Heritability of hippocampal size in elderly twin men: equivalent influence from genes and environment.

Abstract:

:Recent studies have established that environmental factors can modify hippocampal structure and enhance function in adult rodents, but the extent to which genes and the environment exert differential contributions to hippocampal structural integrity in humans is unknown. Here, we applied the twin model in a large sample of elderly twin men to examine in late life the balance of environmental and genetic effects on the size of the hippocampus in comparison with other brain structures. This study provides novel evidence that the volume of the hippocampus, as measured on MRI, is subject to substantially less genetic control than are comparison brain regions also measured: temporal horn volume, midsagittal area of the corpus callosum, and intracranial volume (ICV). In particular, about 60% of the temporal horn variance and 80% of the callosal and ICV variance was attributable to genetic influences, whereas only 40% of the hippocampal variance was attributable to genetic influences. These results suggest that environment, whether by itself or in interaction with genes, has the potential of exerting greater and possibly longer control in modifying hippocampal size than other brain regions that are under greater genetic control. Considering the potential of environmental modification of this structure suggested by lower heritability, the hippocampus appears well-suited to support the dynamic processes of encoding and consolidation of new, declarataive memories.

journal_name

Hippocampus

journal_title

Hippocampus

authors

Sullivan EV,Pfefferbaum A,Swan GE,Carmelli D

doi

10.1002/hipo.1091

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-01-01 00:00:00

pages

754-62

issue

6

eissn

1050-9631

issn

1098-1063

journal_volume

11

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