Table 4.
Combined VBM Results Showing Posterior Cortical Atrophy and Alzheimer Disease Shared Brain Regions in Which GM Volume Reductions Were Associated With Lower Visuoperceptual, Visuospatial and Cognitive Factor Scores
k | p FWE | T | x | y | z | Brain region | |
Visuoperceptual-early | 2,038 | 0.0003 | 6.66 | 8 | −75 | −2 | Right lingual gyrus |
0.0003 | 6.64 | 10 | −74 | 20 | Right intracalcarine cortex | ||
0.0003 | 6.48 | 11 | −69 | −4 | Right occipital fusiform gyrus | ||
27 | 0.0014 | 5.99 | 42 | −93 | 20 | Right occipital pole | |
26 | 0.0050 | 5.64 | 51 | −80 | 8 | Right lateral occipital cortex | |
58 | 0.0169 | 5.26 | 36 | −46 | 6 | Right medial temporal gyrus | |
Visuospatial-early | 120 | 0.0035 | 5.78 | 40 | −36 | 34 | Right supramarginal gyrus |
44 | 0.0020 | 6.02 | 50 | −62 | 24 | Right lateral occipital cortex | |
28 | 0.0140 | 5.28 | 30 | −54 | 44 | Right superior parietal lobule | |
21 | 0.0186 | 5.18 | 46 | −28 | 30 | Right parietal operculum | |
17 | 0.0139 | 5.28 | 6 | −46 | 50 | Right precuneus | |
Cognitive | 69 | 0.0051 | 5.56 | −46 | −42 | 33 | Left supramarginal gyrus |
60 | 0.0067 | 5.46 | −42 | −48 | 38 | Left angular gyrus | |
60 | 0.0107 | 5.30 | −56 | −57 | −2 | Left medial temporal gyrus | |
55 | 0.0411 | 4.85 | −45 | −46 | 18 | Left inferior temporal gyrus | |
24 | 0.0143 | 5.20 | −39 | −70 | −28 | Left lateral occipital cortex |
Abbreviations: GM = grey matter; k = cluster size; PFWE = family-wise error corrected p value (p < 0.05); VBM = voxel-based morphometry; x, y, z = peak-voxel Montreal Neurological Institute coordinates.