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ArticleNeuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology2022

Associations among locus coeruleus catecholamines, tau pathology, and memory in aging.

Claire J Ciampa, Jourdan H Parent, Theresa M Harrison, Rebekah M Fain, Matthew J Betts, Anne Maass, Joseph R Winer, Suzanne L Baker, Mustafa Janabi, Daniella J Furman and 3 more

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Article in Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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38citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Vulnerability of locus coeruleus connections to aging and Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  6. Attenuated pupillary response during visual search in preclinical Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  7. Alzheimer's Disease Pathologies Affect Dopaminergic Neural Mechanisms of Memory.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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  10. Age-Related Increase in Locus Ceruleus Activity and Connectivity with the Prefrontal Cortex during Ambiguity Processing.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  15. Neuromelanin-sensitive MRI for mechanistic research and biomarker development in psychiatry.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Claire J Ciampa *Department of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 02453, USA.
Jourdan H Parent *Department of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 02453, USA.
Theresa M HarrisonHelen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
Rebekah M FainDepartment of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 02453, USA.
Matthew J BettsInstitute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, 39106, Germany.
Anne MaassDeutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany.
Joseph R WinerHelen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
Suzanne L BakerLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
Mustafa JanabiLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
Daniella J FurmanHelen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
Mark D'EspositoHelen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3462-006X
William J JagustHelen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4458-113X
Anne S BerryDepartment of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 02453, USA. anneberry@brandeis.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5086-3643
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · USBrandeis University · USUniversity of California, Berkeley · USGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DEUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Neural and Biochemical Mechanisms of Cognitive AgingR01AG034570 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI William J. Jagust · 2009 to 2026
$12.0M
Mechanisms of Alzheimer's Disease Progression in the Aging BrainR01AG062542 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI JAGUST, WILLIAM J. · 2019 to 2023
$4.2M
Aging Brain, Cognition, and DopamineR01AG044292 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI JAGUST, WILLIAM J. · 2013 to 2017
$3.6M
Dopamine and Frontostriatal FunctionR01DA034685 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI D'ESPOSITO, MARK · 2013 to 2017
$3.4M
Age effects on memory and reward systems in decision makingR00AG058748 · NIA · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI BERRY, ANNE SHIVELY · 2019 to 2021
$745k
Locus Coeruleus Biomarker Development for Early Detection of Alzheimers Disease in HumansR03AG072328 · NIA · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI BERRY, ANNE SHIVELY · 2021 to 2022
$325k
Age effects on memory and reward systems in decision makingK99AG058748 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI BERRY, ANNE SHIVELY · 2018 to 2019
$250k
Characterizing sleep-wake activity patterns to detect early Alzheimer's disease in normal older individualsF32AG074625 · NIA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI WINER, JOSEPH ROBERT · 2021 to 2023
$207k
Relationships between tau pathology, sleep physiology and memory in agingF31AG063428 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI WINER, JOSEPH ROBERT · 2019 to 2020
$59k
NIA NIH HHS F31 AG063428NIA NIH HHS F32 AG074625NIA NIH HHS K99 AG058748NIA NIH HHS R00 AG058748NIA NIH HHS R01 AG034570NIA NIH HHS R01 AG044292NIA NIH HHS R01 AG062542NIA NIH HHS R03 AG072328NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA034685
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The locus coeruleus (LC) is the brain's major source of the neuromodulator norepinephrine, and is also profoundly vulnerable to the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD)-related tau pathology. Norepinephrine plays a role in neuroprotective functions that may reduce AD progression, and also underlies optimal memory performance. Successful maintenance of LC neurochemical function represents a candidate mechanism of protection against the propagation of AD-related pathology and may facilitate the preservation of memory performance despite pathology. Using [

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Alzheimer DiseaseLocus CoeruleusAgedAgingAmyloid beta-PeptidesCatecholaminesHumansNorepinephrinePositron-Emission Tomographytau ProteinsAmyloid beta-PeptidesCatecholaminesNorepinephrinetau Proteins

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PMID35034099
PMCPMC8938463
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