White matter (WM) integrity alteration has been noted in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Whether the increased radial diffusivity (RD) revealed in previous study using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in PD patients is suggestive of demyelinating etiology remains to be established. To further investigate white matter (WM) microstructure changes in PD, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and diffusion basis spectrum imaging (DBSI) were analyzed using Tract Based Spatial Statistics (TBSS). Both whole brain voxel-based group analysis and reginal analysis on the corpus callosum were performed. DBSI results suggest that axonal injury is present in PD while no myelin injury was seen.
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