory offered by Braak & Braak (1991)—that neurofibrillary tangle pathology proceeds along well-
defined predilection sites beginning in the medial temporal cortex—has been modified by the same author to
suggest that the pathologic process instead commences in the lower brainstem (Braak et al 2011). The first
visible pathologic changes are now thought to occur in the locus coeruleus (LC) and then spread via its axonal
projections to transentorhinal/entorhinal cortex (TEC). We propose to study LC change using a novel
computational morphology method, combined with novel methods of measuring white matter microstructural
tractography and functional connectivity to TEC. These new methods are designed to overcome major
shortcomings in current neuro-MRI analysis methods that limit the ability to detect subtle structural and functional
changes associated with early AD. Such alterations across the aging-MCI-AD continuum, as well as in those
cognitively normal individuals with risk factors for AD (e.g., CSF AD biomarkers;; apolipoprotein E e4 carriers),
would provide significant advances in our understanding of the pathogenesis of AD across clinical transition
points and perhaps during this ‘silent’ period (i.e., prior to the occurrence of traditional AD biomarker positivities).
Using our newly developed diagnostic and MRI metrics, we propose to quantify variations in LC morphology and
its projections to TEC (which we term the LC-TEC system).
Aim 1. Examine locus coeruleus morphology, contrast, and associated cortical thickness. Morphological
variations will be characterized by spherical wave decomposition (SWD) of high-resolution anatomical MRI data
supplemented by recent contrast ratio (Takahashi et al. 2015) analyses of T1 Fast Spin Echo MRI scans.
Aim 2. Examine structural connectivity of the LC-TEC system. Neural connectivity will be characterized by our
novel diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography method (geometric-optic based entropy spectrum pathways,
GO-ESP DTI) to quantify afferent and efferent pathways between the LC and TEC, and efferent projections from
the LC to cerebellum and cortex.
Aim 3. Examine functional connectivity of the LC-TEC system. Resting state functional modes and connectivity
will be derived from our novel entropy field decomposition (EFD) analysis of rsFMRI data guided by the prediction
that AD tauopathy in its earliest phases is not determined by large losses of neurons but by enormous numbers
of nerve cells that survive with limited functionality (Braak & Del Tredici 2015);; alterations in functional
connectivity of the LC-TEC system will serve as a surrogate marker of this limited functionality.
Demonstrations of improvement in diagnostic and imaging precision in Preclinical AD will have an important
impact on prospective design of future studies and, if successful, produce new biomarker assessment modalities
and fundamental shifts in our therapeutic targets for AD.
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财政年份:2007
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负责人:Mark W Bondi
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依托单位:
Neuroimaging and Risk Factor Correlates in Aging and MCI
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批准号:7486760
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资助金额:$16.54万
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财政年份:2007
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负责人:Mark W Bondi
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依托单位:
Neuroimaging and Risk Factor Correlates in Aging and MCI
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资助金额:$16.22万
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财政年份:2007
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负责人:Mark W Bondi
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Neuroimaging and Risk Factor Correlates in Aging and MCI
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批准号:8374369
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资助金额:$18.01万
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财政年份:2007
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负责人:Mark W Bondi
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依托单位:
Neuroimaging and Risk Factor Correlates in Aging and MCI
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资助金额:$16.88万
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财政年份:2007
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负责人:Mark W Bondi
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依托单位:
Neuroimaging and Risk Factor Correlates in Aging and MCI
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批准号:8518205
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资助金额:$18.01万
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财政年份:2007
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负责人:Mark W Bondi
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依托单位:
Neuroimaging and Risk Factor Correlates in Aging and MCI
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批准号:8699100
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$18.01万
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财政年份:2007
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负责人:Mark W Bondi
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依托单位:
Neuroimaging and Risk Factor Correlates in Aging and MCI
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批准号:8898694
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$18.01万
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财政年份:2007
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负责人:Mark W Bondi
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依托单位:
FMRI OF AT-RISK ELDERLY FOR ADZHEIMER'S DISEASE
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批准号:6797560
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资助金额:$15.59万
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负责人:Mark W Bondi
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依托单位:
Cognitive Abilities of At-Risk Elderly for Dementia
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批准号:6872965
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$26.6万
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财政年份:1994
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负责人:Mark W Bondi
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依托单位:
Cognitive Abilities of At-Risk Elderly for Dementia
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批准号:6725389
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$26.6万
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财政年份:1994
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负责人:Mark W Bondi
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依托单位:
Cognitive Abilities of At-Risk Elderly for Dementia
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批准号:6509844
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$26.6万
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财政年份:1994
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负责人:Mark W Bondi
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依托单位:
COGNITIVE ABILITIES OF AT RISK ELDERLY FOR DEMENTIA
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资助金额:$10.05万
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财政年份:1994
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负责人:Mark W Bondi
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依托单位:
海外基金