Table 2.
Mean and standard deviations of FA within the whole thalamus mask and the five segmented clusters.
| Thalamus | Occipital | Temporal | Sensory | Motor | Frontal | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB | LB | NS | CB | LB | NS | CB | LB | NS | CB | LB | NS | CB | LB | NS | CB | LB | NS | ||
| FA Mean (SD) |
L | 0.28∗∗ | 0.29∗ | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.26∗∗ | 0.27 | 0.29 | 0.30∗ | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.38 | 0.26∗∗ | 0.27∗ | 0.29 |
| (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.07) | (0.05) | (0.03) | (0.03) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.03) | (0.03) | (0.02) | (0.05) | (0.06) | (0.01) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.02) | ||
| R | 0.28∗∗ | 0.30∗ | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.31 | 0.24∗∗ | 0.26∗ | 0.29 | 0.31∗ | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.26∗∗ | 0.28 | 0.29 | |
| (0.03) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.07) | (0.10) | (0.06) | (0.03) | (0.03) | (0.02) | (0.04) | (0.03) | (0.02) | (0.05) | (0.04) | (0.04) | (0.03) | (0.02) | (0.02) | ||
Significantly reduced FA in CB and LB compared to NS at ∗∗p < 0.001 or ∗p < 0.05, Bonferroni corrected. CB: congenitally blind; LB: late blind; NS: normal sighted controls; L: left; R: right; FA: fractional anisotropy; SD: standard deviation.