Eleanor F. Cox1, Pierre-Yves Herve2, Peter J. Wright1, Ashley Loftipur1, Olivier Mougin1, Susan E. Pritchard1, Tomas Paus2, Penny A. Gowland1
1SPMMRC, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK; 2Brain & Body Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK
T2 and T2* have been shown to vary between white matter tracts. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the relaxation times and known features of myelin density and axonal structure, by studying adjacent white matter tracts and comparing known differences in histology to the T2, T2* and T1 relaxation times of these tracts, measured at 7T.