Spatial representation of the statistically significant changes in deformations of the Thalamus after 48 months of the baseline visit for Controls and Prodromal subjects. The negative sign changes do not spatially expand over time as in the case of PD subjects, reflecting both the sensitivity and specificity of the surface deformation metric for the diagnosis and tracking of PD.
The statistically significant changes over 48 months in local surface deformations of the Thalamus for both Controls and Prodromal groups were weaker and less spatially extended as compared with the case of PD subjects.