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Worry Modifies the Relationship between Locus Coeruleus Activity and Emotional Mnemonic Discrimination.

Linda H G Pagen, Benedikt A Poser, Martin P J van Boxtel, Nikos Priovoulos, Roy W E van Hooren, Frans R J Verhey, Heidi I L Jacobs

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Linda H G PagenAlzheimer Centre Limburg, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1911-5540
Benedikt A PoserDepartment of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-8190-4367
Martin P J van BoxtelAlzheimer Centre Limburg, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Nikos PriovoulosAlzheimer Centre Limburg, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5661-6670
Roy W E van HoorenAlzheimer Centre Limburg, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1285-9739
Frans R J VerheyAlzheimer Centre Limburg, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Heidi I L JacobsAlzheimer Centre Limburg, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-7620-3822
Maastricht University · NLHarvard University · US

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Alzheimer Nederland 15007Center of Integrative Neuroscience
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Abstract

backgroundThe locus coeruleus (LC) plays a critical role in modulating emotional memory performance via widespread connections to the medial temporal lobe (MTL). Interestingly, both the LC and MTL are affected during aging. Therefore, we aimed to investigate whether worry during cognitive aging changes the relationship between memory performance and the neural activity patterns during an emotional memory task.

methodsTwenty-eight participants aged 60-83 years from the Maastricht Aging study conducted an emotional mnemonic discrimination task during a 7T fMRI-scan. We performed a robust multiple linear regression to examine the association between worry and mnemonic memory performance under different levels of arousal. Subsequently, we examined if worry modifies the relationship between neuronal activity and mnemonic memory performance.

resultsWe observed that under low arousal, only participants with low compared to high levels of worry benefitted from additional LC activity. Under high arousal, additional LC activity was associated with lower mnemonic memory performance.

conclusionOur results suggest there might be an optimal involvement of the NA-system for optimal memory discrimination performance, as we observed that under low levels of worry and with lower levels of arousal, higher LC activity might be needed to achieve similar levels of optimal memory performance as achieved under higher arousal when LC activity remained lower.

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agingemotional mnemonic discriminationlocus coeruleusworry

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