Postmortem imaging reveals patterns of medial temporal lobe vulnerability to tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease
Ourcurrentunderstanding ofthespreadandneurodegenerativeeffectsoftau neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) within the medial temporal lobe (MTL) during the early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is limited by the presence of confounding non-AD pathologies and the two-dimensional (2-D) nature of convention...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha |
| Repositorio: | RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/45042 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49205-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-49205-0.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10578/45042 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Alzheimer’s disease Biomarkers Histological imaging Medial temporal lobe Neurodegeneration Neurofibrillary tangles Tau pathology |
| Resumo: | Ourcurrentunderstanding ofthespreadandneurodegenerativeeffectsoftau neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) within the medial temporal lobe (MTL) during the early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is limited by the presence of confounding non-AD pathologies and the two-dimensional (2-D) nature of conventional histology studies. Here, we combine ex vivo MRI and serial histological imaging from 25 human MTL specimens to present a detailed, 3-D characterization of quantitative NFT burden measures in the space of a highresolution, ex vivo atlas with cytoarchitecturally-defined subregion labels, that canbeusedtoinformfutureinvivoneuroimagingstudies.Averagemapsshow a clear anterior to poster gradient in NFT distribution and a precise, spatial pattern with highest levels of NFTs found not just within the transentorhinal region but also the cornu ammonis (CA1) subfield. Additionally, we identify granular MTL regions where measures of neurodegeneration are likely to be linked to NFTs specifically, and thus potentially more sensitive as early AD biomarkers. |
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