Variability in age-related memory impairment

Using functional and structural MRI analyses in a study that included 43 participants, 51-85 years of age, researchers report that variability in the structure and function of subfields in the medial temporal lobe, a brain region that plays a critical role in episodic memory, was associated with differences in the participants' memory performance during an associative memory task, findings potentially relevant to unraveling age-related memory impairment.

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Article #17-13308: "Individual differences in associative memory among older adults explained by hippocampal subfield structure and function," by Valerie Carr et al.

MEDIA CONTACT: Valerie Carr, San Jose State University; tel: 408-924-5630; e-mail: <valerie.carr@sjsu.edu>