Association between Motor Task Performance and Hippocampal Atrophy Across Cognitively Unimpaired, Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer's Disease Individuals

Sydney Y. Schaefer, Michael Malek-Ahmadi, Andrew Hooyman, Jace B. King, Kevin Duff

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Abstract

Hippocampal atrophy is a widely used biomarker for Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the cost, time, and contraindications associated with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) limit its use. Recent work has shown that a low-cost upper extremity motor task has potential in identifying AD risk. Fifty-four older adults (15 cognitively unimpaired, 24 amnestic mild cognitive impairment, and 15 AD) completed six motor task trials and a structural MRI. Several measures of motor task performance significantly predicted bilateral hippocampal volume, controlling for age, sex, education, and memory. Thus, this motor task may be an affordable, non-invasive screen for AD risk and progression.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1411-1417
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Alzheimer's Disease
Volume85
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Keywords

  • Alzheimer's disease
  • hippocampus
  • mild cognitive impairment
  • psychomotor performance

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Neuroscience
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Geriatrics and Gerontology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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