Size of the neocerebellar vermis is associated with cognition in healthy elderly men

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• 作者：MacLullich ; Alasdair M.J. ; Edmond ; C. Louise ; Ferguson ; Karen J. ; Wardlaw ; Joanna M. ; Starr ; John M. ; et. al.
• 关键词：Aging ; Cerebellum ; Neocerebellum ; Vermis ; MRI ; Cognition ; Intelligence ; Human
• 刊名：Brain and Cognition
• 出版年：2004
• 期刊代码：120_02782626
• 类别：cp
• 出版时间：December, 2004
• 卷：56
• 期：3
• 页码：344-348
• 文件大小：368 K

摘要

Cerebellar volumes show small positive correlations with cognitive ability in young adults, but no studies have examined this relationship in older adults. Furthermore, no studies have examined relationships between sizes of subareas of the cerebellum and cognitive ability. We hypothesized that size of the two areas of the neocerebellar vermis would correlate with a battery of eight cognitive tests in 50 men aged 65芒芒芒70. Size of the neocerebellar areas of the vermis correlated positively with several cognitive tests (r芒芒芒s=.29芒芒芒.37, p<.05), whilst sizes of other parts of the vermis did not correlate with any cognitive tests. Total cerebellar volumes correlated significantly with a test of nonverbal reasoning (r