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The Aging Hippocampus: Cognitive, Biochemical and Structural Findings

Driscoll, I.·2003·Cerebral Cortex

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Aging is often accompanied by learning and memory problems, many of which resemble deficits associated with hippocampal damage. Studies of aging in nonhuman animals have demonstrated hippocampus-related memory decline, and point to a possible locus for impairments associated with normal and pathological aging in humans. Two well-characterized hippocampus-dependent tasks in nonhuman animal literature are the Morris water task (MWT) and the transverse patterning discrimination task (TPDT). We employed the virtual MWT and the TPDT to assess hippocampus-dependent cognition in humans. Magnetic resonance imaging and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy were employed to measure hippocampal volume and neurochemistry respectively. Age-related deficits were observed in performance on both hippocampus-dependent tasks. This pattern of impairment was accompanied by decreased hippocampal NAA/Cre ratios and volume, both of which imply neuronal loss and/or decrease in neuronal density. Collectively, our results suggest that hippocampus undergoes structural and biochemical changes with normal aging and that these changes may represent an important component of age-related deterioration in hippocampus-dependent cognition.

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Authors
Driscoll, I.
Venue
Cerebral Cortex
Published
2003-12-01
Volume
13
Issue
12
Pages
1344-1351
ISSN
  • 1047-3211 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2199
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W2158674901
Cited by
448
References
48
FWCI
6.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
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