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Physical Activity and Hippocampal Sub-Region Structure in Older Adults with Memory Complaints
BACKGROUND: Physical activity (PA) plays a major role in maintaining cognition in older adults. PA has been shown to be correlated with total hippocampal volume, a memory-critical region within the medial temporal lobe (MTL). However, research on associations between PA and MTL sub-region integrity...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6461048/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29254088 http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-170586 |
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author | Siddarth, Prabha Rahi, Berna Emerson, Natacha D. Burggren, Alison C. Miller, Karen J. Bookheimer, Susan Lavretsky, Helen Dobkin, Bruce Small, Gary Merrill, David A. |
author_facet | Siddarth, Prabha Rahi, Berna Emerson, Natacha D. Burggren, Alison C. Miller, Karen J. Bookheimer, Susan Lavretsky, Helen Dobkin, Bruce Small, Gary Merrill, David A. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Physical activity (PA) plays a major role in maintaining cognition in older adults. PA has been shown to be correlated with total hippocampal volume, a memory-critical region within the medial temporal lobe (MTL). However, research on associations between PA and MTL sub-region integrity is limited. OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between PA, MTL thickness, and its sub-regions, and cognitive function in non-demented older adults with memory complaints. METHODS: Twenty-nine subjects aged ≥60 years, with memory complaints were recruited for this cross-sectional study. PA was tracked for 7 days using accelerometers, and average number of steps/day determined. Subjects were categorized into two groups: those who walked ≤4000 steps/day (lower PA) and those with >4000 steps/day (higher PA). Subjects received neuropsychological testing and 3T MRI scans. Nonparametric ANCOVAs controlling for age examined differences between the two groups. RESULTS: Twenty-six subjects aged 72.7(8.1) years completed the study. The higher PA group (n=13) had thicker fusiform gyrus (median difference=0.11mm, effect size (ES)=1.43, p=0.001) and parahippocampal cortex (median difference=0.12mm, ES=0.93, p=0.04) compared to the lower PA group. The higher PA group also exhibited superior performance in attention and information-processing speed (median difference=0.90, ES=1.61, p=0.003) and executive functioning (median difference=0.97, ES=1.24, p=0.05). Memory recall was not significantly different between the two groups. CONCLUSION: Older non-demented individuals complaining of memory loss who walked>4000 steps each day had thicker MTL sub-regions and better cognitive functioning than those who walked ≤4000 steps. Future studies should include longitudinal analyses and explore mechanisms mediating hippocampal related atrophy. |
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spelling | pubmed-64610482019-04-12 Physical Activity and Hippocampal Sub-Region Structure in Older Adults with Memory Complaints Siddarth, Prabha Rahi, Berna Emerson, Natacha D. Burggren, Alison C. Miller, Karen J. Bookheimer, Susan Lavretsky, Helen Dobkin, Bruce Small, Gary Merrill, David A. J Alzheimers Dis Article BACKGROUND: Physical activity (PA) plays a major role in maintaining cognition in older adults. PA has been shown to be correlated with total hippocampal volume, a memory-critical region within the medial temporal lobe (MTL). However, research on associations between PA and MTL sub-region integrity is limited. OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between PA, MTL thickness, and its sub-regions, and cognitive function in non-demented older adults with memory complaints. METHODS: Twenty-nine subjects aged ≥60 years, with memory complaints were recruited for this cross-sectional study. PA was tracked for 7 days using accelerometers, and average number of steps/day determined. Subjects were categorized into two groups: those who walked ≤4000 steps/day (lower PA) and those with >4000 steps/day (higher PA). Subjects received neuropsychological testing and 3T MRI scans. Nonparametric ANCOVAs controlling for age examined differences between the two groups. RESULTS: Twenty-six subjects aged 72.7(8.1) years completed the study. The higher PA group (n=13) had thicker fusiform gyrus (median difference=0.11mm, effect size (ES)=1.43, p=0.001) and parahippocampal cortex (median difference=0.12mm, ES=0.93, p=0.04) compared to the lower PA group. The higher PA group also exhibited superior performance in attention and information-processing speed (median difference=0.90, ES=1.61, p=0.003) and executive functioning (median difference=0.97, ES=1.24, p=0.05). Memory recall was not significantly different between the two groups. CONCLUSION: Older non-demented individuals complaining of memory loss who walked>4000 steps each day had thicker MTL sub-regions and better cognitive functioning than those who walked ≤4000 steps. Future studies should include longitudinal analyses and explore mechanisms mediating hippocampal related atrophy. 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6461048/ /pubmed/29254088 http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-170586 Text en This article is published online with Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (CC BY-NC 4.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Siddarth, Prabha Rahi, Berna Emerson, Natacha D. Burggren, Alison C. Miller, Karen J. Bookheimer, Susan Lavretsky, Helen Dobkin, Bruce Small, Gary Merrill, David A. Physical Activity and Hippocampal Sub-Region Structure in Older Adults with Memory Complaints |
title | Physical Activity and Hippocampal Sub-Region Structure in Older Adults with Memory Complaints |
title_full | Physical Activity and Hippocampal Sub-Region Structure in Older Adults with Memory Complaints |
title_fullStr | Physical Activity and Hippocampal Sub-Region Structure in Older Adults with Memory Complaints |
title_full_unstemmed | Physical Activity and Hippocampal Sub-Region Structure in Older Adults with Memory Complaints |
title_short | Physical Activity and Hippocampal Sub-Region Structure in Older Adults with Memory Complaints |
title_sort | physical activity and hippocampal sub-region structure in older adults with memory complaints |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6461048/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29254088 http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-170586 |
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