Hippocampal atrophy in normal aging and
other disorders
Hippocampal atrophic changes can
occur in normal
aging and in a
broad spectrum of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders in
addition to Alzheimer disease:
1.CHRONIC
SCHIZOPHRENIA
2.POST-TRAUMATIC
DEPRESSION
3.AFFECTIVE
DISORDERS
4.PARKINSON
DISEASE
24 y
55 y
90 y
75 y
Age:
Figure 52. Coronal brain
inversion-recovery T1W MR images obtained in healthy controls with different
ages. Observe the progressive decline n hippocampal volume with increasing
age.
SUMMARY 2
(Fig. 52)