Figure 2.

Average displacement values obtained from q-space diffusion MRI (QSI) data for white matter of control spinal cords at three diffusion times and for three age groups. Diffusion was measured perpendicular to the long axis of the spinal cords (root-mean-square displacement, rmsD⊥). White, gray and black columns represent 20-, 33- and 180-day-old groups, respectively. p values were calculated for the same age group between diffusion times and also between each age group and the youngest (20-day-old) age group within the same diffusion time. *p < 0.05. Error bars represent standard deviations.