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ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2020

Fornix Integrity Is Differently Associated With Cognition in Healthy Aging and Non-amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study in Thai Older Adults.

Patcharaporn Srisaikaew, Nahathai Wongpakaran, Nicole D Anderson, J Jean Chen, Suchart Kothan, Pairada Varnado, Kittisak Unsrisong, Pasuk Mahakkanukrauh

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Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Patcharaporn SrisaikaewPh.D. Program in Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Nahathai WongpakaranGeriatric Psychiatry Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Nicole D AndersonRotman Research Institute, Baycrest Health Science, Toronto, ON, Canada.
J Jean ChenRotman Research Institute, Baycrest Health Science, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Suchart KothanDepartment of Radiologic Technology, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Pairada VarnadoGeriatric Psychiatry Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Kittisak UnsrisongDepartment of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Pasuk MahakkanukrauhDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Chiang Mai University · THBaycrest Hospital · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Damage to the fornix leads to significant memory impairment and executive dysfunction and is associated with dementia risk. We sought to identify if fornix integrity and fiber length are disrupted in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and how they associate with cognition. Data from 14 healthy older adult controls (HCs) and 17 subjects with non-amnestic MCI (n-aMCI) were analyzed. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) at 1.5 Tesla MRI was performed to enable manual tracing of the fornix and calculation of DTI parameters. Higher fractional anisotropy of body and column of the fornix was associated with better executive functioning and memory, more strongly in the HC than in the n-aMCI group. Fornix fiber tract length (FTL) was associated with better executive function, more strongly in the n-aMCI than in the HC group, and with better memory, more strongly in the HC than in the n-aMCI group. These results highlight a decline in the contributions of the fornix to cognition in n-aMCI and suggest that maintenance of fornix FTL is essential for sustaining executive functioning in people with n-aMCI.

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cognitive performancediffusion tensor imaging (DTI)executive functionfiber tract length (FTL)fornixfractional anisotropy (FA)non-amnestic mild cognitive impairment (n-aMCI)vascular dementia (VaD)

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