World Trade Center responders

A cortical thinning signature to identify World Trade Center responders with possible dementia

Authors: Sean A P Clouston, Minos Kritikos, Yael Deri, Megan Horton, Alison C Pellecchia, Stephanie Santiago-Michels, Melissa A Carr, Sam Gandy, Mary Sano, Evelyn J Bromet, Roberto G Lucchini, Benjamin J Luft

Journal: Intelligence-based Medicine

Year Published: 2021

Introduction: World Trade Center (WTC) responders have a high risk of early-onset cognitive impairment (CI), but little is known about the etiology including the extent to which CI in WTC responders is accompanied by cortical atrophy […]

White Matter Connectivity in Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Diffusion Spectrum Imaging Study of World Trade Center Responders at Midlife

Authors: Chuan Huang, Minos Kritikos, Sean A P Clouston, Yael Deri, Mario Serrano-Sosa, Lev Bangiyev, Stephanie Santiago-Michels, Sam Gandy, Mary Sano, Evelyn J Bromet, Benjamin J Luft

Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Year Published: 2021

Background: Individuals who participated in response efforts at the World Trade Center (WTC) following 9/11/2001 are experiencing elevated incidence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) at midlife. Objective: We hypothesized that white matter connectivity measured using diffusion […]

Reduced cortical thickness in World Trade Center responders with cognitive impairment

Authors: Sean A P Clouston, Yael Deri, Megan Horton, Cheuk Tang, Erica Diminich, Christine DeLorenzo, Minos Kritikos, Alison C Pellecchia, Stephanie Santiago-Michels, Melissa A Carr, Samuel Gandy, Mary Sano, Evelyn J Bromet, Roberto G Lucchini, Benjamin J Luft

Journal: Alzheimer's & Dementia

Year Published: 2020

Introduction: This study examined cortical thickness (CTX) in World Trade Center (WTC) responders with cognitive impairment (CI). Methods: WTC responders (N = 99) with/without CI, recruited from an epidemiologic study, completed a T1-MPRAGE protocol. CTX was […]

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