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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2009 Jan 6;80(1):57–64. doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2008.11.004

Table 2.

Statistical Parametric Mapping of Correlations Between Plasma Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Levels and Regional Cerebral Glucose Metabolism.

rCMRglu Analysis Cluster- level Pcorrected Cluster Extent (voxels) Anatomic Locations **Cluster Maxima Brodmann Areas
Positively correlated with AA% <0.001 10,402 Right Precentral Gyrus** 6, 44
Superior Temporal Gyrus 13, 22, 42
Postcentral Gyrus 1
Inferior Temporal Gyrus 20
Insula 13
Inferior Parietal Lobule 40
Posterior Cingulate 29, 30
Inferior Frontal Gyrus 11, 47
Middle Temporal Gyrus 21
Occipital Lobe, Lingual Gyrus 19
Claustrum
Precuneus 31
Left Cerebellum, Posterior Lobe, Declive, Uvula
Cerebellum, Anterior Lobe, Culmen
Right Cerebellum, Posterior Lobe, Declive, Tuber
Cerebellum, Anterior Lobe, Culmen

0.050 1,939 Left Superior Temporal Gyrus** 22
Middle Temporal Gyrus 21
Claustrum

Positively correlated with DHA% 0.033 2,137 Right Precentral Gyrus**, 6
Superior Temporal Gyrus 13, 22, 42
Inferior Parietal Lobule 40

Negatively correlated with DHA% < 0.001 4,957 Left Cingulate Gyrus**, 24, 32
Middle Frontal Gyrus 10, 11
Inferior Frontal Gyrus 47
Superior Frontal Gyrus 8

Abbreviations: rCMRglu, regional cerebral rate of glucose metabolism; DHA% and AA%, docosahexaenoate and arachidonate, respectively, as a percentage of total phospholipid fatty acids; pcorrected, p values after Statistical Parametric Analysis (SPM2) correction for multiple comparisons.