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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2014 Jan;73(1):39–49. doi: 10.1097/NEN.0000000000000023

Table 2. Ex Vivo Diffusion Tensor Imaging Parameter Values from White and Gray Matter Regions of the Brain of Wild-Type and Mucopolysaccharidosis VII Model Mice.

Regions White matter
FA MD CL CP CS
AC Wild-type 0.75 ± 0.08 0.21 ± 0.05 0.70 ± 0.09 0.15 ± 0.06 0.13 ± 0.03
MPS VII 0.65 ± 0.01 0.28 ± 0.04 0.64 ± 0.03 0.15 ± 0.04 0.21 ± 0.03
p-value 0.024* 0.048* 0.236 0.903 0.005*
CC Wild-type 0.77 ± 0.06 0.23 ± 0.03 0.70 ± 0.11 0.32 ± 0.25 0.14 ± 0.06
MPS VII 0.69 ± 0.05 0.31 ± 0.06 0.63 ± 0.08 0.20 ± 0.09 0.18 ± 0.06
p-value 0.047* 0.031* 0.245 0.348 0.275
EC Wild-type 0.51 ± 0.07 0.32 ± 0.01 0.30 ± 0.07 0.40 ± 0.06 0.30 ± 0.08
MPS VII 0.39 ± 0.05 0.36 ± 0.11 0.27 ± 0.08 0.32 ± 0.06 0.14 ± 0.08
p-value 0.016* 0.624 0.601 0.045* 0.048*
IC Wild-type 0.59 ± 0.06 0.30 ± 0.08 0.59 ± 0.12 0.17 ± 0.05 0.24 ± 0.07
MPS VII 0.58 ± 0.07 0.35 ± 0.14 0.56 ± 0.09 0.15 ± 0.02 0.30 ± 0.08
p-value 0.980 0.451 0.714 0.358 0.296
Gray matter
Cereb Wild-type 0.20 ± 0.05 0.41 ± 0.14 0.14 ± 0.02 0.16 ± 0.05 0.70 ± 0.05
MPS VII 0.16 ± 0.01 0.41 ± 0.15 0.15 ± 0.02 0.12 ± 0.01 0.73 ± 0.01
p-value 0.094 0.993 0.681 0.129 0.156
HC Wild-type 0.27 ± 0.03 0.39 ± 0.14 0.23 ± 0.04 0.17 ± 0.04 0.60 ± 0.06
MPS VII 0.25 ± 0.04 0.43 ± 0.16 0.24 ± 0.04 0.17 ± 0.04 0.63 ± 0.06
p-value 0.494 0.692 0.422 0.837 0.443
Cpu Wild-type 0.22 ± 0.05 0.50 ± 0.26 0.18 ± 0.06 0.15 ± 0.01 0.67 ± 0.06
MPS VII 0.19 ± 0.07 0.51 ± 0.31 0.20 ± 0.11 0.13 ± 0.02 0.67 ± 0.13
p-value 0.542 0.712 0.752 0.140 0.988

FA = Fractional anisotropy, MD = Mean diffusivity (x10-3mm2/s), CL = Linear anisotropy, CP = Planner anisotropy, CS = Spherical anisotropy. AC = Anterior-commissure, Cereb = Cerebral cortex, CC = Corpus callosum, Cpu = Caudate putamen, HC = Hippocampus, EC = External capsule, IC = Internal capsule.

*

Asterisk indicates significant differences between mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) VII and wild type littermates.