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Association of Hippocampal Substructure Resting-State Functional Connectivity with Memory Performance in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:Hippocampal hyperactivation marks preclinical dementia pathophysiology, potentially due to differences in the connectivity of specific medial temporal lobe structures. Our aims were to characterize the resting-state functional connectivity of medial temporal lobe sub-structures in older adults, and evaluate whether specific substructural (rather than global) functional connectivity relates to memory function. METHODS:In 15 adults (mean age: 69 years), we evaluated the resting state functional connectivity of medial temporal lobe substructures: dentate/Cornu Ammonis (CA) 4, CA1, CA2/3, subiculum, the molecular layer, entorhinal cortex, and parahippocampus. We used 7-Tesla susceptibility weighted imaging and magnetization-prepared rapid gradient echo sequences to segment substructures of the hippocampus, which were used as structural seeds for examining functional connectivity in a resting BOLD sequence. We then assessed correlations between functional connectivity with memory performance (short and long delay free recall on the California Verbal Learning Test [CVLT]). RESULTS:All the seed regions had significant connectivity within the temporal lobe (including the fusiform, temporal, and lingual gyri). The left CA1 was the only seed with significant functional connectivity to the amygdala. The left entorhinal cortex was the only seed to have significant functional connectivity with frontal cortex (anterior cingulate and superior frontal gyrus). Only higher left dentate-left lingual connectivity was associated with poorer CVLT performance (Spearman r?=?-0.81, p?=?0.0003, Benjamini-Hochberg false discovery rate: 0.01) after multiple comparison correction. CONCLUSIONS:Rather than global hyper-connectivity of the medial temporal lobe, left dentate-lingual connectivity may provide a specific assay of medial temporal lobe hyper-connectivity relevant to memory in aging.

SUBMITTER: Smagula SF

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5993618 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Association of Hippocampal Substructure Resting-State Functional Connectivity with Memory Performance in Older Adults.

Smagula Stephen F SF Karim Helmet T HT Rangarajan Anusha A Santos Fernando Pasquini FP Wood Sossena C SC Santini Tales T Jakicic John M JM Reynolds Charles F CF Cameron Judy L JL Vallejo Abbe N AN Butters Meryl A MA Rosano Caterina C Ibrahim Tamer S TS Erickson Kirk I KI Aizenstein Howard J HJ

The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 20180313 6

<h4>Objectives</h4>Hippocampal hyperactivation marks preclinical dementia pathophysiology, potentially due to differences in the connectivity of specific medial temporal lobe structures. Our aims were to characterize the resting-state functional connectivity of medial temporal lobe sub-structures in older adults, and evaluate whether specific substructural (rather than global) functional connectivity relates to memory function.<h4>Methods</h4>In 15 adults (mean age: 69 years), we evaluated the r ...[more]

PMID: 29628321

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Association of Hippocampal Substructure Resting-State Functional Connectivity with Memory Performance in Older Adults.

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Association of Hippocampal Substructure Resting-State Functional Connectivity with Memory Performance in Older Adults.

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