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Impaired and preserved aspects of feedback learning in aMCI: contributions of structural connectivity

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Distinct lines of research demonstrated that patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), a potential precursor of Alzheimer disease (AD), are particularly impaired in remembering relations between items and that the use of emotional targets can facilitate memory in patients with AD. We link these findings by examining learning through positive and negative feedback in patients with aMCI, and explore its anatomic underpinnings with diffusion tensor imaging and tractography. Compared to healthy controls, patients with single-domain aMCI were impaired in learning from positive feedback, while learning from negative outcomes was preserved. Among pathways within the brain circuit involved in feedback learning, abnormal white matter microstructure was observed in tracts, which connect left-hemispheric amygdala with hippocampus and entorhinal cortex. In all participants, reduced white matter integrity in this left fiber tract was specifically associated with learning from positive outcomes. Microstructure of right-hemispheric tracts between amygdala and entorhinal cortex was related to learning from negative feedback, and was not compromised in aMCI patients. Our results provide new insight into how anatomical connections might contribute to impaired and preserved aspects of learning behaviors in the early AD process and indicate potential compensatory mechanisms.

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This study was supported by grants from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), SFB 636/C6 to MW and SFB 636/C1 and FL 156/41-1 to HF. We thank Anke M. Lorenz, Daniel A. Richter, Melina C. Wickremasinghe and Samira Motekallemi for their precious help in the recruitment, testing and evaluation of subjects and Birgül Sarun and Claudia Stief for their assistance in data acquisition.

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Wessa, M., King, A.V., Meyer, P. et al. Impaired and preserved aspects of feedback learning in aMCI: contributions of structural connectivity. Brain Struct Funct 221, 2831–2846 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-015-1075-y

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