Neuroanatomical comparison of the “word” and “picture” versions of the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test in Alzheimer’s disease

Slachevsky, Andrea, Barraza, Paulo, Hornberger, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2214-3788, Muñoz-Neira, Carlos, Flanagan, Emma, Henríquez, Fernando, Bravo, Eduardo, Farías, Mauricio and Delgado, Carolina (2017) Neuroanatomical comparison of the “word” and “picture” versions of the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test in Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 61 (2). pp. 589-600. ISSN 1387-2877

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Abstract

Episodic memory tests with cued recall, such as the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT), allow for the delineation of hippocampal and prefrontal atrophy contributions to memory performance in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Both Word and Picture versions of the test exist but show different profiles, with the Picture version usually scoring higher across different cohorts. One possible explanation for this divergent performance between the different modality versions of the test might be that they rely on different sets of neural correlates. The current study explores this by contrasting the neural correlates of the Word and Picture versions of the FCSRT with voxel-based morphometry (VBM) in AD and healthy subjects. We predicted that the Picture version would be associated with different cortical regions than the Word version, which might be more hippocampal-centric. When comparing 35 AD patients and 34 controls, AD patients exhibited impairments on both versions of the FCSRT and both groups performed higher in the Picture version. A region of interest analysis based on prior work revealed significant correlations between free recall of either version with atrophy of the temporal pole and hippocampal regions. Thus, contrary to expectations, performance on both the Word and the Picture version of the FCSRT is associated with largely overlapping networks. Free recall is associated with hippocampal volume and might be properly considered as an indicator of hippocampal structural integrity.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	alzheimer’s disease,biomarkers,episodic memory,fcsrt picture version,fcsrt word version,free and cued selective reminding test,hippocampus,voxel based morphometry
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Mental Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Clinical Trials Unit
Related URLs:	https://content.iospress.com/articles/jo...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	18 Jan 2018 11:30
Last Modified:	11 Jan 2024 01:31
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/65995
DOI:	10.3233/JAD-160973

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