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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 10.
Published in final edited form as: Neurosci Lett. 2020 Nov 5;741:135486. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2020.135486

Table 3.

FAS verbal fluency network: MD and RD results.

ROIs pair anatomical WM fibers TD-N PIGD-N p value
MD (10−3 mm2/s)
lh-superior temporal gyrus__lh-insula left superior longitudinal fasciculi 0.775 ± 0.023 0.758 ± 0.040 0.005
rh-pars opercularis gyrus__rh-insula right fronto-insular tracts 0.740 ± 0.022 0.750 ± 0.031 0.004
RD (10−3 mm2/s)
lh-superior temporal gyrus__lh-insula left superior longitudinal fasciculi 0.603 ± 0.024 0.605 ± 0.036 0.005
rh-inferior temporal gyrus__rh-middle temporal gyrus right temporal U-fibers 0.602 ± 0.019 0.599 ± 0.029 0.01
rh-pars opercularis__rh-insula right fronto-insular tracts 0.589 ± 0.025 0.598 ± 0.035 0.003
rh-pars opercularis__rh-pars triangularis right frontal U-fibers 0.588 ± 0.024 0.607 ± 0.064 0.01

Note: values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. rh = right hemisphere. lh = left hemisphere. The ANCOVA was performed with subjects’ age, years of disease duration, FAS verbal fluency task scores as covariates.