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Abstract #1672

Evaluation of White Matter Integrity via Fixel-Based Analysis in HIV Infection

Alan Finkelstein1, Md Nasir Uddin2, Miriam Weber2, Jianhui Zhong1,3,4, and Giovanni Schifitto2,3
1Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States, 2Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States, 3Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States, 4Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States

Individuals with chronic HIV-infection suffer from neurocognitive impairment. These changes are thought to be mediated by atrophy and demyelination in the setting of chronic neuroinflammation. In this abstract, we used fixed-based analysis (FBA) to investigate the relationship between white matter integrity and cognitive function in the presence of HIV infection. Connectivity-based fixel ehancement and region-based statistics were performed to evaluate group differences at the fixel and tract level, respectively. Lower fixel-based metrics were observed in the HIV+ cohort. We also observed significant correlations between fixel-based metrics and cognitive scores derived from neuropsychological testing in the HIV+ cohort.

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