Harnessing myelin water fraction as an imaging biomarker of human cerebral aging, neurodegenerative diseases, and risk factors influencing myelination: A review

ME Faulkner, Z Gong, A Guo, JP Laporte… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Myelin water fraction (MWF) imaging has emerged as a promising magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) biomarker for investigating brain function and composition. This …

[HTML][HTML] Fluid biomarkers for the diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases

M Luebke, M Parulekar, FP Thomas - Biomarkers in Neuropsychiatry, 2023 - Elsevier
In this review, we evaluate the role of fluid biomarkers related to neurodegenerative
diseases. Such conditions present diagnostic challenges due to phenotypic heterogeneity …

C-NODDI: a constrained NODDI model for axonal density and orientation determinations in cerebral white matter

MH Alsameen, Z Gong, W Qian, M Kiely… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Purpose Neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) provides measures of
neurite density and dispersion through computation of the neurite density index (NDI) and …

[HTML][HTML] Association of plasma markers of Alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration, and neuroinflammation with the choroid plexus integrity in aging

M Bouhrara, KA Walker, JSR Alisch, Z Gong… - Aging and …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The choroid plexus (CP) is a vital brain structure essential for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
production. Moreover, alterations in the CP's structure and function are implicated in …

Hypertensive adults exhibit lower myelin content: a multicomponent relaxometry and diffusion magnetic resonance imaging study

JP Laporte, ME Faulkner, Z Gong, MABS Akhonda… - …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: It is unknown whether hypertension plays any role in cerebral myelination.
To fill this knowledge gap, we studied 90 cognitively unimpaired adults, age range 40 to 94 …

Proteomic analysis of APOEε4 carriers implicates lipid metabolism, complement and lymphocyte signaling in cognitive resilience

KA Walker, Y An, A Moghekar, R Moaddel… - Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele is the strongest genetic risk factor for
late onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). This case-cohort study used targeted plasma …

In severe ADNC, hippocampi with comorbid LATE-NC and hippocampal sclerosis have substantially more astrocytosis than those with LATE-NC or hippocampal …

DM Niedowicz, Y Katsumata… - … of Neuropathology & …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy neuropathologic change (LATE-
NC) and hippocampal sclerosis of aging (HS-A) pathologies are found together at autopsy …

Alzheimer's disease-related phospho-Tau181 signals are localized to demyelinated axons of parvalbumin-positive GABAergic interneurons in an App knock-in mouse …

Y Hirota, Y Sakakibara, K Takei… - Journal of …, 2023 - content.iospress.com
Background: The tau protein phosphorylated at Thr181 (p-tau181) in cerebrospinal fluid and
blood is a sensitive biomarker for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Increased p-tau181 levels …

[HTML][HTML] REUSED: A deep neural network method for rapid whole-brain high-resolution myelin water fraction map** from extremely under-sampled MRI

Z Gong, N Khattar, M Kiely, C Triebswetter… - … Medical Imaging and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in myelination are a cardinal feature of brain development and the
pathophysiology of several central nervous system diseases, including multiple sclerosis …

Relationship between sleep, physical fitness, brain microstructure, and cognition in healthy older adults: A pilot study

C Mueller, R Nenert, C Catiul, J Pilkington… - Brain Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Background There is a critical need for neuroimaging markers of brain integrity to monitor
effects of modifiable lifestyle factors on brain health. This observational, cross-sectional …