Table 8 Quantification of AD neuropathology in the RNA-Seq cohort.

From: Defining early changes in Alzheimer’s disease from RNA sequencing of brain regions differentially affected by pathology

Mean (S.D.)

AD (n = 26)

Control (n = 22)

p value

PREC—AT8-tau + ve neuron density (mm2)

20 (14)

0

< 0.0001

PREC—areal Aβ fraction

0.07 (0.05)

0.008 (0.008)

< 0.0001

PREC—neuronal density (mm2)

276 (56)

283 (63)

0.7

VIC—AT8-tau + ve neuron density (mm2)

8 (9)

0

0.0003

VIC—areal Aβ fraction

0.07 (0.05)

0.002 (0.007)

< 0.0001

VIC—neuronal density (mm2)

309 (41)

278 (62)

0.06

PREC—RIN

4.1 (0.9)

5.2 (1.0)

0.0001

VIC—RIN

4.2 (0.9)

5.1 (1.2)

0.003

 

PREC

VIC

p value

Inter-regional comparisons (cases only)

Areal Aβ fraction

0.07 (0.05)

0.07 (0.05)

0.8

AT8-tau + ve neuron density

20 (14)

8 (9)

0.0009