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. 2022 Jan 4;10:2. doi: 10.1186/s40478-021-01300-9

Table 2.

Correlations with age and dementia stage of structure volume, neuron number, NFTs number, NFT percentage and amyloid load (%)

Structure Correlation with age of Correlation with dementia stage of
Structure volume Neuron number NFT number NFT % Amyloid load (%) Structure volume Neuron number NFT number NFT % Amyloid load (%)
Entorhinal cortex – all layers − 0.67*** −0.73*** 0.40* 0.69*** 0.10 −0.79*** − 0.80*** 0.41* 0.76*** − 0.01
Entorhinal cortex − islands −0.84*** − 0.78*** 0.07 0.81*** −  −0.85*** − 0.84*** − 0.07 0.80***
CA1 −0.72*** − 0.80*** 0.29 0.71*** 0.33 −0.76*** − 0.84*** 0.20 0.76*** 0.40*
CA2 − 0.42* − 0.59*** 0.57** 0.56** 0.28 −0.60** − 0.73*** 0.45* 0.58** 0.51*
CA3 0.23 − 0.48** 0.57*** 0.51** 0.26 −0.27 − 0.51*** 0.69*** 0.66*** 0.38
CA4 − 0.22 − 0.55** 0.34 0.57** 0.34 −0.14 − 0.54** 0.40 0.71*** 0.42*
Subiculum 0.69*** 0.79*** 0.46* 0.62*** 0.28 −0.83*** − 0.86*** 0.38 0.59** 0.27
Amygdala − 0.49** − 0.40* 0.46** 0.58*** 0.04 −0.44* − 0.55** 0.42* 0.52** − 0.10
Thalamus −0.58** 0.62*** 0.53** 0.49* 0.50* −0.49* − 0.50* 0.33 0.42 0.44*
Substantia nigra −0.72*** 0.72*** 0.25 0.42* 0.46* −0.62** − 0.66*** 0.26 0.41 0.44*
Magnocellular basal complex −0.53** −0.63*** 0.39* 0.46* 0.51** −0.62** − 0.70*** 0.48* 0.61** 0.34
CN −0.45** −0.31 0.30 0.28 0.66*** −0.55** − 0.52** 0.31 0.29 0.50*
DN 0.11 −0.04 − 0.46* 0.40 −0.08 − 0.03 0.72*** 0.71***
Purkinje cells −0.38 −0.31

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001