Distinct resting-state functional connections associated with episodic and visuospatial memory in older adults

Episodic and spatial memory are commonly impaired in ageing and Alzheimer’s disease. Volumetric and task-based functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies suggest a preferential involvement of the medial temporal lobe (MTL), particularly the hippocampus, in episodic and spatial memory proce...

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Hoofdauteurs: Suri, S, Topiwala, A, Filippini, N, Zsoldos, E, Mahmood, A, Sexton, C, Singh-Manoux, A, Kivimaki, M, Mackay, C, Smith, S, Ebmeier, K
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Gepubliceerd in: Elsevier 2017
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author Suri, S
Topiwala, A
Filippini, N
Zsoldos, E
Mahmood, A
Sexton, C
Singh-Manoux, A
Kivimaki, M
Mackay, C
Smith, S
Ebmeier, K
author_facet Suri, S
Topiwala, A
Filippini, N
Zsoldos, E
Mahmood, A
Sexton, C
Singh-Manoux, A
Kivimaki, M
Mackay, C
Smith, S
Ebmeier, K
author_sort Suri, S
collection OXFORD
description Episodic and spatial memory are commonly impaired in ageing and Alzheimer’s disease. Volumetric and task-based functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies suggest a preferential involvement of the medial temporal lobe (MTL), particularly the hippocampus, in episodic and spatial memory processing. The present study examined how these two memory types were related in terms of their associated resting-state functional architecture. 3T multiband resting state fMRI scans from 497 participants (60-82 years old) of the cross-sectional Whitehall II Imaging sub-study were analysed using an unbiased, data-driven network-modelling technique (FSLNets). Factor analysis was performed on the cognitive battery; the Hopkins Verbal Learning test and Rey-Osterreith Complex Figure test factors were used to assess verbal and visuospatial memory respectively. We present a map of the macroscopic functional connectome for the Whitehall II Imaging sub-study, comprising 58 functionally distinct nodes clustered into five major resting-state networks. Within this map we identified distinct functional connections associated with verbal and visuospatial memory. Functional anticorrelation between the hippocampal formation and the frontal pole was significantly associated with better verbal memory in an age-dependent manner. In contrast, hippocampus–motor and parietal–motor functional connections were associated with visuospatial memory independently of age. These relationships were not driven by grey matter volume and were unique to the respective memory domain. Our findings provide new insights into current models of brain-behaviour interactions, and suggest that while both episodic and visuospatial memory engage MTL nodes of the default mode network, the two memory domains differ in terms of the associated functional connections between the MTL and other resting-state brain networks.
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spelling oxford-uuid:deb2e444-afc9-4843-b09c-ea46c06b1ad92022-03-27T09:34:11ZDistinct resting-state functional connections associated with episodic and visuospatial memory in older adultsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:deb2e444-afc9-4843-b09c-ea46c06b1ad9Symplectic Elements at OxfordElsevier2017Suri, STopiwala, AFilippini, NZsoldos, EMahmood, ASexton, CSingh-Manoux, AKivimaki, MMackay, CSmith, SEbmeier, KEpisodic and spatial memory are commonly impaired in ageing and Alzheimer’s disease. Volumetric and task-based functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies suggest a preferential involvement of the medial temporal lobe (MTL), particularly the hippocampus, in episodic and spatial memory processing. The present study examined how these two memory types were related in terms of their associated resting-state functional architecture. 3T multiband resting state fMRI scans from 497 participants (60-82 years old) of the cross-sectional Whitehall II Imaging sub-study were analysed using an unbiased, data-driven network-modelling technique (FSLNets). Factor analysis was performed on the cognitive battery; the Hopkins Verbal Learning test and Rey-Osterreith Complex Figure test factors were used to assess verbal and visuospatial memory respectively. We present a map of the macroscopic functional connectome for the Whitehall II Imaging sub-study, comprising 58 functionally distinct nodes clustered into five major resting-state networks. Within this map we identified distinct functional connections associated with verbal and visuospatial memory. Functional anticorrelation between the hippocampal formation and the frontal pole was significantly associated with better verbal memory in an age-dependent manner. In contrast, hippocampus–motor and parietal–motor functional connections were associated with visuospatial memory independently of age. These relationships were not driven by grey matter volume and were unique to the respective memory domain. Our findings provide new insights into current models of brain-behaviour interactions, and suggest that while both episodic and visuospatial memory engage MTL nodes of the default mode network, the two memory domains differ in terms of the associated functional connections between the MTL and other resting-state brain networks.
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Topiwala, A
Filippini, N
Zsoldos, E
Mahmood, A
Sexton, C
Singh-Manoux, A
Kivimaki, M
Mackay, C
Smith, S
Ebmeier, K
Distinct resting-state functional connections associated with episodic and visuospatial memory in older adults
title Distinct resting-state functional connections associated with episodic and visuospatial memory in older adults
title_full Distinct resting-state functional connections associated with episodic and visuospatial memory in older adults
title_fullStr Distinct resting-state functional connections associated with episodic and visuospatial memory in older adults
title_full_unstemmed Distinct resting-state functional connections associated with episodic and visuospatial memory in older adults
title_short Distinct resting-state functional connections associated with episodic and visuospatial memory in older adults
title_sort distinct resting state functional connections associated with episodic and visuospatial memory in older adults
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