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. 2017 May 13;76(6):439–457. doi: 10.1093/jnen/nlx027

TABLE 8.

Estimated Mean Volume (mm3 ± SE) of Examined Structures and Cytoarchitectonic Subdivisions in 1 Brain Hemisphere and Correlation Between Volume and Age

Structures and Their Subdivisions Age: 25–102
Age 25–63
Age 69–102
Volume Pearson Correlation with Age Volume Pearson Correlation with Age Volume Pearson Correlation with Age
Entorhinal c. (All layers) 593 ± 23 −0.53; p = 0.022 650 ± 32 ns 531 ± 24 ns
Entorhinal c. (Islands) 35 ± 2 −0.57; p = 0.015 40 ± 2 ns 29 ± 1 ns
CA1 423 ± 14 ns 450 ± 16 ns 389 ± 21 ns
CA2 36 ± 1 ns 34 ± 2 ns 39 ± 2 ns
CA3 45 ± 2 ns 45 ± 2 ns 45 ± 3 ns
CA4 105 ± 5 ns 110 ± 7 ns 100 ± 6 ns
CA (1–4) 610 ± 18 ns 639 ± 21 ns 572 ± 28 ns
Subiculum* 188 ± 8 ns 194 ± 10 ns 180 ± 12 ns
Amygdala 446 ±15 ns 470 ±15 ns 420 ± 20 ns
Thalamus 3023 ± 122 −0.78; p = 0.0015 3406 ± 114 ns 2640 ± 130 ns
Magnocellular basal complex 128 ± 4 ns 134 ± 5 ns 120 ± 5 ns
Caudate nucleus 1975 ± 59 ns 2018 ± 93 ns 1929 ± 71 ns
Substantia nigra§ 90 ± 5 ns 97 ± 6 ns 82 ± 6 ns
Cerebellum 24 514 ns 25 451 ± 1618 ns 23 747 ± 1438 ns
Dentate nucleus 323 ±14 −0.54; p = 0.015 364 ± 14 ns 271 ± 15 ns

Volume (mm3), total volume calculated using mounted section thickness.

*

Subiculum, total volume of the subiculum proper.

Amygdala, total volume of lateral, basal, accessory and central nuclei.

Magnocellular basal complex: total volume of Ch1-4.

§

Substantria nigra, total volume of the pars compacta and reticulata.

p values incorporate adjustment to set false discovery rate at 0.05.