Caudate nuclei volume, diffusion tensor metrics, and T2 relaxation in healthy adults and relapsing‐remitting multiple sclerosis patients: Implications for understanding gray matter degeneration

To investigate the utility of caudate nuclei (CN) macro‐ and microstructural metrics as markers of gray matter degeneration in healthy adults and relapsing‐remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients.

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