The striatum, the hippocampus, and short-term memory binding : volumetric analysis of the subcortical grey matter's role in mild cognitive impairment
Valdés Hernández, Maria C. and Clark, Rupert and Wang, Szu-Han and Guazzo, Federica and Calia, Clara and Pattan, Vivek and Starr, John and Sala, Sergio Della and Parra, Mario Alfredo (2020) The striatum, the hippocampus, and short-term memory binding : volumetric analysis of the subcortical grey matter's role in mild cognitive impairment. NeuroImage: Clinical, 25. 102158. ISSN 2213-1582 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2019.102158)
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Abstract
Background: Deficits in short-term memory (STM) binding are a distinguishing feature of preclinical stages leading to Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, the neuroanatomical correlates of conjunctive STM binding are largely unexplored. Here we examine the possible association between the volumes of hippocampi, parahippocampal gyri, and grey matter within the subcortical structures – all found to have foci that seemingly correlate with basic daily living activities in AD patients - with cognitive tests related to conjunctive STM binding. Materials and methods: Hippocampal, thalamic, parahippocampal and corpus striatum volumes were semi-automatically quantified in brain magnetic resonance images from 25 cognitively normal people and 21 patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) at high risk of AD progression, who undertook a battery of cognitive tests and the short-term memory binding test. Associations were assessed using linear regression models and group differences were assessed using the Mann-Whitney U test. Results: Hippocampal and parahippocampal gyrus volumes differed between MCI and control groups. Although the grey matter volume in the globus pallidus (r=-0.71, p<0.001) and parahippocampal gyry (r=-0.63, p<0.05) correlated with a STM binding task in the MCI group, only the former remained associated with STM binding deficits in MCI patients, after correcting for age, gender and years of education (β=-0.56,P=0.042) although with borderline significance. Conclusions: Loss of hippocampal volume plays no role in the processing of STM binding. Structures within the basal ganglia, namely the globus pallidus, could be part of the extrahippocampal network supporting binding. Replication of this study in large samples is now needed.
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Valdés Hernández, Maria C., Clark, Rupert, Wang, Szu-Han, Guazzo, Federica, Calia, Clara, Pattan, Vivek, Starr, John, Sala, Sergio Della and Parra, Mario Alfredo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2412-648X;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 71056 Dates: DateEvent31 January 2020Published29 December 2019Published Online28 December 2019AcceptedSubjects: Medicine > Internal medicine > Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Psychological Sciences and Health > Psychology Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 09 Jan 2020 12:52 Last modified: 18 Oct 2024 00:34 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/71056