Keywords: Aging, Aging, hippocampal tractography;
Motivation: While the hippocampus plays a key role in normal cognition and Alzheimer’s disease, studies examining diffusion characteristics along the tracts connecting the hippocampus with other brain regions in aging populations remain limited.
Goal(s): To map the major hippocampal connectivity pathways and investigate their age-related diffusion characteristics changes.
Approach: Leveraging high-resolution diffusion MRI from HCP-Aging, we mapped whole-brain white matter connections and isolated hippocampal sub-tracts, and analyzed hippocampal connections and diffusion parameters in relation to age.
Results: With aging, the density and streamline count of the global hippocampal connectivity were reduced, suggesting the degeneration of major hippocampal pathways.
Impact: These findings support the observed hippocampal volume changes in age-related cognitive decline, and provide insights into the 'hippocampal disconnection' theory, highlighting the importance of the integrity of hippocampal-centered white matter network associated with aging.
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