Table 3.

MD values of thalamic fiber pathway at each time point (n=12).

Locations in corona radiata pathway	W1	W4	M3	M6
Patients ipsilesinal side
Thalamus	0.64±0.03	0.65±0.02	0.65±0.03	0.64±0.03
Corona radiata	0.67±0.02	0.68±0.02	0.68±0.01	0.68±0.01
Semiovale	0.70±0.02	0.73±0.03	0.72±0.07	0.72±0.03
Patients contralesional side
Thalamus	0.64±0.03	0.65±0.03	0.63±0.03	0.64±0.03
Corona radiata	0.66±0.04	0.67±0.04	0.65±0.03	0.66±0.02
Semiovale	0.72±0.03	0.73±0.05	0.74±0.02	0.73±0.03
Controls
Thalamus	0.65±0.02	0.66±0.06	0.65±0.05	0.66±0.04
Corona radiata	0.66±0.01	0.65±0.04	0.66±0.03	0.66±0.05
Semiovale	0.71±0.02	0.70±0.07	0.71±0.04	0.71±0.05

W1 – one week; W4 – four weeks; M3 – three months; M6 – six months. For controls, The MD and FA values were derived from the mean values from both left and right sides at each location.