Table 2:

MR Measurement of the AC and SI thicknesses*

FTLD (n = 7)AD (n = 20)Control (n = 16)P
AC area (mm2), AC thickness (mm)5.45 ± 1.80, 2.23 ± 0.428.97 ± 1.84, 2.97 ± 0.5012.47 ± 1.42, 3.67 ± 0.48<.001, <.001
Average SI thickness (mm)2.31 ± 0.172.17 ± 0.502.45 ± 0.33.147
Right SI thickness (mm)2.35 ± 0.192.11 ± 0.532.50 ± 0.36.041
Left SI thickness (mm)2.28 ± 0.192.25 ± 0.562.45 ± 0.37.419
  • Note:—AC indicates anterior commissure; SI, substantia innominata; FTLD, frontotemporal lobe degeneration; AD, Alzheimer disease.

  • * Values are mean ± SD.

  • P < .01 between FTLD versus AD, FTLD versus control, and AD versus control.

  • P < .05 between AD versus control.