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ArticleMolecular psychiatry2025

Cortico-limbic volume abnormalities in late life depression are distinct from β amyloid and white matter pathologies.

R Scott Mackin, Emma Rhodes, Michelle Kassel, Maria Kryza-Lacombe, Emily Burns, David Bickford, Ruth Morin, Duygu Tosun, Susan Landau, Meryl A Butters and 9 more

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Article in Molecular psychiatry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Plasma GFAP modifies the association of depressive symptoms with cognitive function: A population-based study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  2. Accelerated Cognitive Decline in Late Life Depression: The Role of Amyloid-β, Cortico-Limbic Volume, and White Matter Hyperintensities.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2026
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  5. The Relationship Between Subjective Cognitive Decline and Objective Cognitive Performance in Older Adults With Treatment-Resistant Late-Life Depression: The Role of Depression Severity.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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19 authors.

R Scott MackinDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. Scott.Mackin@ucsf.edu.
Emma RhodesDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Michelle KasselDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Maria Kryza-LacombeDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Emily BurnsDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
David BickfordDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Ruth MorinDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Duygu TosunVeterans Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8644-7724
Susan LandauHelen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Meryl A ButtersDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2563-817X
Paul AisenUniversity of Southern California, San Diego, CA, USA.
Rema RamanUniversity of Southern California, San Diego, CA, USA.
Andrew J SaykinIndiana Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1376-8532
Arthur TogaLaboratory of Neuro Imaging, Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7902-3755
Robert KoeppeDepartment of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Clifford JackMayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7916-622X
Michael W WeinerDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Craig NelsonDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Philip S InselDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Funding

Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative - SupplementU01AG024904 · NIA · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE RES &EDUC · PI WEINER, MICHAEL W · 2004 to 2015
$121.0M
Characterizing Cognitive Decline in Late Life Depression: The ADNI-D ProjectR01MH098062 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Robert Scott Mackin · 2013 to 2026
$9.1M
Digital monitoring of autonomic activity to detect empathy loss in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementiaK23AG083124 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Emma Rhodes · 2023 to 2026
$652k
NIA NIH HHS K23 AG083124NIA NIH HHS U01 AG024904NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH098062
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study was conducted to clarify patterns of cortico-limbic volume abnormalities in late life depression (LLD) relative to non-depressed (ND) adults matched for amyloid β (Aβ) deposition and to evaluate the relationship of volume abnormalities with cognitive performance. Participants included 116 LLD and 226 ND. Classification accuracy of LLD status was estimated using area under the receiver operator characteristic curve. Twenty-one percent of LLD and ND participants were Aβ positive and the groups did not differ on white matter hyperintensity volume (WMH (logscale); β = 0.12, p = 0.28). Compared to ND, the LLD group exhibited significantly lower bilateral volume in the lateral orbitofrontal cortex, hippocampus, accumbens area, superior temporal lobe, temporal pole, and amygdala after multiple comparison correction (p < 0.009 for all). Cortico-limbic volumes significantly improved classification of LLD beyond demographic characteristics, Aβ status, and WMH (AUC

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DepressionLimbic SystemAgedAged, 80 and overAmyloid beta-PeptidesCerebral CortexCognitionCognitive DysfunctionFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsWhite MatterAmyloid beta-Peptides

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PMID39511448
PMCPMC12622868

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