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However, events related to early neuropathological events, neuroinflammation, deterioration of neuronal connectivity and compensatory mechanisms still remain vastly unknown. Ultra-high field diffusion MRI (UHFD-MRI) techniques can contribute to a more comprehensive analysis of the early microstructural changes observed in HD. In addition, it is possible to evaluate if early imaging microstructural parameters might be linked to histological biomarkers. Moreover, qualitative studies analyzing histological complexity in brain areas susceptible to neurodegeneration could provide information on inflammatory events, compensatory increase of neuroconnectivity and mechanisms of brain repair and regeneration. The application of ultra-high field diffusion-MRI technology in animal models, particularly the R6\/1 mice (a common preclinical mammalian model of HD), provide the opportunity to analyze alterations in a physiologically intact model of the disease. Although some disparities in volumetric changes across different brain structures between preclinical and clinical models has been documented, further application of different diffusion MRI techniques used in combination like diffusion tensor imaging, and neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging have proved effective in characterizing early parameters associated to alteration in water diffusion exchange within intracellular and extracellular compartments in brain white and grey matter. 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