The figure depicts increased
fractional anisotropy in adolescents with Conduct Disorder with elevated callous - unemotional traits (CD / CU +) relative to those with Conduct Disorder with lower levels of callous unemotional traits (CD / CU --RRB-.
Comparing MRI brain images of eight Dobermans with CCD to the control group, Ogata found that the CCD group had higher total brain and gray matter volumes, lower gray matter densities in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex and right anterior insula, and higher
fractional anisotropy in the splenium of the corpus callosum (the degree of which correlated with the severity of the behavioral traits).
Just three of these significant differences — radial diffusivity in the right forceps minor, cortical thickness in the left pars opercularis and
fractional anisotropy in the left forceps minor — yielded the best decision tree for distinguishing ASD participants from controls.
Not exact matches
The scientists found that maternal iron intake correlated inversely with
fractional anisotropy (FA)-- a unit of measurement
in DTI that is a useful measurement of tissue organization
in the brain — at locations scattered throughout the gray matter of the brain.
Blue indicates regions of the brain
in which lower
fractional anisotropy (a measure of microstructural integrity) correlated with more severe neurobehavioral symptoms.
LH GM metrics (i.e., percent spared cortical tissue) and bilateral WM scalars (i.e.,
fractional anisotropy [FA], mean diffusivity [MD]-RRB- were obtained from cortical and subcortical masks
in each ROI.
A
fractional anisotropy threshold for cortico - spinal tract reconstruction could be obtained
in every case.
In line with evidence in AB [151] significant differences in the fractional anisotropy (FA) measures of the uncinate fasciculus have been demonstrated in adolescents with conduct disorder [29,39] as well as in adult psychopathy [144,152
In line with evidence
in AB [151] significant differences in the fractional anisotropy (FA) measures of the uncinate fasciculus have been demonstrated in adolescents with conduct disorder [29,39] as well as in adult psychopathy [144,152
in AB [151] significant differences
in the fractional anisotropy (FA) measures of the uncinate fasciculus have been demonstrated in adolescents with conduct disorder [29,39] as well as in adult psychopathy [144,152
in the
fractional anisotropy (FA) measures of the uncinate fasciculus have been demonstrated
in adolescents with conduct disorder [29,39] as well as in adult psychopathy [144,152
in adolescents with conduct disorder [29,39] as well as
in adult psychopathy [144,152
in adult psychopathy [144,152].
However, relatively few studies have investigated whether there are differences
in brain structure between these subgroups.We acquired diffusion tensor imaging data and used tract - based spatial statistics (TBSS) to compare adolescents with CD and high levels of CU traits (CD / CU +; n = 18, CD and low levels of CU traits (CD / CU -; n = 17) and healthy controls (HC; n = 32) on measures of
fractional anisotropy (FA), axial (AD), radial (RD) and mean (MD) diffusivity.