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Abstract #0332

Investigating hippocampal-cortical and cortical-cortical connectivity changes during pattern separation: a 7T fMRI study

Xiaowei Zhuang1, Zhengshi Yang1, Katherine Koenig2, James Leverenz3, Tim Curran4, Mark Lowe2, and Dietmar Cordes1,4
1Cleveland Clinic Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, United States, 2Cleveland Clinic Ohio, Cleveland, OH, United States, 3Cleveland Clinic Ohio, Cleveland Clinic, OH, United States, 4University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States

Synopsis

Keywords: Functional Connectivity, fMRI (task based), pattern separation; hippocampal-cortical connection; cortical-cortical connection

Motivation: Studies have extensively demonstrated roles of hippocampus and its subdivisions during pattern separation, but cortical involvement has not yet been elucidated.

Goal(s): Our goal is to evaluate whole-brain functional connectivity changes during pattern separation.

Approach: We compared cortical-hippocampus and cortical-cortical FNCs during a total of 258 correct and incorrect lure discrimination trials, using high-resolution and high-quality 7T fMRI data.

Results: Cortical-CA3DG FNCs and cortical-CA1 FNCs were significantly involved during pattern separation and completion, respectively. Around 83.35% cortical-cortical connections were with higher FNCs during lure discriminations, indicating their potential involvement during pattern separation.

Impact: Besides hippocampus and its subdivisions, cortical regions and its connections to hippocampus might be extensively involved in pattern separation process.

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