Table 4.

Comparison of microstructural properties of the thalamic-somatosensory tracts in patients with and without V₃ distribution involvement. Significance findings are shown in boldface. Diffusivity units expressed in mm²/s.

	V3 Affected	V3 Normal	p-value
FA_Affected	0.42	0.44	0.5
FA_Non_Affected	0.45	0.44	0.7
MD_Affected	6.91 × 10−4	6.257 × 10−4	0.045
MD_Non_Affected	6.482 × 10−4	6.401 × 10−4	0.8
AD_Affected	1.0235 × 10−3	9.622 × 10−4	0.037
AD_Non_Affected	9.952 × 10−4	9.729 × 10−4	0.6
RD_Affected	5.248 × 10−4	4.574 × 10−4	0.06
RD_Non_Affected	4.897 × 10−4	4.676 × 10−4	0.5