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Observational studyThe journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease2026

Multimodal biomarker characterization of amnestic objective subtle cognitive decline in aging and preclinical Alzheimer's disease.

David López-Martos, Raffaele Cacciaglia, Marc Suárez-Calvet, Gemma Salvadó, Mahnaz Shekari, Armand González-Escalante, Marta Milà-Alomà, Anna Brugulat-Serrat, Carolina Minguillon, Matteo Tonietto and 10 more

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20 authors.

David López-MartosBarcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain; Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: dlopez@barcelonabeta.org.
Raffaele CacciagliaBarcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain; Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Marc Suárez-CalvetBarcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain; Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Servei de Neurologia, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
Gemma SalvadóBarcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain; Clinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Mahnaz ShekariBarcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain; Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
Armand González-EscalanteBarcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain; Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
Marta Milà-AlomàBarcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Northern California Institute for Research and Education (NCIRE), San Francisco, CA, USA; Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Anna Brugulat-SerratBarcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain; Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Global Brain Health Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Carolina MinguillonBarcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain; Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Matteo ToniettoPharma Research and Early Development, F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland.
Edilio BorroniPharma Research and Early Development, F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland.
Gregory KleinPharma Research and Early Development, F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland.
Clara Quijano-RubioRoche Diagnostics International Ltd, Rotkreuz, Switzerland.
Gwendlyn KollmorgenRoche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, Germany.
Henrik ZetterbergDepartment of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK; UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL, London, UK; Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China; Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.
Kaj BlennowDepartment of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden.
Juan Domingo GispertBarcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain; Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Oriol Grau-RiveraBarcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain; Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Servei de Neurologia, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: ograu@barcelonabeta.org.
Gonzalo Sánchez-BenavidesBarcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain; Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: gsanchezb@barcelonabeta.org.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe objective of this study was to provide a multimodal biomarker characterization of amnestic objective subtle cognitive decline (obj-SCD) in aging and preclinical Alzheimer's disease (AD).

methodsProspective observational study; data from the Alzheimer's and Families+ (ALFAs+) cohort, including cognitively unimpaired (CU) individuals with available baseline CSF biomarkers (normal or AD continuum profiles) and longitudinal neuropsychological assessment (2 time points, 3-year follow-up). Amnestic obj-SCD was defined using robust longitudinal neuropsychological references with multivariate base rate thresholds of significant decline (Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test, Memory Binding Test, Wechsler Memory Scale IV: Logical Memory). Study outcomes included plasma p-tau217, NfL, and GFAP; CSF p-tau181/Aβ42, NfL, and GFAP; Aβ and tau PET; and MRI Grey Matter volume (GMv). The associations of amnestic obj-SCD with fluid (plasma and CSF) and neuroimaging biomarkers (PET and GMv) were evaluated using mixed-effects and voxel-wise linear regression models, respectively.

results350 CU individuals were included (mean age 61 years; 60% female; mean education 14 years; 35% CSF Aβ-positive). Amnestic obj-SCD was identified in 10% of the sample, associated with greater AD pathology (higher plasma p-tau217, CSF p-tau181/Aβ42, global Aβ PET, medial temporal tau PET), neurodegeneration (higher plasma and CSF NfL, reduced GMv in cingulate cortex, longitudinal GMv reductions in hippocampus) and inflammation (higher plasma and CSF GFAP, longitudinal GMv increases in neocortical brain regions). DISCUSSION: These findings highlight the need for standardized clinical staging criteria to enhance early detection and risk stratification in aging and preclinical AD.

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AgingAlzheimer DiseaseAmnesiaCognitive DysfunctionAgedAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkersFemaleGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinHumansLongitudinal StudiesMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsPositron-Emission TomographyAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkersGlial Fibrillary Acidic Proteintau ProteinsAlzheimer’s diseaseAmnestic objective subtle cognitive decline (obj-SCD)Episodic memoryMultimodal biomarkers

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PMCPMC13264043

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