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ReviewNeuroImage. Clinical2013

Amyloid imaging in cognitively normal individuals, at-risk populations and preclinical Alzheimer's disease.

Gaël Chételat, Renaud La Joie, Nicolas Villain, Audrey Perrotin, Vincent de La Sayette, Francis Eustache, Rik Vandenberghe

3 registry-linked trialsOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in NeuroImage. Clinical, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 183 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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183citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
14.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02778971 completednot on this mapstarted 2016, after this paper: background citation

Implications for Management of PET Amyloid Classification Technology

TypeobservationalSponsorUniversity of UtahRan2016 to 2022Enrolled41ConditionsMild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, Alzheimer's DiseaseArms[18F]Flutemetamol
NCT02781220 terminatednot on this mapstarted 2016, after this paper: background citation

Implications for Management of PET Amyloid Classification Technology in the Imaging Dementia(IDEAS) Trial

TypeobservationalSponsorUniversity of UtahRan2016 to 2023Enrolled69ConditionsMild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease
NCT04733989 completednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Development of a Biomarker Database to Investigate Aß, P-tau, and NfL Blood-Based Biomarkers and Digital Biomarkers in Older Participants Screened for Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Prodromal AD, or Mild AD

TypeobservationalSponsorGAP Innovations, PBCRan2021 to 2022Enrolled1,002ConditionsAlzheimer Disease, Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Memory LossArmsBiomarker Data Collection
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

183 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 357 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Role of c-Abl in Alzheimer's Disease: Guilty or not Guilty?Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2025
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  12. Comparison of visual and analytic methods of Alzheimer's disease pathologic staging.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  15. Amyloid-Beta Deposition in Basal Frontotemporal Cortex Is Associated with Selective Disruption of Temporal Mnemonic Discrimination.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  16. Precuneus Activity during Retrieval Is Positively Associated with Amyloid Burden in Cognitively Normal OlderThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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123 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Gaël ChételatINSERM, U1077 Caen, France ; Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, UMR-S1077, Caen, France ; Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, UMR-S1077, Caen, France ; CHU de Caen, U1077 Caen, France.
Renaud La Joie
Nicolas Villain
Audrey Perrotin
Vincent de La Sayette
Francis Eustache
Rik Vandenberghe
Inserm · FRKU Leuven · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent developments of PET amyloid ligands have made it possible to visualize the presence of Aβ deposition in the brain of living participants and to assess the consequences especially in individuals with no objective sign of cognitive deficits. The present review will focus on amyloid imaging in cognitively normal elderly, asymptomatic at-risk populations, and individuals with subjective cognitive decline. It will cover the prevalence of amyloid-positive cases amongst cognitively normal elderly, the influence of risk factors for AD, the relationships to cognition, atrophy and prognosis, longitudinal amyloid imaging and ethical aspects related to amyloid imaging in cognitively normal individuals. Almost ten years of research have led to a few consensual and relatively consistent findings: some cognitively normal elderly have Aβ deposition in their brain, the prevalence of amyloid-positive cases increases in at-risk populations, the prognosis for these individuals is worse than for those with no Aβ deposition, and significant increase in Aβ deposition over time is detectable in cognitively normal elderly. More inconsistent findings are still under debate; these include the relationship between Aβ deposition and cognition and brain volume, the sequence and cause-to-effect relations between the different AD biomarkers, and the individual outcome associated with an amyloid positive versus negative scan. Preclinical amyloid imaging also raises important ethical issues. While amyloid imaging is definitely useful to understand the role of Aβ in early stages, to define at-risk populations for research or for clinical trial, and to assess the effects of anti-amyloid treatments, we are not ready yet to translate research results into clinical practice and policy. More researches are needed to determine which information to disclose from an individual amyloid imaging scan, the way of disclosing such information and the impact on individuals and on society.

Indexed as

Amyloid PET imagingApoE4Cognitively normal elderlyLongitudinal studiesPreclinical Alzheimer's diseaseSubjective cognitive decline

Identifiers

PMID24179789
PMCPMC3777672
OpenAlexW2099693452

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Registered trials

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