Table 3.
TBSS mean diffusivity significant results for each group comparison on each probabilistic tract.
| Mean Diffusivity (MD) | CON < PDD | PD < PDD | AD < PDD | PD < AD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Right | Left | Right | Left | Right | Left | Right | |
| Anterior Thalamic Radiation | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ◆ | ◆ | – | – |
| Corticospinal Tract | ■ | ◆ | ■ | ■ | ◆ | ◆ | – | – |
| Forceps Major | ■ | ■ | – | – | ◆ | ◆ | ■ | – |
| Forceps Minor | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ |
| Inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | – | – |
| Inferior longitudinal fasciculus | – | – | ◆ | ■ | ◆ | ◆ | – | – |
| Superior longitudinal fasciculus | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | – | – |
| Uncinate fasciculus | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ■ | ◆ | ■ | ■ | – |
| Cingulum (hippocampus) | – | – | – | ■ | – | ■ | – | – |
| Cingulum (cingulate gyrus) | ■ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
■ denotes p<0.05, and ◆ denotes p<0.01
Results were divided between left and right hemisphere. CON vs. AD and CON vs. PD did not show any significant differences and thus they were omitted from the table.