Parker Ashleigh F, Szoeke Cassandra, Kwan Heather, Henri-Bhargava Alexandre, Gawryluk Jodie R
Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
J Alzheimers Dis Rep. 2025 Jun 25;9:25424823251328340. doi: 10.1177/25424823251328340. eCollection 2025 Jan-Dec.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an incurable neurodegenerative disorder, which disproportionately affects women. Along the continuum of dementia, those who experience subjective cognitive decline (SCD) are thought to be the earliest group at risk for development of AD. The current study investigated differences in functional connectivity between healthy older women and older women with SCD in multiple resting-state functional connectivity networks. This study also examined whether additional differences existed between women with and without SCD, in various demographic variables, lifestyle factors, and medical comorbidities. 3T high-resolution resting-state functional MRI (fMRI) scans were retrieved for 25 healthy older women and 25 older women who self-report SCD from the Women's Healthy Ageing Program (WHAP). A seed-based approach was executed in FMRIB's Software Library (FSL) to examine significant differences in functional connectivity within the default mode network (DMN), frontoparietal network (FPN), and salience network (SN) between groups. Group comparisons were conducted between women with SCD and healthy women on various demographic variables, lifestyle factors, and medical comorbidities. Findings revealed significant increases in functional connectivity in the DMN and FPN in older women with SCD compared to healthy older women. Women with self-reported SCD had increased functional connectivity, with no significant differences were detected between groups on comparisons of various demographic variables, lifestyle factors, and medical comorbidities.
阿尔茨海默病(AD)是一种无法治愈的神经退行性疾病,女性受其影响的比例更高。在痴呆症的连续过程中,那些经历主观认知衰退(SCD)的人被认为是最早有患AD风险的群体。本研究调查了健康老年女性和患有SCD的老年女性在多个静息态功能连接网络中的功能连接差异。本研究还考察了患有和未患有SCD的女性在各种人口统计学变量、生活方式因素和合并症方面是否存在其他差异。从女性健康老龄化项目(WHAP)中获取了25名健康老年女性和25名自我报告有SCD的老年女性的3T高分辨率静息态功能磁共振成像(fMRI)扫描数据。在FMRIB软件库(FSL)中采用基于种子点的方法,以检验两组之间在默认模式网络(DMN)、额顶叶网络(FPN)和突显网络(SN)内功能连接的显著差异。对患有SCD的女性和健康女性在各种人口统计学变量、生活方式因素和合并症方面进行了组间比较。研究结果显示,与健康老年女性相比,患有SCD的老年女性在DMN和FPN中的功能连接显著增加。自我报告有SCD的女性功能连接增加,在各种人口统计学变量、生活方式因素和合并症的组间比较中未检测到显著差异。