In addition, brain imaging studies in rats and humans have shown alterations in gray matter volume and white matter integrity in the brain caused by the effects of chronic pain. (sciencedaily.com)
Goldstein and her colleagues found that patients diagnosed with â $ œamnesticâ $ MCI showed greater loss of white matter integrity in a certain part of the brain — the medial temporal lobe â $ «than cognitively normal controls of similar age. (emoryhealthsciblog.com)
To measure white matter integrity, researchers used fractional anisotropy (FA), obtained by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). (sciencedaily.com)