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. 2022 Sep 19;22(6):1083–1097. doi: 10.1007/s12311-022-01467-4

Table 2.

Results of the resting-state functional connectivity analyses of the flocculus. (a) Full factorial results—main and interaction effects, between-group results; (b) regression analysis results

a) Full factorial ANOVA
L/R Brain region k Peak Z Peak p x y z
Main effect of group ns
Main effect of hemisphere ns
Interaction effect group × hemisphere L Precentral gyrus 300 4.54  < 0.001  − 38 2 32
Between-group results
Seed region Comparison L/R Brain region k Peak Z Peak p x y z
Left flocculus HC > PTSD L Supramarginal gyrus/TPJ 1210 4.54  < 0.001  − 56  − 38 40
L Angular gyrus 836 4.48  < 0.001  − 34  − 64 46
L Superior parietal lobule/IPS/PEF Subcluster 3.93  < 0.001  − 22  − 62 46
PTSD > HC ns
HC > PTSD + DS L Supramarginal gyrus/TPJ 267 3.94  < 0.001  − 56  − 36 40
R Precentral gyrus/middle cingulum/PCC 252 3.93  < 0.001 4  − 26 50
L Angular gyrus/IPS/PEF 621 3.9  < 0.001  − 34  − 62 44
L/R Medial superior frontal gyrus 281 3.63  < 0.001 2 66 22
L/R Precuneus 426 3.62  < 0.001 0  − 70 36
PTSD + DS > HC ns
PTSD + DS > PTSD ns
PTSD > PTSD + DS ns
Right flocculus HC > PTSD ns
PTSD > HC ns
HC > PTSD + DS ns
PTSD + DS > HC ns
PTSD + DS > PTSD R Hippocampus* 19 3.63  < 0.013* 34  − 8  − 20
PTSD > PTSD + DS ns
b) Correlation with symptoms
CAPS tot
Seed region Correlation L/R Brain region k Z p x y z
Left flocculus Negative correlation L Precentral gyrus 4715 (subcluster) 4.42  < 0.001  − 56 12 34
L Supramarginal gyrus subcluster 4.24  < 0.001  − 54  − 32 42
R Supramarginal gyrus 376 (subcluster) 4.24  < 0.001 56  − 36 34
MDI Dep/Der Correlation L/R Brain region k Z p x y z
Right flocculus Positive correlation R Vermis V/VI 331 3.93  < 0.001 0  − 60  − 20
L Lingual gyrus 244 3.92  < 0.001  − 18  − 68 2
CTQ tot Correlation L/R Brain region k Z p x y z
Left flocculus Negative correlation R Superior frontal gyrus 717 4.58  < 0.001 14 40 42
L Superior frontal gyrus 197 3.76  < 0.001  − 14 48 34
L Precentral gyrus 300 3.73  < 0.001  − 58 10 30
L Superior parietal lobule/angular gyrus 198 3.17  < 0.001  − 28  − 64 40
Right flocculus Positive correlation R Hippocampus* 27 3.62  < 0.014* 26  − 12  − 18
RSDI dep/der Correlation L/R Brain region k Z p x y z
Left flocculus Negative correlation R Medial superior frontal gyrus 202 4.35  < 0.001 10 40 46
L Superior parietal lobule 247 3.19  < 0.001  − 22  − 68 46

All results are reported at p < .05 whole-brain corrected threshold. * ROI analysis reports p < .05 FWE-corrected at the peak level within the ROI. Coordinates are reported in the MNI space

Abbreviations: CAPS Clinician Administered PTSD Scale, CTQ Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, HC healthy control group, IPS intraparietal sulcus, k cluster extent, L left hemisphere, MDI Multiscale Dissociation Inventory, ns not significant results, PEF parietal eye field, PTSD post-traumatic stress disorder group, PTSD + DS PTSD dissociative subtype group, R right hemisphere, RSDI Response Script-Driven Imagery scale, TPJ temporo-parietal junction