{"doi":"10.1101/2022.04.10.487750","title":"Larger and more dentated hippocampal structure is associated with better memory in the oldest-old","abstract":"Abstract Episodic memory is widely recognized as a critically important aspect of cognition that is often impacted by cognitive and brain aging. Prior work has shown that episodic memory is related to the presence of teeth-like folds on the dentate gyrus, called dentation. We hypothesized that episodic memory performance relates to overall hippocampal structure (i.e., dentation and volume) in an oldest-old cohort. We used data from the McKnight Brain Aging Registry, which consisted of cognitively healthy 85+-year-old adults. We conducted a canonical correlation analysis on 111 participants between a set of episodic memory tests and a set of characterizations of hippocampal structure. The analysis yielded a strong canonical correlation between episodic memory and hippocampal structure (r = 0.491, p = <0.001). The results suggest there is a connection between hippocampal morphology and function in the oldest-old. Our findings suggest that dentation may play an important role in relation to the individual differences observed in episodic memory performance among the oldest old and that hippocampal structure supports healthy cognitive aging. Highlights We characterized hippocampal dentation in a healthy oldest-old sample. Hippocampal structure is related to episodic memory in healthy oldest-old adults. 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