Is there a negative correlation between explicit memory and hippocampal volume?

Category

Journal Article

Authors

Chantome, M., Perruchet, P., Hasboun, D., Dormont, D., Sahel, M., Sourour, N., Zouaoui, A., Marsault, C., Duyme, M.

Year

1999

Title

Is there a negative correlation between explicit memory and hippocampal volume?

Journal / book / conference

NeuroImage

Abstract

The aim of this research was to study the relationship between explicit memory and hippocampal volume. Seventy healthy adults were administered one implicit memory test and one explicit memory (EM) test and underwent magnetic resonance imaging. The major finding was a negative correlation between the EM test and the right hippocampus/brain volume ratio (t = -0.25, P = 0.03) and the left hippocampus/brain volume ratio (t = -0.27, P = 0.02), This finding is not consistent with pathologic findings, which tend to show a relationship between decrease in memory performance and hippocampal atrophy. This discrepancy is discussed.

Issue

5

Volume

10

Pages

589-595

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