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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: Neuroimage. 2009 Feb 11;46(1):201–212. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.01.066

Table 3.

Differences between stuttering speakers and controls in speech production.

Region Approx. BA x y z peak t
Speech Production
PWS < Controls
Left precentral gyrus 6 −33 −9 32 12.67
Right precentral gyrus 6 27 −27 62 13.03
Right cingulate gyrus 24 9 1 36 11.76
Left STG 42 −55 −31 10 11.2
Left MTG 22 −61 −32 0 9.22
Left IPL 2, 40 −39 −25 29 11.5
Left SMG 40 −47 −50 22 6.88
Right lingual gyrus 18 17 −85 −14 10.31
Right cerebellar tonsil (IX) N/A 17 −41 −38 8.52
Right cerebellar vermis N/A 3 −53 −10 8.45
PWS > Controls
Left precentral gyrus 4 −41 −17 38 15.11
Right precentral gyrus 4 48 −9 30 12.32
Left cingulate gyrus 32 −11 10 38 11.22
Left SMA 6 −7 −3 52 11.96
Right IFG 47 44 14 −3 7.39
Left insula 13 −44 −14 5 8.5
Right insula 13 37 −8 15 8.28
Left HG 41 −35 −29 10 10.3
Right HG 41 43 −27 12 12.84
Right STG 22 55 −27 5 9.45
Right MTG 22 51 −33 3 7.74
Right IPL 40 51 −31 22 12.47
Left posterior cingulate gyrus 17 −9 −65 12 12.38
Right putamen N/A 24 0 8 6.74
Left cerebellar culmen N/A −30 −54 −19 7.34

Regions, stereotaxic coordinates (talairach), and peak t score values for activation differences between stuttering and control groups during speech production.