Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41213811›Full record

ArticleAJNR. American journal of neuroradiology2026

Hippocampal Subfield Susceptibility Alterations in Mild Cognitive Impairment Revealed by 7T MRI.

Gaoxing Zheng, Fang Frank Yu, Yujia Huang, Snehal Mazumder, Sophia L Vargas, Paul G Unschuld, Sonja M Kagerer, Xu Li, Jiaen Liu

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Gaoxing ZhengFrom the Advanced Imaging Research Center (G.Z., F.F.Y., Y.H., S.M., S.L.V., J.L.), UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5382-2305
Fang Frank YuFrom the Advanced Imaging Research Center (G.Z., F.F.Y., Y.H., S.M., S.L.V., J.L.), UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Yujia HuangFrom the Advanced Imaging Research Center (G.Z., F.F.Y., Y.H., S.M., S.L.V., J.L.), UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Snehal MazumderFrom the Advanced Imaging Research Center (G.Z., F.F.Y., Y.H., S.M., S.L.V., J.L.), UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Sophia L VargasFrom the Advanced Imaging Research Center (G.Z., F.F.Y., Y.H., S.M., S.L.V., J.L.), UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Paul G UnschuldDepartment of Psychiatry (P.G.U., S.M.K.), University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Sonja M KagererDepartment of Psychiatry (P.G.U., S.M.K.), University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Xu LiDepartment of Radiology (X.L), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4350-3375
Jiaen LiuFrom the Advanced Imaging Research Center (G.Z., F.F.Y., Y.H., S.M., S.L.V., J.L.), UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas jiaen.liu@utsouthwestern.edu.

Funding

TRD 4: Platforms for multi-modal and multi-scale imaging dataP41EB031771 · NIBIB · HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER · PI Hanzhang Lu, Peter CM Van Zijl · 2021 to 2026
$9.9M
Contribution of Cerebral Iron Load to Cognitive Function in Older Adults with High Risk to Develop Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG063842 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LI, XU, QIAO, YE · 2020 to 2024
$2.5M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG063842NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB031771
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeHippocampal magnetic susceptibility alterations may serve as early neurodegenerative biomarkers of Alzheimer disease (AD), but subfield-level evidence in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) remains limited. This study uses submillimeter high-resolution quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) to investigate hippocampal subfield susceptibility changes in MCI. MATERIALS AND

methodsThirteen individuals with MCI and 13 cognitively normal controls (NC) underwent 7T MRI scans including MP2RAGE and multiecho gradient echo imaging (for QSM). The visibility of hippocampal strata radiatum, lacunosum, and moleculare (SRLM) was assessed using a visual rating scale. Hippocampal subfields (Cornu Ammonis 1 [CA1], CA2, CA3, dentate gyrus [DG], and subiculums) were segmented, and magnetic susceptibility values (χ) were extracted for each subfield. The susceptibility difference between the DG and other subfields was also calculated. Associations between subfield susceptibility measures and cognitive performance were then assessed.

resultsQualitative analysis revealed a distinct hyperintense curved pattern in the hippocampus on the 7T QSM image, corresponding to the SRLM. In NC, this pattern was clearly visible exhibiting consistently delineated boundaries, while it appeared blurred or absent in most subjects with MCI. The visual rating results showed that NC had significantly higher scores than subjects with MCI (Hedgesg = 1.43, 95% confidence interval) [95% CI, 0.60-2.35;

conclusions7T QSM reveals susceptibility changes in hippocampal substructures in individuals with MCI, providing a potential early biomarker for AD.

Indexed as

Cognitive DysfunctionHippocampusImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and Specificity

Identifiers

PMID41213811
PMCPMC12797140

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.