Bayesian model reveals latent atrophy factors with dissociable cognitive trajectories in Alzheimer's disease
By
Xiuming Zhang,
Elizabeth C Mormino,
Nanbo Sun,
Reisa A. Sperling,
Mert R Sabuncu,
B.T. Thomas Yeo,
for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
Posted 17 Jul 2016
bioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/064295
(published DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1611073113)
We employed a data-driven Bayesian model to automatically identify distinct latent factors of overlapping atrophy patterns from voxelwise structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia patients. Our approach estimated the extent to which multiple distinct atrophy patterns were expressed within each participant rather than assuming that each participant expressed a single atrophy factor. The model revealed a temporal atrophy factor (medial temporal cortex, hippocampus and amygdala), a subcortical atrophy factor (striatum, thalamus and cerebellum), and a cortical atrophy factor (frontal, parietal, lateral temporal and lateral occipital cortices). To explore the influence of each factor in early AD, atrophy factor compositions were inferred in beta-amyloid-positive (Aβ+) mild cognitively impaired (MCI) and cognitively normal (CN) participants. All three factors were associated with memory decline across the entire clinical spectrum, whereas the cortical factor was associated with executive function decline in Aβ+ MCI participants and AD dementia patients. Direct comparison between factors revealed that the temporal factor showed the strongest association with memory, while the cortical factor showed the strongest association with executive function. The subcortical factor was associated with the slowest decline for both memory and executive function compared to temporal and cortical factors. These results suggest that distinct patterns of atrophy influence decline across different cognitive domains. Quantification of this heterogeneity may enable the computation of individual-level predictions relevant for disease monitoring and customized therapies. Code from this manuscript is publicly available at link_to_be_added.
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