PMID- 21383234 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120613 LR - 20220410 IS - 1460-2199 (Electronic) IS - 1047-3211 (Print) IS - 1047-3211 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 10 DP - 2011 Oct TI - Relationships between beta-amyloid and functional connectivity in different components of the default mode network in aging. PG - 2399-407 LID - 10.1093/cercor/bhr025 [doi] AB - Although beta-amyloid (Abeta) deposition is a characteristic feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD), this pathology is commonly found in elderly normal controls (NC). The pattern of Abeta deposition as detected with Pittsburgh compound-B positron emission tomography (PIB-PET) imaging shows substantial spatial overlap with the default mode network (DMN), a group of brain regions that typically deactivates during externally driven cognitive tasks. In this study, we show that DMN functional connectivity (FC) during rest is altered with increasing levels of PIB uptake in NC. Specifically, FC decreases were identified in regions implicated in episodic memory (EM) processing (posteromedial cortex, ventral medial prefrontal cortex, and angular gyrus), whereas connectivity increases were detected in dorsal and anterior medial prefrontal and lateral temporal cortices. This pattern of decreases is consistent with previous studies that suggest heightened vulnerability of EM-related brain regions in AD, whereas the observed increases in FC may reflect a compensatory response. FAU - Mormino, Elizabeth C AU - Mormino EC AD - Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. bmormino@berkeley.edu FAU - Smiljic, Andre AU - Smiljic A FAU - Hayenga, Amynta O AU - Hayenga AO FAU - Onami, Susan H AU - Onami SH FAU - Greicius, Michael D AU - Greicius MD FAU - Rabinovici, Gil D AU - Rabinovici GD FAU - Janabi, Mustafa AU - Janabi M FAU - Baker, Suzanne L AU - Baker SL FAU - Yen, Irene V AU - Yen IV FAU - Madison, Cindee M AU - Madison CM FAU - Miller, Bruce L AU - Miller BL FAU - Jagust, William J AU - Jagust WJ LA - eng GR - R01 AG034570/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - AG032814/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 AG019724/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - K23 AG031861/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - AG027859/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110307 PL - United States TA - Cereb Cortex JT - Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) JID - 9110718 RN - 0 (Amyloid beta-Peptides) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Aging/pathology/*physiology MH - Amyloid beta-Peptides/antagonists & inhibitors/biosynthesis/*physiology MH - Brain Mapping/methods MH - Cerebral Cortex/diagnostic imaging/pathology/physiology MH - Cohort Studies MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Memory, Episodic MH - Nerve Net/diagnostic imaging/*metabolism/*physiopathology MH - Positron-Emission Tomography/methods MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC3169663 EDAT- 2011/03/09 06:00 MHDA- 2012/06/14 06:00 PMCR- 2012/10/01 CRDT- 2011/03/09 06:00 PHST- 2011/03/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/03/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/06/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - bhr025 [pii] AID - 10.1093/cercor/bhr025 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cereb Cortex. 2011 Oct;21(10):2399-407. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhr025. Epub 2011 Mar 7.