Resilience to Alzheimer's disease in individuals with Down syndrome

In the UCI ADRC autopsy cohort of individuals with DS, ∼14% of individuals with DS over 40 years old did not have dementia at their last clinical evaluation before death and showed intermediate to high AD neuropathological change suggesting that they may have been resilient to disease.

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Alzheimer s & Dementia
Published
2025-12-01
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https://doi.org/10.1002/alz70855_099390
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Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
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Abstract

In the UCI ADRC autopsy cohort of individuals with DS, ∼14% of individuals with DS over 40 years old did not have dementia at their last clinical evaluation before death and showed intermediate to high AD neuropathological change suggesting that they may have been resilient to disease.

Alzheimer s & DementiaVol. 21(S1)
Barrow Neurological Institute (US), University of Kentucky (US), University of Pittsburgh (US), University of California, Irvine (US), Indiana University School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US), Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US), Columbia University (US), University of Colorado Denver (US)
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