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ArticleCommunications medicine2025

Integrating individualized connectome with amyloid pathology improves predictive modeling of future cognitive decline.

Hengda He, Qolamreza R Razlighi, Yunglin Gazes, Christian Habeck, Yaakov Stern, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

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Article in Communications medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Hengda HeCognitive Neuroscience Division, Department of Neurology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. hh2699@cumc.columbia.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6925-8179
Qolamreza R RazlighiQuantitative Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brain Health Imaging Institute, Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Yunglin GazesCenter for Biomedical Imaging & Neuromodulation, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, USA.
Christian HabeckCognitive Neuroscience Division, Department of Neurology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Yaakov SternCognitive Neuroscience Division, Department of Neurology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. ys11@cumc.columbia.edu.
Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Funding

Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative - SupplementU01AG024904 · NIA · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE RES &EDUC · PI WEINER, MICHAEL W · 2004 to 2015
$121.0M
Exploring Cognitive Aging Using Reference Ability Neural NetworksR01AG038465 · NIA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI HABECK, CHRISTIAN GEORG, STERN, YAAKOV · 2011 to 2025
$17.0M
Imaging of Cognition, Learning and Memory in AgingR01AG026158 · NIA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI STERN, YAAKOV · 2004 to 2021
$10.9M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG026158NIA NIH HHS R01 AG038465NIA NIH HHS U01 AG024904
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Abstract

backgroundThe deposition of amyloid-β (Aβ) in the human brain is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease and is associated with cognitive decline. Aβ pathology is traditionally assessed at the whole-brain level across neocortical regions using positron emission tomography (PET). However, these measures often show weak associations with future cognitive impairment. A more sensitive pathology metric is needed to quantify early Aβ burden and better predict cognitive decline. Here, we aim to develop a network-based metric of Aβ burden to improve early prediction of cognitive decline in aging populations.

methodsWe integrated subject-specific brain connectome information with Aβ-PET measures to construct a network-based metric of Aβ burden. Cross-validated predictive modeling was used to evaluate the performance of this metric in predicting longitudinal cognitive decline. Furthermore, we identified a neuropathological signature pattern linked to future cognitive decline, and we validated this pattern in an independent cohort.

resultsOur results demonstrate that incorporating individualized structural connectome, but not functional connectome, information into Aβ measures enhances predictive performance for prospective cognitive decline. The identified neuropathological signature pattern is reproducible across cohorts.

conclusionThese findings advance our understanding of the spatial patterns of Aβ pathology and its relationship to brain networks, highlighting the potential of connectome-informed network-based metrics for Aβ-PET imaging in identifying individuals at higher risk of cognitive decline.

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