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ArticleNeuroImage. Clinical2016

(1)H-MRS metabolites in adults with Down syndrome: Effects of dementia.

A-L Lin, D Powell, A Caban-Holt, G Jicha, W Robertson, B T Gold, R Davis, E Abner, D M Wilcock, F A Schmitt and 1 more

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Article in NeuroImage. Clinical, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A-L LinSanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
D PowellMagnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA; Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
A Caban-HoltSanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
G JichaSanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
W RobertsonDepartment of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
B T GoldSanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA; Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA; Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
R DavisSanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
E AbnerSanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
D M WilcockSanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA; Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
F A SchmittSanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
E HeadSanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
University of Kentucky · US

Funding

University of Kentucky Alzheimer's Disease Core Center - Biomarker CoreP30AG028383 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI VAN ELDIK, LINDA J · 2006 to 2020
$23.3M
Aging of Frontal Structure and Function in Down Syndrome and DementiaR01HD064993 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI HEAD, ELIZABETH, SCHMITT, FREDERICK · 2009 to 2019
$5.1M
Neuroimaging Assessments of Brain Integrity in Aging MiceK01AG040164 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI LIN, AI-LING · 2012 to 2016
$462k
NIA NIH HHS K01 AG040164NIA NIH HHS P30 AG028383NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD064993
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To determine if proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS) detect differences in dementia status in adults with Down syndrome (DS), we used (1)H-MRS to measure neuronal and glial metabolites in the posterior cingulate cortex in 22 adults with DS and in 15 age- and gender-matched healthy controls. We evaluated associations between (1)H-MRS results and cognition among DS participants. Neuronal biomarkers, including N-acetylaspartate (NAA) and glutamate-glutamine complex (Glx), were significantly lower in DS patients with Alzheimer's should probably be changed to Alzheimer (without ' or s) through ms as per the new naming standard disease (DSAD) when compared to non-demented DS (DS) and healthy controls (CTL). Neuronal biomarkers therefore appear to reflect dementia status in DS. In contrast, all DS participants had significantly higher myo-inositol (MI), a putative glial biomarker, compared to CTL. Our data indicate that there may be an overall higher glial inflammatory component in DS compared to CTL prior to and possibly independent of developing dementia. When computing the NAA to MI ratio, we found that presence or absence of dementia could be distinguished in DS. NAA, Glx, and NAA/MI in all DS participants were correlated with scores from the Brief Praxis Test and the Severe Impairment Battery. (1)H-MRS may be a useful diagnostic tool in future longitudinal studies to measure AD progression in persons with DS. In particular, NAA and the NAA/MI ratio is sensitive to the functional status of adults with DS, including prior to dementia.

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Proton Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyActivities of Daily LivingAdultAnalysis of VarianceAspartic AcidDementiaDown SyndromeFemaleGlutamic AcidGlutamineGyrus CinguliHumansInositolMaleMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsAspartic AcidGlutamic AcidGlutamineInositolN-acetylaspartateBrief praxis testInflammationMyoinositolSevere impairment batteryTrisomy 21

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PMID27330972
PMCPMC4908308
OpenAlexW2413695773

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