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ReviewJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2018

Amyloid Accumulation and Cognitive Decline in Clinically Normal Older Individuals: Implications for Aging and Early Alzheimer's Disease.

Elizabeth C Mormino, Kathryn V Papp

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Review in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers.

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73citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

73 citing papers in PubMed, 112 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Preclinical and clinical biomarker studies of CT1812: A novel approach to Alzheimer's disease modification.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2021
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  2. Data‑driven cognitive composites predict Aβ‑related decline and progression to MCI: the ADOPIC study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  6. How Do Amyloid Pathology and Aberrant Neuronal Activity Disrupt Plasticity and Memory in Alzheimer's Disease?The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elizabeth C MorminoDepartment of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Kathryn V PappDepartment of Neurology, Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Harvard University · USStanford University · US

Funding

Influence of genetic risk factors on biomarkers and cognitive decline in preclinical ADK01AG051718 · NIA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI MORMINO, ELIZABETH · 2016 to 2020
$642k
NIA NIH HHS K01 AG051718
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aberrant accumulation of the amyloid protein is a critical and early event in the Alzheimer's disease (AD) cascade. Given the early involvement of this pathological process, it is not surprising that many clinically normal (CN) older individuals demonstrate evidence of abnormal Aβ at postmortem examination and in vivo using either CSF or PET imaging. Converging evidence across multiple research groups suggests that the presence of abnormal Aβ among CN individuals is associated with elevated risk of future clinical impairment and cognitive decline. Amyloid positivity in conjunction with biomarkers of neuronal injury offers further insight into which CN are most at risk for short-term decline. Although in its infancy, tau PET has demonstrated early increases among Aβ+ that will likely be an important indicator of risk among CN. Overall, the detection of early Aβ among CN individuals has provided an important opportunity to understand the contributions of this pathology to age-related cognitive decline and to explore early intervention with disease modifying strategies.

Indexed as

AgingAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloidBrainCognitive DysfunctionHumansAmyloidAgingamyloidbiomarkerscognitive declineearly detectionmemoryPET

Identifiers

PMID29782318
PMCPMC6387885
OpenAlexW2803636220

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