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. 2023 Nov 23;46(1):665–682. doi: 10.1007/s11357-023-00999-9

Table 2.

NR effects on arterial blood flow (pcASL) within the default mode network. Each structure is represented as a 12-mm-diameter spherical region of interest centered at the activation maxima coordinates from [68]

Region of interest Placebo NR Group difference
DMN structures Pre Post Pre-post (95% CI) p-value Pre Post Pre-post (95% CI) p-value Group differences (95% CI) p-value
Total DMN 9.7 ± 1.75 10.05 ± 2.59 −0.36 [−2.03, 1.32] 0.642 9.51 ± 2.25 8.59 ± 1.73 0.92 [0.23, 1.62] 0.013 −1.28 [−3.03, 0.47] 0.138
Precuneus 11.88 ± 2.93 12.74 ± 3.43 −0.86 [−3.4, 1.67] 0.46 11.21 ± 3.12 9.81 ± 2.52 1.4 [−0.13, 2.92] 0.069 −2.26 [−5.07, 0.54] 0.107
PCC 13.28 ± 3.23 13 ± 4.74 0.28 [−2.09, 2.64] 0.798 11.39 ± 4.1 9.85 ± 3.55 1.54 [0.14, 2.94] 0.033 −1.26 [−3.88, 1.35] 0.32
r. IPL 11.43 ± 2.86 12.27 ± 2.91 −0.84 [−2.7, 1.01] 0.33 11.76 ± 2.48 10.4 ± 2.42 1.36 [−0.1, 2.81] 0.066 −2.2 [−4.42, 0.02] 0.052
v. ACC 8.2 ± 1.78 8.83 ± 2.42 −0.63 [−3.06, 1.81] 0.574 7.37 ± 2.82 6.59 ± 1.64 0.79 [−0.45, 2.02] 0.192 −1.42 [−4.03, 1.2] 0.266
m. PFC 7.31 ± 2.23 7.64 ± 2.22 −0.33 [−1.81, 1.15] 0.626 7.59 ± 2.34 6.86 ± 2.16 0.73 [−0.25, 1.71] 0.131 −1.06 [−2.74, 0.62] 0.2
r. MTG 9.16 ± 2.82 8.19 ± 2.93 0.97 [−1.28, 3.23] 0.349 8.54 ± 2.96 8.69 ± 2.91 −0.15 [−2.11, 1.8] 0.867 1.12 [−1.65, 3.9] 0.406
l. MFG 7.34 ± 2.42 8.1 ± 2.53 −0.76 [−3.05, 1.53] 0.474 8.21 ± 2.86 7.33 ± 1.99 0.87 [−0.19, 1.94] 0.1 −1.63 [−4.06, 0.8] 0.171
l. IPL 10.21 ± 2.66 10.36 ± 2.32 −0.14 [−1.9, 1.62] 0.858 10.77 ± 3.08 9.11 ± 2.98 1.66 [0.5, 2.82] 0.009 −1.8 [−3.8, 0.19] 0.074
l. MTG 8.3 ± 2.44 7.85 ± 2.56 0.45 [−1.89, 2.8] 0.669 9.02 ± 3.02 8.51 ± 2.14 0.51 [−1.22, 2.24] 0.531 −0.06 [−2.78, 2.66] 0.965
r. Hippo 6.15 ± 1.93 5.36 ± 1.95 0.79 [−0.76, 2.34] 0.274 6.44 ± 1.82 6.51 ± 1.4 −0.07 [−1.28, 1.14] 0.902 0.86 [−0.97, 2.69] 0.337
l. Hippo 6.13 ± 1.86 5.24 ± 1.83 0.89 [−1.11, 2.88] 0.334 6.35 ± 1.66 6.27 ± 1.1 0.08 [−1, 1.16] 0.877 0.81 [−1.34, 2.96] 0.43

NR nicotinamide riboside, DMN default mode network, PCC posterior cingulate cortex, r. IPL right inferior parietal lobe, v. ACC ventral anterior cingulate cortex, m. PFC medial prefrontal cortex, r. MTG right mid temporal gyrus, l. MFG left mid frontal gyrus, l. IPL left inferior parietal lobe, l. MTG left mid temporal gyrus, r. Hippo right hippocampus, l. Hippo left hippocampus