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Table 2 Significant correlation coefficients between DTI indices of cisternal trigeminal nerve and gray matter volume (GMV) of pain-matrix regions in patients with TN before treatment

From: Longitudinal alterations of the cisternal segment of trigeminal nerve and brain pain-matrix regions in patients with trigeminal neuralgia before and after treatment

Region

FA (anterior part of the affected side)

AD (middle part of the affected side)

RD (middle part of the affected side)

MD (middle part of the affected side)

PAG

0.8319

–

–

–

Lt. PFC

0.8454

0.7779

–

–

Rt. PFC

0.8632

0.7916

–

–

Lt. PCC

0.7500

–

–

–

Rt. ACC

0.7560

–

–

–

Lt. amygdala

0.7807

–

–

–

Rt. amygdala

0.8418

–

–

–

Lt. PPC

–

0.8114

–

–

Rt. PPC

0.7889

0.7818

–

–

Lt. SMA

0.8503

–

–

–

Rt. SMA

0.8859

–

–

–

Lt. S1

0.7611

–

–

–

Lt. S2

–

0.8397

–

–

Rt. S2

–

–

0.7658

0.8137

Lt. cerebellum

0.8215

–

–

–

Rt. cerebellum

0.7898

–

–

–

  1. FA: fractional anisotropy; AD: axial diffusivity; RD: radial diffusivity; MD: mean diffusivity; PAG: periaqueductal gray; PFC: prefrontal cortex; PCC: posterior cingulate cortex; ACC: anterior cingulate cortex; SMA: supplementary motor area; S1: primary somatosensory cortex; S2: secondary somatosensory cortex