Published ahead of print on April 2, 2009
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A1556
White Matter Involvement in Idiopathic Parkinson Disease: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study
G. Gattellaroa,d,
L. Minatia,b,
M. Grisolia,
C. Marianid,
F. Carellac,
M. Osiod,
E. Ciceria,
A. Albanesec and
M.G. Bruzzonea
a Neuroradiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Neurologico "Carlo Besta," Milan, Italy
b Science Direction Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Neurologico "Carlo Besta," Milan, Italy
c 1st Neurology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Neurologico "Carlo Besta," Milan, Italy
d Neurology Department, Ospedale Luigi Sacco, Milan, Italy

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Fig 1. Positioning of the ROIs used to measure MD and FA, for an arbitrarily chosen subject. SN: substantia nigra, CST,MB: corticospinal tract in the midbrain, CST,IC: corticospinal tract in the internal capsule, CAUD: head of the caudate nucleus, THAL: thalamus, PAL: globus pallidus, PUT: putamen, GENU: genu of the corpus callosum, SPLENIUM: splenium of the corpus callosum, SLF: superior longitudinal fasciculus, CI : cingulum.
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