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ArticleNeuroImage. Clinical2017

Associations of hippocampal subfields in the progression of cognitive decline related to Parkinson's disease.

Heidi Foo, Elijah Mak, Russell Jude Chander, Aloysius Ng, Wing Lok Au, Yih Yian Sitoh, Louis C S Tan, Nagaendran Kandiah

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Article in NeuroImage. Clinical, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 114 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. TMS and tDCS as potential tools for the treatment of cognitive deficits in Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Heidi FooDepartment of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore.
Elijah MakDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Russell Jude ChanderDepartment of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore.
Aloysius NgDepartment of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore; Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia.
Wing Lok AuDepartment of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore; Duke-NUS, Graduate Medical School, Singapore.
Yih Yian SitohDuke-NUS, Graduate Medical School, Singapore; Department of Neuroradiology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore.
Louis C S TanDepartment of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore; Duke-NUS, Graduate Medical School, Singapore.
Nagaendran KandiahDepartment of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore; Duke-NUS, Graduate Medical School, Singapore.
Duke-NUS Medical School · SGNational Neuroscience Institute · SGThe University of Sydney · AUUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveHippocampal atrophy has been associated with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, literature on how hippocampal atrophy affects the pathophysiology of cognitive impairment in PD has been limited. Previous studies assessed the hippocampus as an entire entity instead of their individual subregions. We studied the progression of cognitive status in PD subjects over 18 in relation to hippocampal subfields atrophy.

methods65 PD subjects were included. Using the MDS task force criteria, PD subjects were classified as either having no cognitive impairment (PD-NCI) or PD-MCI. We extended the study by investigating the hippocampal subfields atrophy patterns in those who converted from PD-NCI to PD-MCI (PD-converters) compared to those who remained cognitively stable (PD-stable) over 18 months. Freesurfer 6.0 was used to perform the automated segmentation of the hippocampus into thirteen subregions.

resultsPD-MCI showed lower baseline volumes in the left fimbria, right CA1, and right HATA; and lower global cognition scores compared to PD-NCI. Baseline right CA1 was also correlated with baseline attention. Over 18 months, decline in volumes of CA2-3 and episodic memory were also seen in PD-converters compared to PD-stable. Baseline volumes of GC-DG, right CA4, left parasubiculum, and left HATA were predictive of the conversion from PD-NCI to PD-MCI.

conclusionThe findings from this study add to the anatomical knowledge of hippocampal subregions in PD, allowing us to understand the unique functional contribution of each subfield. Structural changes in the hippocampus subfields could be early biomarkers to detect cognitive impairment in PD.

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AgedAged, 80 and overCognition DisordersFemaleFunctional LateralityHippocampusHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedLongitudinal StudiesMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMental Status ScheduleMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsParkinson DiseaseCA, cornu ammonisCognitive impairmentHATA, hippocampal-amygdaloid transition regionHippocampal atrophyParkinson's diseaseVolumetry

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PMID28116240
PMCPMC5226850
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