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ArticlemedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences2025

Multivariate whole brain neurodegenerative-cognitive-clinical severity mapping in the Alzheimer's disease continuum using explainable AI.

Taslim Murad, Hui-Yuan Miao, Deepa S Thakuri, Gauri Darekar, for Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Ganesh B Chand

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Taslim MuradDepartment of Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6434-3297
Hui-Yuan MiaoDepartment of Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Deepa S ThakuriDepartment of Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Gauri DarekarInstitute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
for Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
Ganesh B ChandDepartment of Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.

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Characterizing Alzheimer's disease molecular and anatomical imaging markers and their relationships with cognition and genetics using machine learningK01AG083230 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Ganesh Chand · 2023 to 2026
$476k
NIA NIH HHS K01 AG083230
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Abstract

Neurodegeneration and cognitive impairment are commonly reported in Alzheimer's disease (AD); however, their multivariate links are not well understood. To map the multivariate relationships between whole brain neurodegenerative (WBN) markers, global cognition, and clinical severity in the AD continuum, we developed the explainable artificial intelligence (AI) methods, validated on semi-simulated data, and applied the outperforming method systematically to large-scale experimental data (N=1,756). The outperforming explainable AI method showed robust performance in predicting cognition from regional WBN markers and identified the ground-truth simulated dominant brain regions contributing to cognition. This method also showed excellent performance on experimental data and identified several prominent WBN regions hierarchically and simultaneously associated with cognitive declines across the AD continuum. These multivariate regional features also correlated with clinical severity, suggesting their clinical relevance. Overall, this study innovatively mapped the multivariate regional WBN-cognitive-clinical severity relationships in the AD continuum, thereby significantly advancing AD-relevant neurobiological pathways.

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