. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: Eur Radiol. 2014 Jul 20;24(10):2631–2639. doi: 10.1007/s00330-014-3241-7

Table 1.

MTR(15.6 ppm) values (mean±95 % CI) for the substantia nigra, red nucleus, globus pallidus, putamen and caudate for PD patients (n=27) and normal controls (n=22)

	Substantia nigra	Red nucleus	Globus pallidus	Putamen	Caudate
PD	37.4±2.4	37.8±2.6	33.6±2.4	28.3±2.2	27.1±1.8
Normal	37.6±1.4	38.4±1.4	33.3±1.6	27.9±0.8	26.9±1.0
P value	0.514	0.159	0.495	0.179	0.465

MTR(15.6 ppm) was quantified by % water signal intensity