1) Note
that Abeta
42 deposition is constant in FAD and non-FAD AD,
while Ab 40
deposits are not
2) Note that sometimes the temporal
cortex is more affected by Ab deposits
(MY.74), while sometimes, and more generally, it is the occipital cortex
3) Note that the occipital cortex
which is the brain area generally the most affected by Ab deposition
is the last to have a tau pathology.This paradox is a burden
for the "amyloid cascade hypothesis"
Delacourte
A et al. Nonoverlapping but synergetic Tau
and APP pathologies in sporadic Alzheimer's disease.
Neurology 2002; 59: 398-407
In aging, in non-demented patients,
the question is to know if amyloid deposition precedes
tau aggregation.