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Machine learning classifiers and associations of cognitive performance with hippocampal subfields in amnestic mild cognitive impairment

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FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE
卷 15, 期 -, 页码 -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2023.1273658

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Alzheimer's disease; amnestic mild cognitive impairment; magnetic resonance imaging; hippocampal subfields; machine learning

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Hippocampal subfield volume can serve as a predictive marker for aMCI, and the findings underscore the sensitivity of hippocampal subfield volume to overall cognitive performance.
BackgroundNeuroimaging studies have demonstrated alterations in hippocampal volume and hippocampal subfields among individuals with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). However, research on using hippocampal subfield volume modeling to differentiate aMCI from normal controls (NCs) is limited, and the relationship between hippocampal volume and overall cognitive scores remains unclear.MethodsWe enrolled 50 subjects with aMCI and 44 NCs for this study. Initially, a univariate general linear model was employed to analyze differences in the volumes of hippocampal subfields. Subsequently, two sets of dimensionality reduction methods and four machine learning techniques were applied to distinguish aMCI from NCs based on hippocampal subfield volumes. Finally, we assessed the correlation between the relative volumes of hippocampal subfields and cognitive test variables (Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale (MoCA)).ResultsSignificant volume differences were observed in several hippocampal subfields, notably in the left hippocampus. Specifically, the volumes of the hippocampal tail, subiculum, CA1, presubiculum, molecular layer, GC-ML-DG, CA3, CA4, and fimbria differed significantly between the two groups. The highest area under the curve (AUC) values for left and right hippocampal machine learning classifiers were 0.678 and 0.701, respectively. Moreover, the volumes of the left subiculum, left molecular layer, right subiculum, right CA1, right molecular layer, right GC-ML-DG, and right CA4 exhibited the strongest and most consistent correlations with MoCA scores.ConclusionHippocampal subfield volume may serve as a predictive marker for aMCI. These findings underscore the sensitivity of hippocampal subfield volume to overall cognitive performance.

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