Frontiers in Neuroanatomy (Dec 2015)

Incomplete Hippocampal Inversion: a comprehensive MRI study of over 2000 subjects

  • Claire eCury,
  • Claire eCury,
  • Claire eCury,
  • Claire eCury,
  • Claire eCury,
  • Claire eCury,
  • Roberto eToro,
  • Roberto eToro,
  • Fanny eCohen,
  • Fanny eCohen,
  • Fanny eCohen,
  • Fanny eCohen,
  • Fanny eCohen,
  • Clara eFischer,
  • Clara eFischer,
  • Amel eMhaya,
  • Amel eMhaya,
  • Amel eMhaya,
  • Amel eMhaya,
  • Amel eMhaya,
  • Jorge eSamper-Gonzalez,
  • Jorge eSamper-Gonzalez,
  • Jorge eSamper-Gonzalez,
  • Jorge eSamper-Gonzalez,
  • Jorge eSamper-Gonzalez,
  • Dominique eHasboun,
  • Dominique eHasboun,
  • Dominique eHasboun,
  • Dominique eHasboun,
  • Dominique eHasboun,
  • Dominique eHasboun,
  • Jean-Francois eMangin,
  • Jean-Francois eMangin,
  • Tobias eBanaschewski,
  • Arun L. W. Bokde,
  • Uli eBromberg,
  • Christian eBuechel,
  • Christian eBuechel,
  • Anna eCattrell,
  • Anna eCattrell,
  • Patricia eConrod,
  • Patricia eConrod,
  • Herta eFlor,
  • Jürgen eGallinat,
  • Hugh eGaravan,
  • Hugh eGaravan,
  • Penny eGowland,
  • Andreas eHeinz,
  • Bernd eIttermann,
  • Hervé eLEMAITRE,
  • Jean-Luc eMartinot,
  • Frauke eNees,
  • Marie Laure ePaillere,
  • Marie Laure ePaillere,
  • Dimitri ePapadopoulos Orfanos,
  • Tomas ePaus,
  • Tomas ePaus,
  • Luise ePoustka,
  • Luise ePoustka,
  • Michael N Smolka,
  • Henrik eWalter,
  • Henrik eWalter,
  • Robert eWhelan,
  • Robert eWhelan,
  • Vincent eFrouin,
  • Gunter eSchumann,
  • Gunter eSchumann,
  • Joan Alexis Glaunès,
  • Olivier eColliot,
  • Olivier eColliot,
  • Olivier eColliot,
  • Olivier eColliot,
  • Olivier eColliot,
  • Olivier eColliot,
  • Olivier eColliot

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnana.2015.00160
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9

Abstract

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The incomplete-hippocampal-inversion (IHI), also known as malrotation, is an atypical anatomical pattern of the hippocampus, which has been reported in healthy subjects in different studies. However, extensive characterization of IHI in a large sample has not yet been performed. Furthermore, it is unclear whether IHI are restricted to the medial-temporal lobe or are associated with more extensive anatomical changes. Here, we studied the characteristics of IHI in a community-based sample of 2008 subjects of the IMAGEN database and their association with extra-hippocampal anatomical variations. The presence of IHI was assessed on T1-weighted anatomical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using visual criteria. We assessed the association of IHI with other anatomical changes throughout the brain using automatic morphometry of cortical sulci. We found that IHI were much more frequent in the left hippocampus (left: 17%, right: 6%, χ2-test, p<10-28). Compared to subjects without IHI, subjects with IHI displayed morphological changes in several sulci located mainly in the limbic lobe. Our results demonstrate that IHI are a common left-sided phenomenon in normal subjects and that they are associated with morphological changes outside the medial temporal lobe.

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