Maurice Pasternak, Saira S Mirza, Nicholas Luciw, Henri J M M Mutsaerts, Jan Petr, David Thomas, David Cash, Martina Bocchetta, Maria Carmela Tartaglia, Sara B Mitchell, Sandra E Black, Morris Freedman, David Tang-Wai, Ekaterina Rogaeva, Lucy L Russell, Arabella Bouzigues, John C van Swieten, Lize C Jiskoot, Harro Seelaar, Robert Laforce, Pietro Tiraboschi, Barbara Borroni, Daniela Galimberti, James B Rowe, Caroline Graff, Elizabeth Finger, Sandro Sorbi, Alexandre de Mendonça, Chris Butler, Alex Gerhard, Raquel Sanchez-Valle, Fermin Moreno, Matthis Synofzik, Rik Vandenberghe, Simon Ducharme, Johannes Levin, Markus Otto, Isabel Santana, Antonio P Strafella, Bradley J MacIntosh, Jonathan D Rohrer, Mario Masellis
INTRODUCTION: Effective longitudinal biomarkers that track disease progression are needed to characterize the presymptomatic phase of genetic frontotemporal dementia (FTD). We investigate the utility of cerebral perfusion as one such biomarker in presymptomatic FTD mutation carriers. METHODS: We investigated longitudinal profiles of cerebral perfusion using arterial spin labeling magnetic resonance imaging in 42 C9orf72, 70 GRN, and 31 MAPT presymptomatic carriers and 158 non-carrier controls...
April 16, 2024: Alzheimer's & Dementia: the Journal of the Alzheimer's Association