Table 4.
Major white matter tracts showing significant changes in diffusion metrics at 1 and 6 months post-PFS.
| Time following PFS | Decreases in FA |
Decreases in AD |
Increases in RD |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | 6 months | 1 month | 6 months | 1 month | 6 months | |
| Anterior thalamic radiation (left + right) | X | X | X | X | ||
| Inferior fronto-orbital fasciculus (left + right) | X | X | X | X | ||
| Anterior corona radiata (left + right) | X | X | X | X | ||
| Genu of the corpus callosum | X | X | X | X | ||
| Body of the corpus callosum | X | X | X | X | ||
| Splenium of the corpus callosum | X | X | X | X | ||
| Internal capsule | X | X | X | X | ||
| External capsule | X | X | X | Right only | X | |
| Inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus (left + right) | X | X | X | Right only | X | X |
| Uncinate fasciculus (left + right) | X | X | X | X | X | |