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ArticleAlzheimer's research & therapy2025

Long-term retrieval performance is associated with CA1 hippocampal volume in older adults and individuals at risk for dementia.

Claudia Bartels, Joy Tzu-Yueh Chen, Michael Belz, Renat Yakupov, Emrah Düzel, Wenzel Glanz, Falk Lüsebrink, Peter Dechent, Luca Kleineidam, Melina Stark and 11 more

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Claudia BartelsDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Goettingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 5, D-37075, Goettingen, Germany.
Joy Tzu-Yueh ChenLaboratory of Systems Neuroscience and Imaging in Psychiatry (SNIP-Lab), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.
Michael BelzDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Goettingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 5, D-37075, Goettingen, Germany.
Renat YakupovGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany.
Emrah DüzelGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany.
Wenzel GlanzGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany.
Falk LüsebrinkGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany.
Peter DechentMR-Research in Neurosciences, Department of Cognitive Neurology, Georg-August- University Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.
Luca KleineidamGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.
Melina StarkDepartment of Old Age Psychiatry and Cognitive Disorders, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Annika SpottkeGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.
Marie CoenjaertsGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.
Klaus FließbachGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.
Anja SchneiderGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.
Ayda RostamzadehDepartment of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Frank JessenGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.
Björn H SchottDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Goettingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 5, D-37075, Goettingen, Germany.
Jens WiltfangDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Goettingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 5, D-37075, Goettingen, Germany.
Ingo FrommannGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.
Michael WagnerGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.
Roberto Goya-MaldonadoLaboratory of Systems Neuroscience and Imaging in Psychiatry (SNIP-Lab), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany. roberto.goya@med.uni-goettingen.de.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLong-term retrieval (LTR) and accelerated long-term forgetting (ALF) paradigms might help differentiating individuals at increased dementia risk from healthy controls (HC).

objectiveWe investigated the utility of a LTR paradigm in discriminating subjective cognitive decline (SCD) from HC and its relationship to the CA1 body volume, a hippocampal structure pivotal to the memory circuitry.

methodsLTR was assessed via recall rates of the ADAS-cog word list and the FCSRT-IR free recall in 59 DELCODE study participants, including individuals with SCD and mild cognitive impairment (MCI), as well as HC, all of them DELCODE study participants. LTR performance was compared between groups and its discriminability between SCD and HC was assessed using ROC curve analysis. 32 SCD and HC participants had FreeSurfer-segmented MRI data, and hippocampal subfield volumes were correlated with LTR rates.

resultsOnly FCSRT-IR LTR rates sufficiently differentiated SCD from HC (AUC of 0.701; 95% CI 0.537-0.865). Moderate associations of the FCSRT-IR LTR rate with CA1 bodies in both hemispheres (left CA1 body r = 0.419, p = 0.017; right: r = 0.412, p = 0.019), in addition to the left C3 body were observed (r = 0.525, p = 0.002).

conclusionsLTR may constitute a potential indicator of memory circuitry integrity in older adults, which is also mirrored by its association with CA1 volume. Thus, assessment of LTR and associated neural circuits may help to better identify individuals at risk for future cognitive decline today indistinguishable from HC, ultimately paving the way for early intervention.

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CA1 Region, HippocampalCognitive DysfunctionDementiaMental RecallAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNeuropsychological TestsOrgan SizeAlzheimer’s diseaseConsolidationDementiaHippocampusLong-term retrievalMemoryMild cognitive impairmentSubjective cognitive decline

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PMCPMC12372344

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