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Abstract #2808

Hippocampal sLASER 1H-MRS in cognitively unimpaired elderly: Associations with APOE4, CSF p-tau181 and MR morphometry

Anna Marie Chen1, Martin Gajdošík1,2, Rosemary Peralta1, Helena Zheng1, Mia Gajdošík1, Mickael Tordjman1,3, Julia Zabludovsky1, Dishari Azad4, Ajax George1, Henry Rusinek1,4, Yuxin Zhang5, LianLian Chen5, Guillaume Madelin1, Christoph Juchem2,6, Ricardo Osorio4, and Ivan Kirov1,7,8
1Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States, 2Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States, 3Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, 4Department of Psychiatry, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States, 5Department of Biostatistics, New York University School of Global Public Health, New York, NY, United States, 6Department of Radiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States, 7Department of Neurology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States, 8Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research, Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States

Synopsis

Keywords: Alzheimer's Disease, Gray Matter, HippocampusThe hippocampus, a vulnerable structure in Alzheimer’s disease progression, is one of the most challenging brain structures for 1H-MRS applications. To examine whether hippocampal metabolic dysfunction in cognitively normal elderly may contribute to disease pathology, we used a validated long-TE sLASER sequence to minimize macromolecular signal contamination and chemical shift displacement errors. We tested whether, after adjusting for age, metabolites were associated with APOE4 genotype, a risk factor for amyloid accumulation; and CSF p-tau181 and left hippocampal volume, indicators of tau burden and neurodegeneration, respectively. The main result was a statistically significant direct correlation between Glx and CSF p-tau181.

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