Genetic Architecture of Limbic White Matter Links Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
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Discovery of the day · Neurology
Genetic architecture of the limbic white matter microstructure in aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
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Medicine · Neurology
Discovery of the day
A multi-cohort genome-wide association study in 2,614 older adults has identified six genetic loci that influence limbic white matter microstructure, a brain feature known to deteriorate with aging and Alzheimer’s disease. The analysis, which harmonized diffusion MRI metrics across seven cohorts enriched for cognitive impairment, revealed that limbic white matter is moderately to highly heritable (h² = 0.26–0.60), with a novel signal implicating the oligodendrocyte-enriched cell-adhesion gene CDH19, alongside loci near KC6, SENP5, RORA, FAM107B, and MIR548A1. For a neuroscientist focused on preclinical models and mechanisms of brain function, these findings provide a compelling genetic bridge between white matter integrity, vascular-inflammatory biology, and Alzheimer’s disease outcomes, potentially informing new targets for therapeutic intervention and translational research.
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