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ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2025

Local gyrification index and sulcal depth as imaging markers of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease.

Yongsik Sim, Changmin Seo, Young-Gun Lee, Byoung Seok Ye, Ilwoo Lyu, Beomseok Sohn

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Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Yongsik SimDepartment of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Changmin SeoGraduate School of Artificial Intelligence, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Republic of Korea.
Young-Gun LeeDepartment of Neurology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Goyang, Republic of Korea.
Byoung Seok YeDepartment of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Ilwoo LyuGraduate School of Artificial Intelligence, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Republic of Korea.
Beomseok SohnDepartment of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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Purpose: To investigate the correlation between cortical thickness (CT), sulcal depth (SD), local gyrification index (LGI), and cognitive scores in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Methods: A total of 200 patients with AD from 2014 to 2021 were included, confirmed by 18F-florbetaben-positron emission tomography, and having a Clinical Dementia Rating score of 0.5 or 1. Demographic and clinical data were collected, and cognitive function was assessed through the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Seoul Neuropsychological Screening Battery (SNSB)-II, with specific Results: The analysis included patients with a mean age of 73.7 years and an average MMSE score of 23.8. The cortical shape features of multiple brain regions showed significant correlations with the MMSE score after adjusting for age, sex, and years of education. Among those, SD and LGI in the parahippocampal and fusiform gyri had positive correlations with MMSE. For executive function, SD showed correlations in the left inferior frontal and orbitofrontal gyrus. Regarding language function, CT was associated with regions such as the superior temporal gyrus, while SD demonstrated correlations with the left supramarginal gyrus. Conclusion: The results indicate that certain changes in cortical shape features are associated with particular cognitive function scores. Surface-based morphometric features of SD and LGI provided complementary results to CT analyses. Region-specific changes in SD and LGI could be useful imaging markers to predict cognitive decline in AD patients.

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Alzheimer’s diseasecerebral cortexcortical morphometrygyrificationmagnetic resonance imagingmild cognitive impairment

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