Age Differences in Hippocampal Subfield Volumes from Childhood to Late Adulthood
By A. M. Daugherty, Andrew R. Bender, Naftali Raz, N. Ofen. 2015
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The hippocampus is composed of distinct subfields: the four cornu ammonis areas (CA1‐CA4), dentate gyrus (DG), and subiculum. The few in vivo studies of human hippocampal subfields suggest that the extent of age differences in volume varies across subfields during healthy childhood development and aging. However, the associations between age and subfield volumes across the entire lifespan are unknown. Here, we used a high‐resolution imaging technique and manually measured hippocampal subfield and entorhinal cortex volumes in a healthy lifespan sample (N = 202), ages 8–82 yrs. The magnitude of age differences in volume varied among the regions. Combined CA1‐2 volume evidenced a negative linear association with age. In contrast, the associations between age and volumes of CA3‐DG and the entorhinal cortex were negative in mid‐childhood and attenuated in later adulthood. Volume of the subiculum was unrelated to age. The different magnitudes and patterns of age differences in subfield volumes may reflect dynamic microstructural factors and have implications for cognitive functions across the lifespan. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Subfields: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health
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- Human Hippocampal Neurogenesis Persists throughout Aging (2018, positive): “…M anuscript A uthor M anuscript Unchanged DG volume suggests that age-associated declines in DG/CA1–4 subfields found postmortem (Simić et al., 1997) and by in vivo neuroimaging (Daugherty et al., 2016) are likely due to smaller CA4, where fewer neurons were also reported (Harding et al., 1998).”