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