Decoupling of Local Metabolic Activity and Functional Connectivity Links to Amyloid in Alzheimer's Disease

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease : JAD
Martin ScherrAlzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Abstract

Both ongoing local metabolic activity (LMA) and corresponding functional connectivity (FC) with remote brain regions are progressively impaired in Alzheimer's disease (AD), particularly in the posterior default mode network (pDMN); however, it is unknown how these impairments interact. It is well known that decreasing mean synaptic activity of a region, i.e., decreasing LMA, reduces the region's sensitivity to afferent input from other regions, i.e., FC. We hypothesized progressive decoupling between LMA and FC in AD, which is linked to amyloid-β pathology (Aβ). Healthy adults (n=20) and Aβ+patients without memory impairment (n=9), early MCI (n=21), late MCI (n=18) and AD (n=22) were assessed by resting-state fMRI, FDG-PET, and AV-45-PET to measure FC, LMA, and Aβ of the pDMN. Coupling between LMA and FC (rLA/FC) was estimated by voxelwise correlation. RLMA/FC decreased with disease severity (F=20.09, p<0.001). This decrease was specifically associated with pDMN Aβ (r=-0.273, p=0.029) but not global Aβ (r=-0.112, p=0.378) and with the impact of Aβ on FC (i.e., rAβ/FC,r=-0.339; p=0.006). In multiple regression models rLMA/FC was also associated with memory impairment, reduced cognitive speed and flexibility, outperforming global...Continue Reading

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