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Recently, a non-human primate (NHP) model of HD was developed via stereotaxic delivery of an adeno-associated viral vector expressing 85 CAG repeats (85Q) into the striatum. This model recapitulates several neuropathological changes and symptoms observed in people with HD (PwHD) including chorea and mild cognitive impairment. A previous longitudinal, multimodal MRI investigation in this model revealed volumetric and resting-state functional connectivity (rs-FC) changes compared to controls, in key regions involved in HD, over the course of 30 months.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>We aimed to study longitudinal changes in structural connectivity (SC), obtained from diffusion MRI scans from the same animals, comparing the 85Q animals to the control (Buffer) group. 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