The role of iron in brain ageing and neurodegenerative disorders

RJ Ward, FA Zucca, JH Duyn, RR Crichton… - The Lancet …, 2014 - thelancet.com
In the CNS, iron in several proteins is involved in many important processes such as oxygen
transportation, oxidative phosphorylation, myelin production, and the synthesis and …

Harnessing neuroplasticity for clinical applications

SC Cramer, M Sur, BH Dobkin, C O'Brien, TD Sanger… - Brain, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Neuroplasticity can be defined as the ability of the nervous system to respond to intrinsic or
extrinsic stimuli by reorganizing its structure, function and connections. Major advances in …

Image processing and analysis methods for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study

DJ Hagler Jr, SN Hatton, MD Cornejo, C Makowski… - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study is an ongoing,
nationwide study of the effects of environmental influences on behavioral and brain …

Genetic assessment of age-associated Alzheimer disease risk: Development and validation of a polygenic hazard score

RS Desikan, CC Fan, Y Wang, AJ Schork… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Identifying individuals at risk for developing Alzheimer disease (AD) is of utmost
importance. Although genetic studies have identified AD-associated SNPs in APOE and …

Revising the definition of Alzheimer's disease: a new lexicon

B Dubois, HH Feldman, C Jacova… - The Lancet …, 2010 - thelancet.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is classically defined as a dual clinicopathological entity. The
recent advances in use of reliable biomarkers of AD that provide in-vivo evidence of the …

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

TW Schmitz, R Nathan Spreng - Nature communications, 2016 - nature.com
There is considerable debate whether Alzheimer's disease (AD) originates in basal
forebrain or entorhinal cortex. Here we examined whether longitudinal decreases in basal …

Structural brain changes in aging: courses, causes and cognitive consequences

AM Fjell, KB Walhovd - Reviews in the Neurosciences, 2010 - degruyter.com
The structure of the brain is constantly changing from birth throughout the lifetime, meaning
that normal aging, free from dementia, is associated with structural brain changes. This …

Statistical analysis of longitudinal neuroimage data with linear mixed effects models

JL Bernal-Rusiel, DN Greve, M Reuter, B Fischl… - Neuroimage, 2013 - Elsevier
Longitudinal neuroimaging (LNI) studies are rapidly becoming more prevalent and growing
in size. Today, no standardized computational tools exist for the analysis of LNI data and …

The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative: a review of papers published since its inception

MW Weiner, DP Veitch, PS Aisen, LA Beckett… - Alzheimer's & …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) is an ongoing,
longitudinal, multicenter study designed to develop clinical, imaging, genetic, and …

Brain development and aging: overlapping and unique patterns of change

CK Tamnes, KB Walhovd, AM Dale, Y Østby… - Neuroimage, 2013 - Elsevier
Early-life development is characterized by dramatic changes, impacting lifespan function
more than changes in any other period. Developmental origins of neurocognitive late-life …