In a neuroimaging study that included 28 participants, 20-31 years of age, and 22 participants, 65-84 years of age, researchers found that structural integrity of the locus coeruleus--a brain region implicated in cognitive function during aging--was correlated with memory among the older participants in a memory task, and that the effect was pronounced for memories related to negative events.
Article #17-12268: "Locus coeruleus integrity in old age is selectively related to memories linked with salient negative events," by Dorothea Hämmerer et al.
MEDIA CONTACT: Dorothea Hämmerer, University College London, UNITED KINGDOM; tel: +4407472252729; e-mail: <d.hammerer@ucl.ac.uk>
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