Locus coeruleus volume and cell population changes during Alzheimer's disease progression: A stereological study in human postmortem brains with potential implication for early-stage biomarker discovery

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2017
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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
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THEOFILAS, Panos
EHRENBERG, Alexander J.
DUNLOP, Sara
NGUY, Austin
MEJIA, Maria B.
FERRETTI-REBUSTINI, Renata Eloah De Lucena
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ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA, v.13, n.3, p.236-246, 2017
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Introduction: Alzheimer's disease (AD) progression follows a specific spreading pattern, emphasizing the need to characterize those brain areas that degenerate first. The brainstem's locus coeruleus (LC) is the first area to develop neurofibrillary changes (neurofibrillary tangles [NFTs]). Methods: The methods include unbiased stereologiCal analyses in human brainstems to estimate LC volume and neuronal population in controls and individuals across all AD stages. Results: As the Braak stage increases by 1 unit, the LC volume decreases by 8.4%. Neuronal loss started only midway through AD progression. Age-related changes spare the LC. Discussion: The long gap between NFT accumulation and neuronal loss suggests that a second trigger may be necessary to induce neuronal death in AD. Imaging studies should determine whether LC volumetry can replicate the stage-wise atrophy observed here and how these changes are specific to AD. LC volumetry may develop into a screening biomarker for selecting high-yield candidates to undergo expensive and less accessible positron emission tomography scans and to monitor AD progression from presymptomatic stages.
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Alzheimer's disease, Brainstem, Locus coeruleus, Human, Neurofibrillary tangles, Unbiased stereology, Postmortem, Neuron counts, Volumetry
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