Structural Changes in Brain White Matter Tracts Associated with Overactive Bladder Revealed by Diffusion Tensor MRI: Findings from a LURN Cross-Sectional Case-Control Study

Heather Van Doren, senior medical editor with Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, provided editorial assistance on this manuscript. This is publication number 38 of the LURN. The following individuals were instrumental in the planning and conduct of this study at each of the participating institutions: Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (DK097780): PIs: Cindy Amundsen, MD, Eric Jelovsek, MD; Co-Is: Kathryn Flynn, PhD, Jim Hokanson, PhD, Aaron Lentz, MD, David Page, PhD, Nazema Siddiqui, MD, Kevin Weinfurt, PhD Lisa Wruck, PhD; Study Coordinators: Paige Green, Magaly Guerrero, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (DK097772): PIs: Catherine S. Bradley, MD, MSCE, Karl Kreder, MD, MBA; Co-Is: Bradley A. Erickson, MD, MS, Daniel Fick, MD, Vince Magnotta, PhD, Philip Polgreen, MD, MPH; Study Coordinators: Sarah Heady, Chelsea Poesch, Shelly Melton, Jean Walshire, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL (DK097779): PIs: James W. Griffith, PhD, Kimberly Kenton, MD, MS, Brian Helfand, MD, PhD; Co-Is: Carol Bretschneider, MD, David Cella, PhD, Sarah Collins, MD, Julia Geynisman-Tan, MD, Alex Glaser, MD, Christina Lewicky-Gaupp, MD, Margaret Mueller, MD; Study Coordinators: Sylwia Clarke, Melissa Marquez, Michelle Taddeo, Pooja Sharma, Malgorzata Antoniak, Pooja Talaty, Francesca Moroni, Sophia Kallas. Dr Helfand and Ms Talaty are at NorthShore University HealthSystem. University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI (DK099932): PI: J. Quentin Clemens, MD, FACS, MSCI; Co-Is: John DeLancey, MD, Dee Fenner, MD, Rick Harris, MD, Steve Harte, PhD, Anne P. Cameron, MD, Aruna Sarma, PhD, Giulia Lane, MD; Study Coordinators: Ashly Chimner, Linda Drnek, Emma Keer, Marissa Moore, Greg Mowatt, Sarah Richardson, Julia Chilimigras. University of Washington, Seattle Washington (DK100011): PI: Claire Yang, MD; Co-I: Anna Kirby, MD; Study Coordinators: Brenda Vicars, RN, Lauren Daniels. Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis Missouri (DK100017): PI: H. Henry Lai, MD; Co-Is: Gerald L. Andriole, MD, Joshua Shimony, MD, PhD, Fuhai Li, PhD; Study Coordinators: Linda Black, Vivien Gardner, Patricia Hayden, Diana Wolff, Aleksandra Klim, RN, MHS, CCRC. Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Data Coordinating Center (DK099879): PI: Robert Merion, MD, FACS; Co-Is: Victor Andreev, PhD, DSc, Brenda Gillespie, PhD, Abigail Smith, PhD; Project Manager: Melissa Fava, MPA, PMP; Clinical Monitor: Melissa Sexton, BA, CCRP; Research Analysts: Margaret Helmuth, MA, Jon Wiseman, MS, Jane Liu, MPH; Project Associate: Levi Hurley. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Division of Kidney, Urology, and Hematology, Bethesda, MD: Project Scientist: Ziya Kirkali, MD; Project Officer: Christopher Mullins, PhD; Project Advisor: Julie Barthold, MD.