Free-water metrics in medial temporal lobe white matter tract projections relate to longitudinal cognitive decline

Abstract:

Although hippocampal volume has served as a long-standing pbkp_redictor of cognitive decline, diffusion magnetic resonance imaging studies of white matter have shown similar relationships. Still, it remains unclear if gray matter and white matter interact to pbkp_redict cognitive impairment and longitudinal decline. Here, we investigate whether free-water (FW) and FW-corrected fractional anisotropy (FAT) within medial temporal lobe white matter tracts provides meaningful contribution to cognition and cognitive decline beyond hippocampal volume. Using data from the Vanderbilt Memory & Aging Project (n = 319), we found that FW was associated with baseline memory and executive function beyond that of hippocampal volume and other comorbidities. Longitudinal analyses demonstrated significant interactions of hippocampal volume and inferior longitudinal fasciculus (p = 0.043) and cingulum bundle (p = 0.025) FAT on …

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2020

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