Testing the structural disconnection hypothesis: Myelin content correlates with memory in healthy aging
Mendez Colmenares A, Thomas M, Anderson C, Arciniegas D, Calhoun V, Choi I, Kramer A, Li K, Lee J, Lee P, Burzynska A. Testing the structural disconnection hypothesis: Myelin content correlates with memory in healthy aging. Neurobiology Of Aging 2024, 141: 21-33. PMID: 38810596, PMCID: PMC11290458, DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2024.05.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisconnection hypothesisVirginia Cognitive Aging ProjectHypothesis of cognitive agingFractional anisotropyAssociated with reduced memory performanceDeterioration of white matterAge-related memory lossPrefrontal white matterGenu of the corpus callosumMyelin water fractionVoxel-wise analysisWhite matterCorpus callosumExecutive functionCognitive agingDiffusion tensor imagingMemory performancePrefrontal WMStructural equation modelingWM microstructureAge differencesProcessing speedStructural disconnectionCognitive declineHealthy participantsTesting the Myelin Hypothesis of Cognitive Aging: Insights from Advanced MRI and Cognitive Testing (S28.007)
Colmenares A, Anderson C, Arciniegas D, Calhoun V, Kramer A, Li K, Choi I, Lee J, Lee P, Thomas M, Burzynska A. Testing the Myelin Hypothesis of Cognitive Aging: Insights from Advanced MRI and Cognitive Testing (S28.007). Neurology 2024, 102 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000205911.Peer-Reviewed Original Research