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Here, we employed multi-model diffusion MRI (dMRI) analysis to characterize microstructural alterations across corticobasal syndrome (CBS), progressive supranuclear palsy-Richardson syndrome (PSP-RS) and PD, with the aim of identifying which dMRI model provides optimum differentiation. We analyzed 25 CBS, 42 PSP-RS, and 21 PD participants compared to 35 age and sex-matched controls. Using a clinically feasible 3-shell high angular resolution diffusion imaging (HARDI) protocol, we applied 11 metrics from five complementary dMRI models\u2014diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), free-water-eliminated model of DTI (FWE), neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI), tissue-weighted NODDI, and Fixel Density (FD) in fixel-based analysis (FBA) \u2014to comprehensively assess regional white and gray matter integrity. Group differentiation was assessed using Cohen\u2019s d effect sizes and spearman correlations were assessed between dMRI metrics and clinical scales. Distinct microstructural signatures were observed across disorders and the sensitivity of the dMRI models differed. In group contrasts, DTI and NODDI-derived metrics consistently captured the strongest effects in midbrain and peduncular pathways for PSP-RS, whereas precentral and corticospinal alterations in CBS were most prominent using NODDI and FBA measures. Free-water-corrected metrics showed attenuated group differences. Across clinical-diffusion analyses, NODDI metrics exhibited the most robust associations with disease severity, while DTI and FWE measures detected more limited, regionally constrained effects. 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