The association of visual memory with hippocampal volume

Andrea R. Zammit; Ali Ezzati; Mindy J. Katz; Molly E. Zimmerman; Michael L. Lipton; Martin J. Sliwinski; Richard B. Lipton

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The association of visual memory with hippocampal volume

Andrea R. Zammit, Ali Ezzati, Mindy J. Katz, Molly E. Zimmerman, Michael L. Lipton, Martin J. Sliwinski, Richard B. Lipton

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Background: In this study we investigated the role of hippocampal volume (HV) in visual memory. Methods: Participants were a subsample of older adults (> = 70 years) from the Einstein Aging Study. Visual performance was measured using the Complex Figure (CF) copy and delayed recall tasks from the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status. Linear regressions were fitted to study associations between HV and visual tasks. Results: Participants’ (n = 113, mean age = 78.9 years) average scores on the CF copy and delayed recall were 17.4 and 11.6, respectively. CF delayed recall was associated with total (β = .031, p = 0.001) and left (β = 0.031, p = 0.001) and right HVs (β = 0.24, p = 0.012). CF delayed recall remained significantly associated with left HV even after we also included right HV (β = 0.27, p = 0.025) and the CF copy task (β = 0.30, p = 0.009) in the model. CF copy did not show any significant associations with HV. Conclusion: Our results suggest that left HV contributes in retrieval of visual memory in older adults.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e0187851
Journal	PloS one
Volume	12
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187851
State	Published - Nov 2017

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
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