TY - JOUR AU - Baumeister, Hannah AU - Gellersen, Helena M AU - Polk, Sarah E AU - Lattmann, René AU - Wuestefeld, Anika AU - Wisse, Laura E M AU - Glenn, Trevor AU - Yakupov, Renat AU - Stark, Melina AU - Kleineidam, Luca AU - Roeske, Sandra AU - Marcos Morgado, Barbara AU - Esselmann, Hermann AU - Brosseron, Frederic AU - Ramirez, Alfredo AU - Lüsebrink, Falk AU - Synofzik, Matthis AU - Schott, Björn H AU - Schmid, Matthias C AU - Hetzer, Stefan AU - Dechent, Peter AU - Scheffler, Klaus AU - Ewers, Michael AU - Hellmann-Regen, Julian AU - Ersözlü, Ersin AU - Spruth, Eike Jakob AU - Gemenetzi, Maria AU - Fliessbach, Klaus AU - Bartels, Claudia AU - Rostamzadeh, Ayda AU - Glanz, Wenzel AU - Incesoy, Enise I AU - Janowitz, Daniel AU - Rauchmann, Boris Stephan AU - Kilimann, Ingo AU - Sodenkamp, Sebastian AU - Coenjaerts, Marie AU - Spottke, Annika AU - Peters, Oliver AU - Priller, Josef AU - Schneider, Anja AU - Wiltfang, Jens AU - Buerger, Katharina AU - Perneczky, Robert AU - Teipel, Stefan AU - Laske, Christoph AU - Wagner, Michael AU - Ziegler, Gabriel AU - Jessen, Frank AU - Düzel, Emrah AU - Berron, David TI - Disease stage-specific atrophy markers in Alzheimer's disease. JO - Alzheimer's and dementia VL - 21 IS - 7 SN - 1552-5260 CY - Hoboken, NJ PB - Wiley M1 - DZNE-2025-00886 SP - e70482 PY - 2025 AB - Structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) often lacks diagnostic, prognostic, and monitoring value in Alzheimer's disease (AD), particularly in early disease stages. To improve its utility, we aimed to identify optimal atrophy markers for different intended uses.We included 363 older adults; cognitively unimpaired individuals who were negative or positive for amyloid beta (Aβ) and Aβ-positive patients with subjective cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment, or dementia of the Alzheimer type. MRI and neuropsychological assessments were administered annually for up to 3 years.Accelerated atrophy of medial temporal lobe subregions was evident already during preclinical AD. Symptomatic disease stages most notably differed in their hippocampal and parietal atrophy signatures. Atrophy-cognition relationships varied by intended use and disease stage.With the appropriate marker, MRI can detect abnormal atrophy already during preclinical AD. To optimize performance, atrophy markers should be tailored to the targeted disease stage and intended use.Subregional atrophy markers detect ongoing atrophy in preclinical Alzheimer's disease (AD). Subjective cognitive decline in preclinical AD links to manifest atrophy. Optimal atrophy markers differ by the disease stage and intended use. KW - Humans KW - Alzheimer Disease: pathology KW - Alzheimer Disease: diagnostic imaging KW - Atrophy: pathology KW - Magnetic Resonance Imaging KW - Male KW - Female KW - Aged KW - Cognitive Dysfunction: pathology KW - Cognitive Dysfunction: diagnostic imaging KW - Neuropsychological Tests KW - Biomarkers KW - Amyloid beta-Peptides KW - Brain: pathology KW - Brain: diagnostic imaging KW - Disease Progression KW - Aged, 80 and over KW - Hippocampus: pathology KW - imaging biomarker (Other) KW - longitudinal atrophy (Other) KW - magnetic resonance imaging (Other) KW - medial temporal lobe (Other) KW - parietal lobe (Other) KW - Biomarkers (NLM Chemicals) KW - Amyloid beta-Peptides (NLM Chemicals) LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:40691867 DO - DOI:10.1002/alz.70482 UR - https://pub.dzne.de/record/280047 ER -