PD is associated with spatially restricted loss of microstructural white matter integrity in patients with relatively normal cognition, and these alterations increase with cognitive dysfunction. Functional impairment in executive function, attention, and learning and memory appears associated with microstructural changes, suggesting that tract-based spatial statistics provides an early marker for clinically relevant cognitive impairment in PD.
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