Zhi Wang1, William FC Baar2,3,
Ron Kupers2, Tim Dyrby2, Olaf Paulson2, Min
Chen1, Cheng Zhou1, Maurice Ptito2
1Radiology, Beijing Hospital,
Beijing, China, People's Republic of; 2Danish Research Centre for
Magnetic Resonance, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark; 3Center
for Integrated Molecular Brain Imaging , Copenhagen, Denmark
We extended further our previous results by exploring here the whole brain white matter organization in a large cohort of congenital blindness(CB) compared to normal sight controls(NS) by combining VBM-DARTEL and DTI. All components of the visual system were reduced, especially the bilateral superior colliculi. All structures belonging to the visual system showed significant reductions of anatomical connectivity. Eleven of thirteen NS showed the entire visual-related fiber tracts. On the contrary, only 2 of 13 CB demonstrated the similar fiber tracts.