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. 2008 Jul 1;31(7):967–977.

Table 2.

All Distinct Regions (Clusters) of Lower FA in 41 OSA vs 69 Control Subjects. Location of Maximum Effect is Shown in Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) Space (mm from Anterior Commissure). Group Mean Values Across All Voxels in Each Cluster are Shown, With Between-Subject Standard Deviations. Some Clusters Encompass Multiple Regions.

Location MNI coordinates
Voxels Control OSA
X Y Z 3.4 mm3 Mean ± SE Mean ± SE Figure
Cerebellum/brainstem
    caudal pons/middle cerebellar peduncles, corticospinal tract −3 −23 −45 70 0.2967 ± 0.0057 0.2669 ± 0.0068 Figure 1
    cerebellum −3 −59 −35 52 0.2531 ± 0.0025 0.2407 ± 0.0025 Figure 2A
Thalamus/midbrain/regions adjacent to hippocampus
    ventral lateral thalamus adjacent to amygdala and hippocampus −17 −8 −11 409 0.3721 ± 0.0035 0.3585 ± 0.0057 Figure 2B
    midbrain Figure 3
    right fornix column +5 +3 −5 2 0.2429 ± 0.0034 0.2340 ± 0.0044 Figure 2C
Cingulate cortex/cingulum
    inferior longitudinal fasciculus −44 +2 −24 124 0.2222 ± 0.0025 0.2083 ± 0.0028 Figure 5B
    anterior cingulate cortex/superior
     cingulum, corpus callosum −9 +39 −9 2732 0.2537 ± 0.0038 0.2221 ± 0.0030 Figure 4
    genu, cingulum 8.3 38 9.7
    Posterior inferior-cingulum +24 −39 −5 9 0.2795 ± 0.0059 0.2537 ± 0.0044 Figure 5A
    inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus −38 −27 0 57 0.3386 ± 0.0032 0.3237 ± 0.0047 Figure 5C
    posterior cingulate gyrus −9 −57 +14 40 0.2494 ± 0.0065 0.2123 ± 0.0057 Figure 5A
    posterior cingulate cortex +3 −53 +32 1517 0.2368 ± 0.0043 0.2089 ± 0.0047 Figure 5A
Deep white matter, insula
    right internal capsule +23 −2 +2 22 0.3579 ± 0.0041 0.3330 ± 0.0047 Figure 5C
    left anterior internal capsule −17 +15 +3 124 0.3446 ± 0.0036 0.3263 ± 0.0054 Figure 5C
    right anterior internal capsule +17 +15 +3 38 0.3164 ± 0.0037 0.2984 ± 0.0063 Figure 5C
    posterior internal capsule −38 −39 +15 10 0.3965 ± 0.0039 0.3757 ± 0.0061
    left anterior insula −36 +17 +2 104 0.1997 ± 0.0021 0.1875 ± 0.0027 Figure 5C
    right mid insula +39 +5 +2 7 0.1975 ± 0.0027 0.1838 ± 0.0026 Figure 5C
Frontal and Prefrontal
    left lateral prefrontal −44 +44 −9 136 0.2182 ± 0.0032 0.1963 ± 0.0039 Figure 6
    ventral medial prefrontal +2 +36 −24 7 0.1482 ± 0.0033 0.1283 ± 0.0032 Figure 6
    ventral lateral prefrontal −29 +18 −24 13 0.1580 ± 0.0044 0.1356 ± 0.0033 Figure 6
    medial prefrontal −8 +59 −11 3 0.2060 ± 0.0074 0.1715 ± 0.0036 Figure 6
    right prefrontal +30 +60 +8 267 0.2223 ± 0.0063 0.1867 ± 0.0040 Figure 6
    left medial frontal −3 +69 +18 1766 0.1697 ± 0.0100 0.1161 ± 0.0040 Figure 6
    right lateral frontal +41 +35 +12 2 0.3236 ± 0.0044 0.2993 ± 0.0047 Figure 6
    right frontal +26 +62 +30 134 0.1335 ± 0.0065 0.0991 ± 0.0040 Figure 6
    left lateral frontal −45 +27 +26 13 0.2823 ± 0.0047 0.2024 ± 0.0046 Figure 6
    left deep frontal −23 +29 +44 4 0.2291 ± 0.0046 0.2059 ± 0.0048 Figure 6
    left lateral frontal −51 +8 +12 26 0.2104 ± 0.0042 0.1876 ± 0.0032 Figure 6
Parietal
    right postcentral sulcus +32 −29 +56 39 0.2633 ± 0.0034 0.2464 ± 0.0042 Figure 6
    precentral gyrus +5 −24 +63 22 0.2394 ± 0.0055 0.2100 ± 0.0060 Figure 6
    left central gyrus −21 −12 +69 4 0.2088 ± 0.0040 0.1917 ± 0.0043
    left deep lateral parietal −51 −50 +5 2 0.2660 ± 0.0048 0.2424 ± 0.0052
    left parietal operculum −45 −18 +15 117 0.1960 ± 0.0031 0.1293 ± 0.0025 Figure 5B
Temporal
    superior longitudinal fasciculus +42 −20 +5 2 0.2450 ± 0.0029 0.2299 ± 0.0044 Figure 5C
    left superior temporal gyrus −39 +21 −24 72 0.1170 ± 0.0024 0.1031 ± 0.0022 Figure 6
    left superior temporal gyrus −23 +9 −26 2 0.1718 ± 0.0038 0.1533 ± 0.0040
    inferior longitudinal fasciculus −45 −41 +17 88 0.2785 ± 0.0033 0.2583 ± 0.0045 Figure 5B
    superior temporal gyrus −59 −39 +17 36 0.1769 ± 0.0031 0.1571 ± 0.0036