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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2014

Increased hippocampal blood flow in sedentary older adults at genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease.

Zvinka Z Zlatar, Christina E Wierenga, Katherine J Bangen, Thomas T Liu, Amy J Jak

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Article in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zvinka Z ZlatarDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Christina E WierengaDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA VA San Diego Healthcare System, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Katherine J BangenDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Thomas T LiuCenter for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Amy J JakDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA VA San Diego Healthcare System, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Institute on Aging · USUniversity of California, San Diego · USVA San Diego Healthcare System · US

Funding

FELLOWSHIP IN GERIATRIC MENTAL HEALTHT32MH019934 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Elizabeth W Twamley · 1994 to 2026
$9.5M
Federated Database, Protocols, and Tools for Arterial Spin Labeling CBF MeasuresR01MH084796 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI LIU, THOMAS T · 2009 to 2013
$1.9M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH084796NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH019934
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Resting cerebral blood flow (CBF) decreases with age; however regulatory increases in hippocampal CBF have been associated with genetic risk (Apolipoprotein E [APOE] ε4 carriers) for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although physical activity exerts beneficial effects on CBF in healthy elderly, the effects of sedentary behaviors on CBF remain unknown. We measured resting hippocampal CBF (via arterial spin labeling magnetic resonance imaging) and sedentary time/physical activity (via accelerometry) on 33 cognitively healthy adults (ages 52-81), 9 of which were APOE ε4 carriers. Results indicate that the relationship between sedentary time and CBF in the left hippocampus differs by APOE status, whereby APOE ε4 carriers show higher CBF as a function of longer sedentary time (B = 10.8, SE = 3.17, β = 0.74, t = 3.41, p < 0.01) compared to noncarriers (B = 1.4, SE = 2.7, β = 0.096, t = 0.51, p = 0.61), possibly suggesting a CBF regulatory response to compensate for metabolic alterations in dementia risk. These preliminary data suggest that the relationship between CBF and sedentary time is different in APOE ε4 carriers and noncarriers and that sedentary time may act as a behavioral risk factor for CBF dysregulation in those at genetic risk for developing AD. More research is needed to further understand the role of sedentary behaviors and physical activity on CBF, especially in individuals at genetic risk of developing AD.

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Sedentary BehaviorAgedAged, 80 and overAlzheimer DiseaseApolipoprotein E4Cerebrovascular CirculationFemaleHippocampusHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedMotor ActivityNeuropsychological TestsRisk FactorsApolipoprotein E4Spin LabelsApolipoprotein Earterial spin labelingbiological agingcerebral blood flowhippocampusmagnetic resonance imagingphysical activitysedentary behavior

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PMID24685629
PMCPMC4259215
OpenAlexW1552783919

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