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. 2020 Sep 2;12:272. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2020.00272

TABLE 1.

AT(N) biomarker grouping of the NIA-AA framework.

Biomarker class CSF marker Imaging marker
Amyloid (A) CSF Aβ42 or Aβ42:Aβ40 ratio Amyloid PET
Tau (T) CSF p-tau Tau PET
Neurodegeneration (N) CSF t-tau Anatomic MRI; FDG-PET

Adapted from Jack et al. (2016). NIH, National Institute on Aging; NIA-AA, Alzheimer’s Association; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; Aβ, amyloid-β; p-tau, phosphorylated tau; t-tau, total tau; PET, positron emission tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; FDG, fluorine-based tracers.