Subsequent MRI brain (figure 2) showed extensive microvascular white matter disease and a large right basal ganglia infarct extending into the
right corona radiata.
Potential injury in a patient's brain isn't visible with a structural MRI (left), but high - definition fiber tracking (right) reveals asymmetry in
the corona radiata brain tract.
Your stroke «picked off»
the corona radiata — an area of white matter underneath the cortex (the cortico - spinal tracts run through it from the motor cortex on down), which explains why you had the symptoms you did.
One study found a correlation between the ability to resolve conflict and FA in the anterior
corona radiata, a major pathway connecting the ACC to other brain areas (22).