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Role of gamma-amino-butyric acid in the dorsal anterior cingulate in age-associated changes in cognition.


ABSTRACT: GABAergic mechanisms have been shown to contribute to cognitive aging in animal models, but there is currently limited in vivo evidence to support this relationship in humans. It is also unclear whether aging is associated with changes in GABA levels measured with proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Spectral-editing MRS at 3?T was used to measure GABA in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) for a large sample of healthy volunteers (N?=?229) aged 18-55. In a subset of 171 participants, age effects on several cognitive tasks were studied. We formally tested whether the MRS measures mediated the relationship between age and cognition. Robust associations of age with performance were found for the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test ([WCST], p?

SUBMITTER: Marenco S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6135795 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Role of gamma-amino-butyric acid in the dorsal anterior cingulate in age-associated changes in cognition.

Marenco Stefano S   Meyer Christian C   van der Veen Jan Willem JW   Zhang Yan Y   Kelly Ryan R   Shen Jun J   Weinberger Daniel R DR   Dickinson Dwight D   Berman Karen F KF  

Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 20180703 11


GABAergic mechanisms have been shown to contribute to cognitive aging in animal models, but there is currently limited in vivo evidence to support this relationship in humans. It is also unclear whether aging is associated with changes in GABA levels measured with proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Spectral-editing MRS at 3 T was used to measure GABA in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) for a large sample of healthy volunteers (N = 229) aged 18-55. In a subset of 171 partici  ...[more]

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