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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 30.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2015 Feb 3;232(1):65–70. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.01.009

Table 2.

Tissue segmentation in striatal subregions

OCD (n=15) Healthy control (n=16) 95% CI for difference in means

Tissue composition Mean percent (SD) Mean percent (SD)

Dorsal caudate
 CSF 6.04 (4.28) 6.36 (5.77) −3.43, 4.08
 Gray matter 62.24 (7.39) 63.99 (5.83) −3.12, 6.62
 White matter 31.70 (9.95) 29.63 (8.62) −8.91, 4.75

Dorsal putamen
 CSF 0.05 (0.05) 0.15 (0.33) −0.08, 0.28
 Gray matter 62.74 (6.35) 61.84 (5.96) −5.42, 3.63
 White matter 37.20 (6.34) 38.01 (6.02) −3.74, 5.34

Ventral striatum
 CSF 0.03 (0.04) 0.07 (0.15) −0.04, 0.12
 Gray matter 42.67 (8.29) 42.91 (6.47) −5.20, 5.68
 White matter 57.30 (8.29) 57.02 (6.49) −5.72, 5.18

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; CSF, cerebral spinal fluid; OCD, obsessive-compulsive disorder; SD, standard deviation