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Record W4416714332 · doi:10.1101/2025.11.21.689744

Characterization of hippocampal subfields using histology-based annotated postmortem MRI: Lessons for in vivo segmentation II

2025· preprint· en· W4416714332 on OpenAlexaff
Henry St. George Tucker, Bradley Karat, Arno Ruiter, Dominic Parker, Sydney Lim, Andrew Denning, Ranjit Ittyerah, LM Levorse, Winifred Trotman, Alejandra Bahena, Eunice Chung, Karthik Prabhakaran, Madigan L. Bedard, Daniel T. Ohm, Long Xie, Sandhitsu R. Das, John Pluta, Theresa Schuck, Wei Liu, Stephen Pickup, Emilio Artacho‐Pérula, Mairena Martı́n, Mónica Muñoz, J. González, M A González Jiménez, M Marcos Rabal, Ana María Insausti Serrano, Nekane González, Sandra Cebada Sánchez, Carlos de la Rosa‐Prieto, Edward B. Lee, John A. Detre, M. Dylan Tisdall, David J. Irwin, David A. Wolk, Daniel Adler, Robin de Florès, David Berron, Song‐Lin Ding, Paul A. Yushkevich, Carl J. Hodgetts

Bibliographic record

VenuebioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025
Typepreprint
Languageen
FieldNeuroscience
TopicMemory and Neural Mechanisms
Canadian institutionsWestern University
FundersBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilDirectorate for Biological SciencesNational Institute on AgingSiemens HealthineersEli Lilly and CompanyLunds UniversitetCrafoordska StiftelsenUniversity of PennsylvaniaBiogen
KeywordsHippocampal formationSubiculumHippocampusCoronal planeMagnetic resonance imagingSegmentation

Abstract

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MRI is generally guided by postmortem reference material, which has been limited by small sample sizes that preclude comprehensive characterization of subfield border locations and their variability. Addressing this, we characterized hippocampal subfield border variability in two ultra-high-resolution postmortem MRI datasets with combined annotated histological sections, including cases with and without dementia. We examined: 1) the order of appearance and disappearance of subfields along the long axis of the hippocampus; 2) the order of appearance and disappearance of subicular subregions; 3) the medial-lateral position of subicular subregional boundaries along the hippocampal body; 4) the location of the CA3 relative to hippocampal head digitations; 5) the subfield borders in the hippocampal body relative to a volume proportion of the dark band; and 6) the association of hippocampal length and subiculum-CA1 border location with diagnosis, demographic factors, and factors related to postmortem imaging. Our findings reaffirmed that there is a consistent order of appearance and disappearance of subfields in the hippocampal head and tail, respectively. The subicular subregions exhibited a 'first in, last out' order of appearance and disappearance, and pre/parasubiculum consistently occupied half of the subicular complex in coronal slices throughout the hippocampal body. Hippocampal head digitations were not a reliable landmark for CA3 appearance, but SRLM proportionality did offer a potentially consistent approach for estimating CA2 and CA3 subfield borders in relation to the hippocampal border. No clear relationship was found between the anatomical features and diagnosis, demographic factors, and factors related to postmortem imaging. These findings have implications for the development and harmonization of hippocampal subfield segmentation protocols and interpretation of high-resolution functional MRI studies of the human hippocampus.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.005
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.009
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.005
Threshold uncertainty score0.028

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0050.009
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0020.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0020.002
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.060
GPT teacher head0.297
Teacher spread0.236 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2025
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