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Grey matter ageing-related tau astrogliopathy: associations with brain pathologies and cognitive decline
Brain. 2024 Jul 24:awae250. doi: 10.1093/brain/awae250.
Sonal Agrawal 1 2, Lei Yu 1 3, Sue E Leurgans 1 3, Alifiya Kapasi 1 2, Lisa L Barnes 1 3 4, David A Bennett 1 3, Patricia A Boyle 1 4, Julie A Schneider 1 2 3
Abstract:
...We examined 442 decedents (mean age-at-death=90 years, males=32%) from three longitudinal community-based clinical-pathological studies. Using AT8 immunohistochemistry, grey matter ARTAG pathology was counted in the the superior frontal, anterior temporal tip, and amygdala and summarized as a severity score from 0 (none) to 6 (severe)...Grey matter ARTAG pathology was seen in 324 (73%) participants, of which 303 (68%) participants had ARTAG in the amygdala, 246 (56%) in the anterior temporal tip, and 137 (31%) in the superior frontal region. Grey matter ARTAG pathology from each of the three regions was associated with pathologic diagnosis of AD and LATE-NC but not with vascular pathology. In fully adjusted models that controlled for demographics, AD, and common age-related pathologies, an increase in severity of grey matter ARTAG pathology in the superior frontal cortex, but not in the amygdala or the anterior temporal tip, was associated with higher odds of Alzheimer's dementia and faster decline in global cognition, episodic memory, and semantic memory.