Previous research has concentrated on changes to the hippocampus as a predictor of conversion from normal cognition to cognitive impairment, but emerging data suggest that properties of the fornix ...

Figure 1: The fornix and mammillary bodies in colloid cyst surgery patients. In contrast, long-term memory performance in these three cases was substantially lower than expected on the basis of the ...

Shrinkage of a bundle of white matter fibers that carry signals from the hippocampus could warn of impending cognitive decline in normal elderly, according to research published in the September 9 ...

In a randomized trial involving 42 patients, we assessed deep brain stimulation targeting the fornix to improve cognition in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01608061; ...

According to new research, elderly people who learned the piano saw no change in the density of their brain's white matter. White matter, which can be found in the fornix of the brain, can protect ...

Cognitive impairment in schizophrenia is pronounced and includes deficits in attention and memory function (Cornblatt and Keilp, 1994; Gallhofer et al, 1996; Sharma and Mockler, 1998; Stip, 1996; ...

The columns of fornix are known as anterior pillars and fornicolumns. These exist within the brain. Fornix is Latin for ‘vault’ and ‘arch’, representing the shape of the columns of fornix. The columns ...

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is an invasive treatment where pairs of electrodes are surgically implanted in the brain, and connected to a pulse generator placed under the skin on the chest. DBS-fornix ...

A 60-year-old man presented to our oculoplastics clinic for evaluation of a white raised lesion in his right inferior fornix. The lesion had first been noted by the patient 6 months ago. He had been ...