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Specific Hippocampal Volume Reductions in Individuals at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease

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Convit, A., De Leon, M.J., Tarshish, C., De Santi, S., Tsui, W., Rusinek, H., George, A.·1997·Neurobiology of Aging

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Our goal was to ascertain the involvement of the temporal lobe in the preclinical (not yet diagnosable) stages of dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT) by using MRI-derived volumes. We assessed anatomical subdivisions of the temporal lobe on three groups of carefully screened age- and education-matched elderly individuals: 27 normal elderly (NL), 22 individuals with minimal cognitive impairment (MCI), who did not fulfill DAT criteria but were regarded at high risk for future DAT, and 27 DAT individuals. We found hippocampal volume reductions of 14% for the MCI and 22% for the DAT group compared to the NL group. Utilizing regression analyses and after accounting for gender head size-age, generalized atrophy (CSF), and other temporal lobe subvolumes, the hippocampal volume separated NL from MCI individuals, correctly classifying 74%. For NL and MCI groups combined the hippocampal volume was the only temporal lobe subvolume related to delayed recall memory performance. When contrasting MCI and DAT individuals, the fusiform gyrus volume uniquely improved the ability of the hippocampal volume to separate MCI from DAT individuals from 74 to 80%. Our cross-sectional data suggest that, within the temporal lobe, specific hippocampal volume reductions separated the group at risk for DAT from the normal group. By the time impairments are sufficient to allow a diagnosis of DAT to be made, in addition to the medial temporal lobe volume reductions, the lateral temporal lobe is also showing volume reductions, most saliently involving the fusiform gyrus.

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Authors
Convit, A., De Leon, M. J., Tarshish, C., De Santi, S., Tsui, W., Rusinek, H., & George, A.
Affiliations
  • Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (US)
  • NYU Langone Health (US)
Corresponding author
Convit, A.
Venue
Neurobiology of Aging
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1997-03
Volume
18
Issue
2
Pages
131-138
ISSN
0197-4580 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2165278596
Cited by
427
References
53
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Neurobiology of Aging (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (P30 AG08051, AG12101, AG08051)
  • National Institute on Aging (P30 AG 08051, AG03051, R01AG003051, P30AG008051, R01AG013616, AG 13616)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease, hippocampal volume, preclinical dementia, temporal lobe atrophy, fusiform gyrus, lateral temporal lobe, medial temporal lobe, brain atrophy, volumetric MRI, dementia risk
MeSH terms
Aged, Alzheimer Disease, Cognition Disorders, Female, Hippocampus, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Psychometrics, Risk, Temporal Lobe, Observer Variation

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