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ArticleEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2025

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Michael Rullmann, Dylan Henssen, Juliana T Melasch, Cordula Scherlach, Dorothee Saur, Matthias L Schroeter, Solveig Tiepolt, Norman Koglin, Andrew W Stephens, Swen Hesse and 9 more

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Michael Rullmann *Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Leipzig Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. rullmann@medizin.uni-leipzig.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2683-9432
Dylan Henssen *Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Leipzig Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Juliana T MelaschDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Leipzig Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Cordula ScherlachDepartment of Neuroradiology, University of Leipzig Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Dorothee SaurDepartment of Neurology, University of Leipzig Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Matthias L SchroeterClinic for Cognitive Neurology, University of Leipzig Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Solveig TiepoltDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Leipzig Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Norman KoglinLife Molecular Imaging, Berlin, Germany.
Andrew W StephensLife Molecular Imaging, Berlin, Germany.
Swen HesseDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Leipzig Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Maria StraussDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Matthias BrendelDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Olena MishchenkoDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Leipzig Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Andreas SchildanDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Leipzig Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Joseph ClassenDepartment of Neurology, University of Leipzig Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Karl-Titus HoffmannDepartment of Neuroradiology, University of Leipzig Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Osama SabriDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Leipzig Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Henryk BarthelDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Leipzig Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
German Imaging Initiative for Tauopathies (GII4T)

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Abstract

purposeHeterogeneity in clinical phenotypes has led to the description of different phenotypes of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Besides the most frequent amnestic variant of AD (aAD), patients presenting with language deficits are diagnosed with logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia (lvPPA), whereas patients presenting with visual deficits are classified as posterior cortical atrophy (PCA).

methodsThis study set out to investigate the value of a multi-parametric [

resultsThe aAD patients showed significantly higher tau accumulation, relative hypoperfusion and grey matter density loss in the temporal lobes compared to PCA and lvPPA patients. PCA patients, on the other hand, showed significantly higher tau accumulation in the occipital lobe as compared to aAD patients. Relative hypoperfusion in the occipital lobe and loss of functional connectivity of the posterior cingulate cortex to supplementary visual cortical regions helped to distinguish PCA from lvPPA. Tau accumulation in the cerebellum and microstructural changes in the cingulum were found to help differentiate lvPPA from aAD.

conclusionThis study highlights structural and functional differences between patients with different AD phenotypes. Differences in regional tau PET signals suggest that refinements in the Braak staging system are needed for the non-aAD cases. These patterns of tau accumulation align with the cascading network failure hypothesis, though more research is needed to warrant the here presented results in larger patient cohorts.

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Alzheimer DiseaseMagnetic Resonance ImagingPositron-Emission Tomographytau ProteinsAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMultimodal ImagingPhenotypePyridinesPI-2620Pyridinestau ProteinsAlzheimer’s diseaseAlzheimer’s disease variantsDTIfMRIMRINeuroimagingTau PET

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PMCPMC12119744

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