Reduced Hippocampal GABA is associated with Poorer Episodic Memory in Healthy Older Women: A Pilot Study

Joan Jiménez-Balado, Alexandra Ycaza Herrera, Kay Igwe, Lynda P Klem, Korhan Buyukturkoglu, Andrei Irimia, Chen Liu, Jia Guo, Adam M Brickman, Teal S Eich

August, 2021

Abstract

The current pilot study was designed to examine the association between hippocampal γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA+) concentration and episodic memory in older individuals, as well as the impact of two major risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease — female sex and Apolipoprotein ε4 (ApoE ε4) genotype — on this relationship.

Type

Journal article

Publication

In Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Reduced Hippocampal GABA is associated with Poorer Episodic Memory in Healthy Older Women: A Pilot Study

Abstract

Chen Liu

PhD Student in Computer Science