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. 2006 Jun 7;26(23):6354–6363. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0549-06.2006

Table 6.

Regional brain atrophy correlated with saccade performance

Functional region Anatomic description BA x y z Z-score p value
Covariate: percentage correct antisaccade responses
Right FEF middle frontal gyrus/ precentral sulcus 6 61     4 42 4.76 0.007
Covariate: antisaccade latency
Right SEF > pSMA Medial superior frontal gyrus 6 0 19 58 5.50 <0.001
Left pSMA > SEF Inferior/medial superior frontal gyrus 6 −1 26 48 5.47 <0.001
Covariate: visually guided saccade latency (overlap condition)
Unknown Rostral left superior frontal gyrus 6 −15 46 36 4.59 0.015

Columns labeled x, y, and z indicate MNI (Evans et al., 1993) coordinates. Z-score and p value indicate the statistical significance of the best voxel identified from each VBM correlation. p value is corrected for multiple comparisons (family-wise error). Many oculomotor variables were not correlated with brain atrophy in any region: correct antisaccade responses plus corrected errors, antisaccade gain, latency of correct antisaccade responses, latency of antisaccade errors, proportion of corrected antisaccade errors, visually-guided saccade latency (gap task), visually-guided saccade velocity, visually-guided saccade gain, pursuit parameters. BA, Brodmann's area; pSMA, pre-SMA.