Table 2:
Spearman’s correlation values (r) and p-values measuring the association between MØ morphological parameters and diffusion MRI (dMRI) metrics for each region of interest (ROI), ranked by higher p-value; region of interest (ROI) abbreviations: corpus callosum (CC), fimbria (Fi), ventral (HV) hippocampus, subiculum (Sub), cingulate cortex (Ctx_Cg) and retrosplenial cortex (Ctx_Rsp). Mean diffusivity (MD), axial diffusivity (D||), radial diffusivity (D⊥), fractional anisotropy (FA), radial kurtosis (K⊥), and kurtosis fractional anisotropy. NC: control mice; TG: 3xTg-AD mouse; ALL: both groups pulled together.
| ROI | Group | MØ Metric | dMRI Metric | r | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CC | ALL | Cells n | D⊥ | 0.590 | 0.008 |
| Sub | ALL | Density | D∥ | 0.573 | 0.010 |
| CC | ALL | Cells n | KFA | −0.549 | 0.015 |
| Ctx Cg | ALL | Density | KFA | 0.539 | 0.017 |
| Fi | ALL | Span Ratio | FA | 0.514 | 0.024 |
| CC | ALL | Span Ratio | K⊥ | 0.513 | 0.025 |
| Fi | ALL | Cells n | D∥ | −0.469 | 0.043 |
| CC | ALL | Cells n | FA | −0.496 | 0.031 |
| Fi | ALL | Span Ratio | KFA | 0.490 | 0.033 |
| HV | ALL | Density | D∥ | 0.487 | 0.034 |
| Ctx Rsp | ALL | Cells n | D∥ | 0.476 | 0.039 |
| Sub | ALL | Density | MD | 0.456 | 0.050 |