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Table 1 Diffusion tensor image parameter values of patient and control volunteers

From: Injuries of neural tracts in a patient with CADASIL: a diffusion tensor imaging study

Neural tracts

Patient

Controls

FA

MD

Tract volume

FA

MD

Tract volume

CST

Rt

0.34a

1.06b

3705

0.40 (0.01)

0.87 (0.04)

4099.00 (317.00)

Lt

0.32a

1.01

4386

0.41 (0.02)

0.90 (0.09)

3993.00 (549.00)

CBT

Rt

0.49

1.41b

183a

0.47 (0.03)

0.80 (0.03)

1030.14 (385.98)

Lt

0.48

1.13b

306a

0.48 (0.02)

0.81 (0.05)

1310.29 (307.93)

CFT (SMA)

Rt

0.27a

1.15

5097

0.37 (0.02)

0.99 (0.09)

6322.00 (746.02)

Lt

0.28a

1.10

5209

0.38 (0.02)

0.94 (0.08)

6205.71 (1229.92)

CFT (PMC)

Rt

0.39

0.86

893a

0.37 (0.02)

0.88 (0.05)

2412.14 (706.68)

Lt

0.40

0.94

229a

0.39 (0.03)

0.87 (0.06)

2524.57 (819.62)

TPT (DLPFC)

Rt

0.32

0.99b

83a

0.36 (0.02)

0.81 (0.04)

592.00 (156.03)

Lt

0.30a

1.00b

133a

0.36 (0.02)

0.82 (0.05)

590.14 (221.59)

TPT (VLPFC)

Rt

0.28a

1.01b

117

0.37 (0.02)

0.82 (0.07)

772.86 (367.67)

Lt

0.37

0.99b

286a

0.37 (0.02)

0.82 (0.03)

873.86 (224.90)

TPT (OFC)

Rt

0.27a

1.00b

347a

0.34 (0.04)

0.81 (0.06)

1439.71 (432.18)

Lt

0.27a

1.01b

817a

0.36 (0.03)

0.82 (0.06)

1149.43 (164.44)

Fornix

Rt

0.27a

1.64b

418

0.34 (0.02)

1.41 (0.05)

560.20 (151.00)

Lt

0.28

1.57

448

0.34 (0.04)

1.49 (0.14)

421.00 (216.71)

Cingulum

Rt

0.23a

0.91b

2378

0.33 (0.02)

0.85 (0.02)

2177.50 (286.64)

Lt

0.28a

0.98b

4824

0.338 (0.03)

0.88 (0.03)

2046.30 (284.34)

  1. Controls are mean (± standard deviation), FA: fractional anisotropy, MD: mean diffusivity, CST: Corticospinal tract, CBT: Corticobulbar tract, CFT: Corticofugal tract, SMA: Supplementary motor area, PMC: Premotor area, TPT: Thalamoprefrontal tract, DLPFC: Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, VLPFC: Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, OFC: Orbitoprefrontal cortex
  2. awhen a value was decreased two standard deviations below that of controls
  3. bwhen a value was increased two standard deviations above that of controls