Differential associations between entorhinal and hippocampal volumes and memory performance in older adults.
Magnetic resonance imaging-derived entorhinal and hippocampal volumes were measured in 14 nondemented, community-dwelling older adults. Participants were selected so that memory scores from 2 years prior to scanning varied widely but were not deficient relative to age-appropriate norms. A median split of these memory scores defined high-memory and low-memory groups. Verbal memory scores at the time of imaging were lower, and entorhinal and hippocampal volumes were smaller, in the low-memory group than in the high-memory group. Left entorhinal cortex volume showed the strongest correlation (r= .79) with immediate recall of word lists. Left hippocampal volume showed the strongest correlation (r= .57) with delayed paragraph recall. These results suggest that entorhinal and hippocampal volumes are related to individual differences in dissociable kinds of memory performance among healthy older adults.
Rosen
Allyson C
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Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA. rosena@psych.stanford.edu
Prull
Matthew W
MW
Gabrieli
John D E
JD
Stoub
Travis
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O'Hara
Ruth
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Friedman
Leah
L
Yesavage
Jerome A
JA
deToledo-Morrell
Leyla
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D000368:Aged; D001931:Brain Mapping; D018728:Entorhinal Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D012016:Reference Values; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000502:physiology*