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Zhengwei Qu1, Wenzheng Zhang2, Maoyang Wang2
1Department of Radiology, Yantai Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, China.
Purpose:
Investigate white matter alterations in chronic insomnia (CI) using Automated Fiber Quantification (AFQ).
Methods:
Diffusion tensor imaging data from 49 CI patients and 27 healthy controls were profiled for fractional anisotropy (FA), axial/mean/radial diffusivity (AD/MD/RD) across 100 nodes of 18 tracts.
Results:
CI showed increased AD in bilateral anterior thalamic radiations, right inferior longitudinal fasciculus, right arcuate fasciculus; increased MD in bilateral anterior thalamic radiations, right corticospinal tract, forceps minor of the corpus callosum, and right inferior longitudinal fasciculus. Changes in specific segments correlated significantly with clinical scores.
Conclusions:
AFQ reveals fiber-specific abnormalities linked to clinical scores in CI.
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