Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have identified and validated the association of the genotype with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The rs3851179 allele is thought to have a protective effect, whereas the allele appears to confer risk for AD. The influence of the genotype on brain functional connectivity in non-demented subjects remains largely unknown. We examined the association of the rs3851179 genotype with the characteristics of lagged linear connectivity (LLC) of resting EEG sources in 104 non-demented adults younger than 60 years of age. The EEG analysis was performed using exact low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography (eLORETA) freeware (Pascual-Marqui et al., 2011). We found that the carriers of the allele ( genotypes) had higher widespread interhemispheric LLC of alpha sources compared to the carriers of the allele. An exploratory correlation analysis showed a moderate positive association between the alpha LLC interhemispheric characteristics and the corpus callosum size and between the alpha interhemispheric LLC characteristics and the Luria word memory scores. These results suggest that the rs3851179 allele provides protection against cognitive decline by facilitating neurophysiological reserve capacities in non-demented adults. In contrast, lower functional connectivity in carriers of the AD risk variant, , suggests early functional alterations in alpha rhythm networks.

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