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Reduced cerebrovascular reactivity in young adults carrying the APOE ε4 allele.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association - 1 Jun 2015
Suri Sana, Mackay Clare E, Kelly Michael E, Germuska Michael, Tunbridge Elizabeth M, Frisoni Giovanni B, Matthews Paul M, Ebmeier Klaus P, Bulte Daniel P, Filippini Nicola
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies have shown that APOE ε2- and ε4-carriers have similar patterns of blood-oxygenation-level-dependent (BOLD) activation suggesting that we need to look beyond the BOLD signal to link APOE's effect on the brain to Alzheimer's disease (AD)-risk. METHODS: We evaluated APOE-related differences in BOLD activation in response to a memory task,...
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