Spatial navigation deficits—overlooked cognitive marker for preclinical Alzheimer disease?

G Coughlan, J Laczó, J Hort, AM Minihane… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Detection of incipient Alzheimer disease (AD) pathophysiology is critical to identify
preclinical individuals and target potentially disease-modifying therapies towards them …

The aging navigational system

AW Lester, SD Moffat, JM Wiener, CA Barnes… - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
The discovery of neuronal systems dedicated to computing spatial information, composed of
functionally distinct cell types such as place and grid cells, combined with an extensive body …

Toward personalized cognitive diagnostics of at-genetic-risk Alzheimer's disease

G Coughlan, A Coutrot, M Khondoker… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Spatial navigation is emerging as a critical factor in identifying preclinical Alzheimer's
disease (AD). However, the impact of interindividual navigation ability and demographic risk …

Differentiation of mild cognitive impairment using an entorhinal cortex-based test of virtual reality navigation

D Howett, A Castegnaro, K Krzywicka, J Hagman… - Brain, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The entorhinal cortex is one of the first regions to exhibit neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's
disease, and as such identification of entorhinal cortex dysfunction may aid detection of the …

Use of immersive virtual reality in the assessment and treatment of Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review

F Clay, D Howett, J FitzGerald… - Journal of …, 2020 - content.iospress.com
Background: Immersive virtual reality (iVR) allows seamless interaction with simulated
environments and is becoming an established tool in clinical research. It is unclear whether …

Unmasking selective path integration deficits in Alzheimer's disease risk carriers

A Bierbrauer, L Kunz, CA Gomes, M Luhmann… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) manifests with progressive memory loss and spatial disorientation.
Neuropathological studies suggest early AD pathology in the entorhinal cortex (EC) of …

Compromised grid-cell-like representations in old age as a key mechanism to explain age-related navigational deficits

M Stangl, J Achtzehn, K Huber, C Dietrich… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
A progressive loss of navigational abilities in old age has been observed in numerous
studies, but we have only limited understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying this …

[HTML][HTML] Overestimation in angular path integration precedes Alzheimer's dementia

A Castegnaro, Z Ji, K Rudzka, D Chan, N Burgess - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Path integration (PI) is impaired early in Alzheimer's disease (AD) but reflects multiple sub-
processes that may be differentially sensitive to AD. To characterize these sub-processes …

Path integration in normal aging and Alzheimer's disease

V Segen, J Ying, E Morgan, M Brandon… - Trends in cognitive …, 2022 - cell.com
In this review we discuss converging evidence from human and rodent research
demonstrating how path integration (PI) is impaired in healthy aging and Alzheimer's …

Dissociating effects of aging and genetic risk of sporadic Alzheimer's disease on path integration

L Colmant, A Bierbrauer, Y Bellaali, L Kunz… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Path integration is a spatial navigation ability that requires the integration of information
derived from self-motion cues and stable landmarks, when available, to return to a previous …