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Table 3 Virtual number of reconstructed fibers in MOH patients and in controls, from the hippocampus separately in both hemispheres

From: Brain structural investigation and hippocampal tractography in medication overuse headache: a native space analysis

 

MOH patients (n = 14)

Healthy controls (n = 15)

Significance (p)

Right hippocampus

 Numbers of tracked fibers

536 ± 297

589 ± 263

0.605

 Mean FA

0.65 ± 0.02

0.64 ± 0.03

0.746

 Mean ADC (×1010 m2/s)

5.00 ± 0.21

4.98 ± 0.15

0.794

Left hippocampus

 Numbers of tracked fibers

473 ± 239

660 ± 269

0.045*

 Mean FA

0.64 ± 0.03

0.64 ± 0.03

0.795

 Mean ADC (×1010 m2/s)

5.01 ± 0.18

5.10 ± 0.15

0.177

  1. Values of mean FA and ADC along reconstructed fibers
  2. ADC apparent diffusion coefficient, FA fractional anisotropy
  3. * Significant between-groups difference at p < 0.05