Summary
PROJECT SUMMARY While reductions in medial temporal lobe (MTL) white matter tract microstructure have been suggested to have a central role in longitudinal cognitive decline in aging and Alzheimer’s disease (AD), it is unknown what genetic factors drive these reductions. The objective of this proposal is to use MTL white matter tract templates in conjunction with genome-wide analyses to identify the genetic drivers of white matter tract microstructure. This proposal will leverage several aging datasets, including the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (n=525), Baltimore Longitudinal S
