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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Mar 29.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Neurol. 2005 Sep 22;196(2):413–421. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2005.08.015

Table 1.

Anatomical abbreviations and regional differences in cerebral blood flow (rCBF) expressed as the mean percent difference from the average whole brain activity, the activation index (AI)

Region of interest LE: Control (n = 12) LE: SCI (n = 11) SD: Control (n = 20) SD: SCI (n = 21)
Anterior dorsal thalamic group (AD) 30.88 ± 3.49* 31.33 ± 2.51 19.74 ± 1.96 28.40 ± 1.72*
Arcuate nucleus (Arc) 38.53 ± 5.02 94.02 ± 6.92 23.19 ± 6.63 71.03 ± 6.70*
Basolateral amygdala (BLA) 4.46 ± 2.59* 9.63 ± 3.02 21.77 ± 1.12 11.75 ± 2.28*
Caudate putamen—anterior (Cpu) 7.52 ± 2.43 9.70 ± 1.09 11.47 ± 1.77 9.34 ± 1.72
Cingulate cortex (CC) 17.37 ± 2.57 16.37 ± 2.90 17.37 ± 2.95 21.58 ± 2.02
Diagonal band of Broca (DB) 37.76 ± 2.83 36.45 ± 2.74 32.32 ± 3.51 37.67 ± 2.62
Dorsal hippocampus (HIP) −6.17 ± 1.85 −4.94 ± 2.80 −4.64 ± 2.05 −5.27 ± 1.57
Habenular complex (HBc) 54.20 ± 2.51 57.39 ± 3.64 45.73 ± 3.46 66.21 ± 3.99*
Hindlimb area of cortex (SI) 23.67 ± 3.21 35.81 ± 3.84 17.65 ± 2.14 31.13 ± 2.70*
Interpeduncular nucleus (IPN) 52.02 ± 4.84 52.33 ± 4.06 38.37 ± 4.91 59.19 ± 4.90*
Medial thalamic group (MT) 10.70 ± 1.91 13.57 ± 2.48 5.68 ± 1.88 10.22 ± 1.25*
Parietal area of cortex (SII) 29.04 ± 1.49* 44.97 ± 2.04 18.96 ± 1.81 33.95 ± 1.78*
Periaquaductal gray (PAG) −0.38 ± 3.23 4.09 ± 3.77 −3.31 ± 2.37 4.93 ± 2.71*
Paraventricular nucleus (PVN) 53.53 ± 3.49* 55.26 ± 5.89 18.99 ± 5.12 55.05 ± 3.21*
Posterior thalamic group (PO) 0.41 ± 2.91 9.25 ± 2.64 2.09 ± 1.59 5.44 ± 1.20
Retrosplenial cortex (RS) 30.36 ± 2.48 34.72 ± 3.13 25.60 ± 1.88 32.49 ± 1.27*
Subthalamic nucleus (SbTh) 23.05 ± 2.31 25.79 ± 3.93 18.24 ± 2.21 22.23 ± 2.21
Ventrolateral thalamus (VL) 3.88 ± 2.06 11.38 ± 2.18 1.75 ± 1.49 1.01 ± 1.49
Ventromedial thalamus (VM) 7.12 ± 2.30 13.78 ± 2.47 3.09 ± 1.31 6.35 ± 1.37
Ventroposterolateral thalamus (VPL) 4.45 ± 1.77 15.79 ± 2.86 1.56 ± 1.68 4.05 ± 1.32
Ventroposteromedial thalamus (VPM) 12.56 ± 2.30 26.65 ± 3.43 12.99 ± 1.96 19.53 ± 1.68*

Values calculated as group means (see Methods) ±SEM for all regions of interest (ROIs).

Bold italics indicates a significant difference between LE and SD SCI groups.

Underline indicates a significant difference from LE controls.

*

Indicates a significant difference from SD controls.