In vivo mapping of striatal neurodegeneration in Huntington’s disease with Soma and Neurite Density Imaging
Figures
Volumetric differences in the basal ganglia and thalamus between Huntington’s disease (HD) (n = 56) and healthy control (HC) (n = 57) groups.
Regions of interest (ROIs) were segmented using FreeSurfer v6. All ROIs, except the left thalamus, showed significantly smaller volumes in the HD cohort after false discovery rate (5% FDR) correction for multiple comparisons. Colours indicate the strength of rank-biserial correlations (rrb) from Mann–Whitney U tests: red = strong effect (rrb ≥ 0.5), yellow = medium effect (0.3 ≤ rrb < 0.5), white = small effect (rrb < 0.3). Raincloud plots show the distribution of the volumetric measures in each ROI per group with orange for HD and green for HC participants. *p < 0.05; ***p < 0.001.
Microstructural differences in regions of interest (ROIs) between Huntington’s disease (HD) (n = 56) and healthy control (HC) (n = 57) groups.
Median values of each microstructural measure were extracted per ROI. (A) HD individuals show reduced apparent soma density (fis) in the basal ganglia (BG). (B) Apparent soma radius (rs) is elevated in the caudate and putamen but reduced in the pallidum. (C) Extracellular signal fraction (fec) is increased in BG regions in the HD group. (D) Extracellular diffusivity (De) is higher in the putamen and pallidum. (E) Fractional anisotropy (FA) is elevated in the BG, and (F) mean diffusivity (MD; expressed in ×10–4 mm2/s) is increased in the striatum. Colours indicate the strength of rank-biserial correlations (rrb) from Mann–Whitney U tests: red = strong effect (rrb ≥ 0.5), yellow = medium effect (0.3 ≤ rrb < 0.5), white = small effect (rrb < 0.3). Raincloud plots show the distribution of the microstructural measures in each ROI per group with orange for HD and green for HC participants. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.
Bar plot showing the effect sizes and 95% confidence intervals for exploratory pairwise comparisons between HD-ISS 0–1 (n = 13), HD-ISS 2–3 (n = 17), and healthy controls (HC).
Significant comparisons are marked with *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, and ***p < 0.001.
Correlations between Q-Motor principal component and SANDI indices.
(A) Correlation matrix and (B–G) selected scatter plots illustrating Spearman’s rho correlations between SANDI measures and the Q-Motor principal component. (A) Each cell represents the Spearman’s rho correlation strength, with pink indicating negative and green positive correlations. (B–G) Each plot includes a best-fit least squares linear regression line with standard error indicated by the grey shaded area, along with the Spearman’s rho (ρ) and the corresponding FDR-p value. Regression lines are included for visualisation only and do not reflect variance explained (R2) or imply linear model fit. Scatter dot colours represent participants’ HD-ISS stage. Unclassified refers to those participants who could not be classified due to having CAG 36–40 or incomplete clinical data. Abbreviations: De: extracellular diffusivity; fec: extracellular signal fraction; fin: neurite density signal fraction; fis: soma density signal fraction; PC: principal component; rs: soma radius.
Scatterplot showing positive relationship between the Q-Motor principal component and the disease burden measure (CAP100) with the Spearman’s rho (ρ) test.
Scatter dot colours represent participants’ HD-ISS stage and those who were not classified due to having CAG <40 or incomplete clinical data.
Correlations between the Q-Motor principal component and DTI and volumetric measures.
(A) Correlation matrix and (B–D) selected scatter plots illustrating Spearman’s rho correlations between diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), volumetric measures and the Q-Motor principal component. (A) Each cell represents the Spearman’s rho correlation strength, with pink indicating negative and green positive correlations. (B–D) Each plot includes a best-fit least squares linear regression line with standard error indicated by the grey shaded area, along with the Spearman’s rho (ρ) and the corresponding FDR-p value. Regression lines are included for visualisation only and do not reflect variance explained (R2) or imply linear model fit. Scatter dot colours represent participants’ HD-ISS stage. Unclassified refers to those participants who could not be classified due to having CAG 36–40 or incomplete clinical data. Abbreviations: FA: fractional anisotropy; MD: mean diffusivity.
Correlation heatmaps showing the cross-correlation of SANDI, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and volumetric (normalised for intracranial volume) measures, averaged across the caudate, putamen, pallidum, and thalamus.
Heatmaps are shown separately for the full sample, healthy controls (HC), and Huntington’s disease (HD) participants. Correlations are expressed as Spearman’s rho coefficients.
Standardised beta coefficients of SANDI microstructural metrics predicting volume (normalised for intracranial volume) in regions of interest in the healthy control group.
Data were modelled by firstly accounting for age, followed by the step-wise inclusion of all SANDI indices. The figure displays the predictor variables included in the final regression models for each region of interest. Abbreviations: De: extracellular diffusivity; fis: soma density signal fraction; rs: soma radius; TFC: total functional capacity. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.
Standardised beta coefficients of SANDI microstructural metrics predicting volume (normalised for intracranial volume) in (A) left and (B) right hemisphere regions of interest in individuals with Huntington’s disease.
Data were modelled by firstly accounting for age and total functional capacity scores simultaneously, followed by the step-wise inclusion of all SANDI indices. The figure displays the predictor variables included in the final regression models for each region of interest. Abbreviations: De: extracellular diffusivity; fec: extracellular signal fraction; fis: soma density signal fraction; rs: soma radius. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.
Correlations between disease burden (CAP100) and brain microstructural and volumetric measures.
(A) Correlation matrix and (B–J) selected scatter plots illustrating Spearman’s rho correlations between SANDI, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and volumetric measures with CAP100. Each scatter plot includes a best-fit least squares linear regression line with standard error indicated by the grey shaded area, along with the Spearman’s rho (ρ) and the corresponding FDR-p value. Regression lines are included for visualisation only and do not reflect variance explained (R2) or imply linear model fit. Scatter dot colours represent participants’ HD-ISS stage and those who were not classified due to having CAG <40 or incomplete clinical data. Abbreviations: De: extracellular diffusivity; FA: fractional anisotropy; fec: extracellular signal fraction; fin: neurite density signal fraction; fis: soma density signal fraction; MD: mean diffusivity; rs: soma radius; vol: normalised volume.
Analysis of the accuracy and precision of SANDI model parameters estimation.
We simulated 104 synthetic diffusion signals using the SANDI model with random combinations of five parameters: fneurite(fin), fsoma(fis), Din, Rsoma(rs), and De. Parameters were sampled uniformly from: fneurite, fsoma ∈ [0,1]; Din, De ∈[0.5,3.0] µm2/ms; 𝑅soma 𝛜[1,12] µm. Rician noise with experimentally estimated variance was added, and the SANDI model was then fit to the noisy signals. For each parameter, we report the relative percentage error between estimated and ground-truth values as a function of the parameter value (normalized to [0,1]), together with goodness-of-fit (R2).
Sensitivity to 5% parameter modulations.
The matrices show how a controlled perturbation in one parameter propagates into the estimated values of all model parameters. Each row corresponds to a 5% increase in the parameter on the y-axis; the resulting percentage change observed in each estimated parameter is reported along the x-axis. An ideal estimator would yield a purely diagonal matrix, with 5% on the diagonal and 0% elsewhere (no cross-talk). In (A), we used the same synthetic SANDI signals as in Figure 1. In (B), we additionally generated 104 synthetic signals incorporating neurite–extra-cellular exchange using the NEXI model [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119277] and an exchange time representative of human cortex (𝜏ex ≈ 30 ms) [https://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00104].
Tables
Demographic and clinical information of participants.
| HD group | HC group | Statistic (p-value) | |||
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| N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | ||
| Age | 56 | 46.12 (13.79) | 57 | 44.96 (13.75) | t(111) = 0.446 (0.657) |
| Female, N (%) | 25 (44.7%) | 31 (54.4%) | χ2 = 1.073 (0.300) | ||
| Education (years) | 38 | 14.16 (2.58) | 14 | 15.86 (2.54) | t(50) = 2.06 (0.448) |
| HD-ISS Stage 0/1/2/3, Ntotal | 4/9/5/12, 30 | ||||
| MOCA | 55 | 26.47 (3.55) | - | ||
| TOPF | 56 | 49.70 (13.16) | - | ||
| UHDRS-TFC | 56 | 12.11 (1.25) | - | ||
| UHDRS-TMS | 51 | 11.03 (15.82) | - | ||
| CAG | 50 | 41.82 (2.67) | - | ||
| CAP | 50 | 80.55 (22.60) | - | ||
| SDMT | 38 | 45.47 (14.91) | |||
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Abbreviations: CAG: Cytosine Adenine Guanine; CAP: CAG-Age-Product; HC: healthy controls; HD: Huntington’s disease; HD-ISS: Huntington’s Disease Integrated Staging System; MOCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; SD: standard deviation; SDMT: Symbol Digit Modalities Test; TFC: total functional capacity; TMS: Total Motor Score; TOPF: Test of Premorbid Functioning; UHDRS: United Huntington’s Disease Rating Scale.
Descriptive and Mann–Whitney statistics for intracranial volume-normalised regions of interest.
| HD group | HC group | Statistic (FDR-p, effect size) | ||
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| Region of interest | L/R | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | U (p, rank-biserial correlation) |
| Caudate | L | 1.95a (0.45a) | 2.35a (0.24a) | 2464 (<0.001, 0.544) |
| R | 2.06a (0.43a) | 2.41a (0.25a) | 2376 (<0.001, 0.489) | |
| Putamen | L | 2.67a (0.62a) | 3.22a (0.46a) | 2397 (<0.001, 0.502) |
| R | 2.67a (0.66a) | 3.25a (0.40a) | 2479 (<0.001, 0.553) | |
| Pallidum | L | 1.15a (0.20a) | 1.32a (0.13a) | 2382 (<0.001, 0.492) |
| R | 1.13a (0.17a) | 1.26a (0.12a) | 2323 (<0.001, 0.456) | |
| Thalamus | L | 4.83a (0.49a) | 4.99a (0.41a) | 1955 (0.063, 0.224) |
| R | 4.72a (0.39a) | 4.91a (0.40a) | 1981 (0.048, 0.241) |
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Abbreviations: FDR: false discovery rate; HC: healthy controls; HD: Huntington’s disease; L: left hehmisphere; R: right hemisphere; SD: standard deviation. Significant results are highlighted in bold.
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aMultiplied by 10−3.
Descriptive and Mann–Whitney statistics for microstructural measures in regions of interest.
| HD group | HC group | Statistic (FDR-p, effect size) | |||
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| Microstructural measure | Region of interest | L/R | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | U (p, rank-biserial correlation) |
| Apparent soma density | Caudate | L | 0.43 (0.05) | 0.46 (0.02) | 2227 (<0.001, 0.395) |
| R | 0.45 (0.05) | 0.48 (0.02) | 2318 (<0.001, 0.452) | ||
| Putamen | L | 0.39 (0.05) | 0.42 (0.03) | 2140 (0.003, 0.341) | |
| R | 0.42 (0.05) | 0.44 (0.03) | 2099 (0.007, 0.315) | ||
| Pallidum | L | 0.21 (0.05) | 0.24 (0.04) | 2187 (0.001, 0.370) | |
| R | 0.21 (0.05) | 0.24 (0.04) | 2249 (<0.001, 0.409) | ||
| Thalamus | L | 0.34 (0.03) | 0.34 (0.02) | 1692 (0.701, 0.060) | |
| R | 0.35 (0.03) | 0.35 (0.02) | 1661 (0.776, 0.041) | ||
| Apparent soma size | Caudate | L | 9.80 (0.25) | 9.58 (0.15) | 746 (<0.001, –0.533) |
| R | 9.72 (0.25) | 9.52 (0.12) | 751 (<0.001, –0.529) | ||
| Putamen | L | 9.61 (0.29) | 9.43 (0.15) | 885 (<0.001, –0.445) | |
| R | 9.63 (0.27) | 9.40 (0.14) | 791 (<0.001, –0.504) | ||
| Pallidum | L | 8.41 (1.08) | 8.88 (0.58) | 2126 (0.004, 0.332) | |
| R | 8.59 (0.94) | 9.05 (0.45) | 2300 (<0.001, 0.447) | ||
| Thalamus | L | 9.51 (0.14) | 9.50 (1.32) | 1502 (0.701, –0.059) | |
| R | 9.54 (0.13) | 9.52 (0.12) | 1515 (0.723, –0.051) | ||
| Extracellular signal fraction | Caudate | L | 0.38 (0.04) | 0.36 (0.01) | 757 (<0.001, –0.526) |
| R | 0.37 (0.02) | 0.36 (0.01) | 984 (<0.001, –0.383) | ||
| Putamen | L | 0.36 (0.03) | 0.34 (0.02) | 1048 (0.003, –0.343) | |
| R | 0.34 (0.03) | 0.32 (0.01) | 892 (<0.001, –0.441) | ||
| Pallidum | L | 0.36 (0.04) | 0.33 (0.02) | 910 (<0.001, –0.430) | |
| R | 0.35 (0.04) | 0.32 (0.02) | 932 (<0.001, –0.416) | ||
| Thalamus | L | 0.34 (0.02) | 0.33 (0.01) | 1294 (0.130, –0.189) | |
| R | 0.33 (0.01) | 0.32 (0.01) | 1636 (0.853, 0.025) | ||
| Extracellular diffusivity | Caudate | L | 1.47 (0.28) | 1.40 (0.11) | 1420 (0.418, –0.110) |
| R | 1.51 (0.25) | 1.44 (0.13) | 1482 (0.633, –0.071) | ||
| Putamen | L | 1.47 (0.17) | 1.36 (0.11) | 902 (<0.001, –0.435) | |
| R | 1.62 (0.20) | 1.49 (0.11) | 1002 (0.001, –0.372) | ||
| Pallidum | L | 1.62 (0.20) | 1.48 (0.12) | 842 (<0.001, –0.472) | |
| R | 1.76 (0.23) | 1.59 (0.14) | 809 (<0.001, –0.493) | ||
| Thalamus | L | 1.47 (0.07) | 1.44 (0.07) | 1411 (0.394, –0.116) | |
| R | 0.31 (0.03) | 0.31 (0.03) | 1377 (0.305, –0.137) | ||
| Apparent neurite density | Caudate | L | 0.18 (0.04) | 0.17 (0.02) | 1514 (0.723, –0.051) |
| R | 0.18 (0.05) | 0.16 (0.02) | 1317 (0.167, –0.175) | ||
| Putamen | L | 0.24 (0.04) | 0.23 (0.03) | 1374 (0.303, –0.139) | |
| R | 0.23 (0.04) | 0.23 (0.03) | 1411 (0.394, –0.116) | ||
| Pallidum | L | 0.41 (0.05) | 0.42 (0.03) | 1553 (0.854, –0.027) | |
| R | 0.43 (0.05) | 0.43 (0.03) | 1473 (0.605, –0.078) | ||
| Thalamus | L | 0.31 (0.03) | 0.31 (0.03) | 1565 (0.868, –0.019) | |
| R | 0.31 (0.03) | 0.31 (0.03) | 1459 (0.554, –0.086) | ||
| Fractional anisotropy | Caudate | L | 0.18 (0.04) | 0.16 (0.02) | 993 (0.001, –0.378) |
| R | 0.20 (0.07) | 0.16 (0.02) | 889 (<0.001, –0.443) | ||
| Putamen | L | 0.19 (0.04) | 0.17 (0.02) | 873 (<0.001, –0.453) | |
| R | 0.20 (0.04) | 0.17 (0.02) | 710 (<0.001, –0.555) | ||
| Pallidum | L | 0.28 (0.04) | 0.26 (0.03) | 1115 (0.010, –0.301) | |
| R | 0.28 (0.05) | 0.26 (0.02) | 995.5 (<0.001, –0.401) | ||
| Thalamus | L | 0.33 (0.02) | 0.33 (0.02) | 1808 (0.319, 0.133) | |
| R | 0.33 (0.02) | 0.33 (0.02) | 1532 (0.776, –0.040) | ||
| Mean diffusivity | Caudate | L | 6.50a (0.41a) | 6.23a (0.13a) | 777.5 (<0.001, –0.513) |
| R | 6.44a (0.36a) | 6.20a (0.12a) | 760.5 (<0.001, –0.523) | ||
| Putamen | L | 6.22a (0.34a) | 5.95a (0.15a) | 653.5 (<0.001, –0.591) | |
| R | 6.20a (0.34a) | 5.91a (0.13a) | 624.5 (<0.001, –0.609) | ||
| Pallidum | L | 5.54a (0.36a) | 5.51a (0.23a) | 1557.5 (0.854, –0.024) | |
| R | 5.52a (0.30a) | 5.49a (0.18a) | 1437 (0.474, –0.100) | ||
| Thalamus | L | 5.98a (0.14a) | 5.96a (0.11a) | 1509 (0.721, –0.055) | |
| R | 6.01a (0.13a) | 6.00a (0.11a) | 1566.5 (0.868, –0.018) |
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Abbreviations: FDR: false discovery rate; HC: healthy controls; HD: Huntington’s disease; L: left hemisphere; R: right hemisphere; SD: standard deviation. Significant results are highlighted in bold.
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aMultiplied by 10–4.
Hierarchical linear regression predicting normalised volumes from SANDI microstructural metrics, controlling for age in the healthy control participants.
| ROI | Model | Predictor(s) | Adjusted R2 | ΔR2 | F-value (p-value) | ΔF-value | β | t-value | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left caudate | 1 | Age | 0.084 | 0.100 | 6.115 (0.017) | –0.316 | –2.473 | 0.031 | |
| 2 | Age | 0.167 | 0.096 | 6.599 (0.003) | 6.474 | –0.166 | –1.226 | 0.297 | |
| fis | 0.345 | 2.544 | 0.026 | ||||||
| Left putamen | 1 | Age | 0.247 | 0.260 | 19.328 (<0.001) | –0.510 | −4.396 | <0.001 | |
| Left pallidum | 1 | Age | 0.004 | 0.022 | 1.247 (0.269) | –0.149 | –1.117 | 0.341 | |
| Left thalamus | 1 | Age | 0.174 | 0.188 | 12.761 (0.001) | –0.434 | –3.572 | 0.003 | |
| Right caudate | 1 | Age | 0.046 | 0.063 | 3.715 (0.059) | –0.252 | –1.927 | 0.087 | |
| 2 | Age | 0.111 | 0.080 | 4.508 (0.015) | 5.029 | –0.348 | –2.616 | 0.023 | |
| De | 0.299 | 2.243 | 0.048 | ||||||
| Right putamen | 1 | Age | 0.234 | 0.248 | 18.109 (<0.001) | –0.498 | –4.255 | <0.001 | |
| 2 | Age | 0.289 | 0.067 | 12.389 (<0.001) | 5.265 | –0.602 | –4.954 | <0.001 | |
| De | 0.279 | 2.295 | 0.045 | ||||||
| Right pallidum | 1 | Age | –0.017 | 0.001 | 0.058 (0.811) | 0.032 | 0.241 | 0.847 | |
| 2 | Age | 0.108 | 0.139 | 4.392 (0.017) | 8.718 | 0.003 | 0.025 | 0.980 | |
| De | 0.374 | 2.953 | 0.011 | ||||||
| Right thalamus | 1 | Age | 0.111 | 0.127 | 7.966 (0.007) | –0.356 | –2.822 | 0.015 |
Hierarchical linear regression models predicting normalised volumes in each region of interest from SANDI microstructural metrics, controlling for age and TFC in HD participants.
| ROI | Model | Predictors | Adjusted R2 | ΔR2 | F-value (p-value) | ΔF-value | β | t-value | p-value |
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| Left caudate | 1 | Age | 0.277 | 0.304 | 11.136 (<0.001) | –0.398 | –3.249 | 0.005 | |
| TFC | 0.280 | 2.281 | 0.046 | ||||||
| 2 | Age | 0.547 | 0.268 | 22.308 (<0.001) | 31.383 | –0.370 | –3.810 | <0.001 | |
| TFC | –0.034 | –0.303 | 0.822 | ||||||
| rs | –0.611 | –5.602 | <0.001 | ||||||
| 3 | Age | 0.600 | 0.058 | 20.853 (<0.001) | 7.623 | –0.273 | –2.788 | 0.016 | |
| TFC | –0.068 | –0.638 | 0.594 | ||||||
| rs | –0.529 | –4.963 | <0.001 | ||||||
| fis | 0.288 | 2.761 | 0.016 | ||||||
| Left putamen | 1 | Age | 0.296 | 0.323 | 12.150 (<0.001) | –0.415 | –3.436 | 0.003 | |
| TFC | 0.282 | 2.331 | 0.043 | ||||||
| 2 | Age | 0.529 | 0.233 | 20.855 (<0.001) | 26.238 | –0.332 | –3.311 | 0.005 | |
| TFC | 0.173 | 1.711 | 0.129 | ||||||
| fec | –0.507 | –5.122 | <0.001 | ||||||
| 3 | Age | 0.601 | 0.075 | 20.934 (<0.001) | 9.961 | –0.341 | –3.690 | 0.003 | |
| TFC | 0.071 | 0.721 | 0.552 | ||||||
| fec | –0.427 | –4.515 | <0.001 | ||||||
| rs | –0.309 | –3.156 | 0.007 | ||||||
| 4 | Age | 0.630 | 0.034 | 19.016 (<0.001) | 4.818 | –0.485 | –4.386 | <0.001 | |
| TFC | 0.168 | 1.605 | 0.157 | ||||||
| fec | –0.489 | –5.126 | <0.001 | ||||||
| rs | –0.349 | –3.638 | 0.003 | ||||||
| De | 0.302 | 2.195 | 0.052 | ||||||
| Left pallidum | 1 | Age | 0.107 | 0.140 | 4.165 (0.021) | –0.152 | –1.119 | 0.341 | |
| TFC | 0.299 | 2.198 | 0.052 | ||||||
| 2 | Age | 0.344 | 0.241 | 10.278 (<0.001) | 19.485 | 0.035 | 0.278 | 0.829 | |
| TFC | 0.111 | 0.889 | 0.455 | ||||||
| fec | –0.577 | –4.414 | <0.001 | ||||||
| 3 | Age | 0.424 | 0.086 | 10.741 (<0.001) | 7.885 | 0.115 | 0.961 | 0.425 | |
| TFC | 0.049 | 0.417 | 0.753 | ||||||
| fec | –0.486 | –3.837 | 0.001 | ||||||
| rs | 0.344 | 2.808 | 0.015 | ||||||
| Left thalamus | 1 | Age | 0.302 | 0.328 | 12.455 (<0.001) | –0.456 | –3.786 | 0.001 | |
| TFC | 0.236 | 1.956 | 0.085 | ||||||
| Right caudate | 1 | Age | 0.276 | 0.304 | 11.117 (<0.001) | –0.410 | –3.341 | 0.005 | |
| TFC | 0.265 | 2.162 | 0.054 | ||||||
| 2 | Age | 0.443 | 0.171 | 15.036 (<0.001) | 16.233 | –0.426 | –3.957 | 0.001 | |
| TFC | 0.006 | 0.048 | 0.976 | ||||||
| rs | –0.485 | –4.029 | 0.001 | ||||||
| 3 | Age | 0.510 | 0.073 | 14.807 (<0.001) | 7.898 | –0.326 | –3.043 | 0.009 | |
| TFC | –0.018 | –0.156 | 0.902 | ||||||
| rs | –0.456 | –4.020 | 0.001 | ||||||
| fis | 0.296 | 2.810 | 0.015 | ||||||
| Right putamen | 1 | Age | 0.333 | 0.358 | 14.218 (<0.001) | –0.499 | –4.243 | <0.001 | |
| TFC | 0.211 | 1.797 | 0.111 | ||||||
| 2 | Age | 0.570 | 0.236 | 24.432 (<0.001) | 29.159 | –0.425 | –4.450 | <0.001 | |
| TFC | –0.070 | –0.652 | 0.593 | ||||||
| rs | –0.578 | –5.400 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Right pallidum | 1 | Age | 0.043 | 0.079 | 2.177 (0.124) | –0.043 | –0.308 | 0.822 | |
| TFC | 0.264 | 1.874 | 0.097 | ||||||
| 2 | Age | 0.265 | 0.228 | 7.367 (<0.001) | 16.430 | 0.094 | 0.737 | 0.550 | |
| TFC | 0.116 | 0.902 | 0.454 | ||||||
| fec | –0.530 | –4.053 | 0.001 | ||||||
| Right thalamus | 1 | Age | 0.347 | 0.372 | 15.076 (<0.001) | –0.550 | –4.723 | <0.001 | |
| TFC | 0.145 | 1.242 | 0.295 |
| Reagent type (species) or resource | Designation | Source or reference | Identifiers | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software/algorithm | SANDI Matlab Toolbox | Palombo et al., 2020 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116835 | RRID:SCR_028525/ Github | Multi-shell diffusion imaging analyses toolbox for SANDI model fitting |
Additional files
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MDAR checklist
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Supplementary file 1
Exploratory HD-ISS analyses.
(a) Demographic and clinical information per HD-ISS stage. (b) Descriptive statistics for motor outcome measures. (c) Rotated component loadings on the Q-Motor outcome measures. (d) Descriptive statistics and non-parametric pairwise comparisons for SANDI indices (significant for total HD sample versus HC) between HD-ISS 0–1, HD-ISS 2–3, and healthy controls.
- https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/107661/elife-107661-supp1-v1.docx