Iron Concentration in Deep Gray Matter Structures is Associated with Worse Visual Memory Performance in Healthy Young Adults

Overview

Journal J Alzheimers Dis

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialties Geriatrics
Neurology

Date 2017 Jul 4

PMID 28671115

Citations 4

Authors

Gergely Darnai

Szilvia Anett Nagy

Reka Horvath

Peter Acs

Gabor Perlaki

Gergely Orsi

Norbert Kovacs

Anna Altbacker

Eniko Plozer

Dalma Tenyi

Rita Weintraut

Attila Schwarcz

Flora John

Eszter Varga

Tamas Bereczkei

Zsofia Clemens

Samuel Komoly

Jozsef Janszky

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Abstract

Abnormally high deposition of iron can contribute to neurodegenerative disorders with cognitive impairment. Since previous studies investigating cognition-brain iron accumulation relationships focused on elderly people, our aim was to explore the association between iron concentration in subcortical nuclei and two types of memory performances in a healthy young population. Gender difference was found only in the globus pallidus. Our results showed that iron load characterized by R2* value on the MRI in the caudate and putamen was related to visual memory, while verbal memory was unrelated to iron concentration.

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