OBJECTIVE: To determine whether cognitively intact adults with the APOE epsilon3/epsilon4 genotype show reduced gray matter density on voxel-based morphometry (VBM) vs those homozygous for the epsilon3 allele. METHODS: Participants were healthy, cognitively intact, right-handed adults, age 19 to 80, who completed genotyping, neuropsychological testing, and MRI. Forty-nine participants had the epsilon3/epsilon3 genotype and 27 had the epsilon3/epsilon4 genotype. Gray matter data were analyzed using the general linear model as implemented in the Statistical Parametric Mapping package, adjusting for age and sex. RESULTS: The epsilon3/epsilon4 participants showed lower gray matter density than the epsilon3/epsilon3 participants in right medial temporal and bilateral frontotemporal regions as well as other areas. There were no regions in which epsilon3/epsilon4 participants showed higher gray matter density than epsilon3/epsilon3 participants. CONCLUSIONS: Regionally reduced gray matter density is detectable in cognitively intact adults with a single copy of the APOE epsilon4 allele.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether cognitively intact adults with the APOE epsilon3/epsilon4 genotype show reduced gray matter density on voxel-based morphometry (VBM) vs those homozygous for the epsilon3 allele. METHODS:Participants were healthy, cognitively intact, right-handed adults, age 19 to 80, who completed genotyping, neuropsychological testing, and MRI. Forty-nine participants had the epsilon3/epsilon3 genotype and 27 had the epsilon3/epsilon4 genotype. Gray matter data were analyzed using the general linear model as implemented in the Statistical Parametric Mapping package, adjusting for age and sex. RESULTS: The epsilon3/epsilon4 participants showed lower gray matter density than the epsilon3/epsilon3 participants in right medial temporal and bilateral frontotemporal regions as well as other areas. There were no regions in which epsilon3/epsilon4 participants showed higher gray matter density than epsilon3/epsilon3 participants. CONCLUSIONS: Regionally reduced gray matter density is detectable in cognitively intact adults with a single copy of the APOE epsilon4 allele.
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