HealthDay News — Subclinical cardiac dysfunction is associated with brain imaging markers of neurodegeneration, according to a study published online March 26 in Neurology.

The authors estimated that the rate of hippocampal volume loss in patients with AD increased by 1.6% per year, and in patients with MCI by 0.6% per year. 2 This finding is remarkable, as the ...

Their findings, published in Nature Neuroscience, suggest that the hippocampus helps to shape future behavior via two connected processes, known as memory composition and hippocampal replay.

and hippocampal volume (−0.18); results were similar for E/A-ratio. No consistent association was seen for systolic and diastolic dysfunction with volume of white matter hyperintensities.