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CP dysfunction has been implicated in various neurological and psychiatric disorders, including Alzheimer\u2019s disease, Parkinson\u2019s disease, and multiple sclerosis. This study investigates the relationship between CP structural integrity and cognitive decline in normative aging, using structural and advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques, including CP volume, diffusion tensor imaging indices (mean diffusivity, MD, and fractional anisotropy, FA) and relaxometry metrics (longitudinal, T\n                  <jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>\n                  , and transverse, T\n                  <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                  , relaxation times). 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