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. 2008 Jun;46(7-3):2002–2012. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.01.022

Table 3.

Grey matter correlates of IGT components in schizophrenia patients and controls and group comparison of the grey matter correlates

Brain region Left/right Brodmann area MNI coordinatesa
t-Value Number of contiguous voxels Corrected p-value r (p)
Fisher's Z (p)
x y z Patient Control
Significant voxels in controls
 (a) Overall learning
  Orbitofrontal cortex L −35 46 −3 3.14 52 0.05 −0.12 (0.36) 0.35 (0.1) 2 (0.05)



 (b) More attention to reward and greater grey matter volume
  Superior frontal gyrus R BA8 2 29 55 3.78 328 0.02 0.10 (0.46) 0.48 (0.02) 1.66 (0.05)
  Superior temporal gyrus R BA22 49 8 −1 4.33 1172 0.006 −0.03 (0.83) 0.41 (0.04) 1.83 (0.03)
  Inferior parietal lobule R BA7 34 −61 43 3.44 147 0.03 −0.18 (0.18) 0.61 (0.002) 3.49 (<0.001)
  Globus pallidus L −12 5 3 3.24 270 0.04 0.15 (0.25) 0.4 (0.05) 1.07 (0.14)



 (b) Poor memory for past (relative to recent) outcomes and lower grey matter volume
  Post-central gyrus R BA1 16 −30 76 4.07 211 0.01 0.27 (0.04) −0.49 (0.02) 3.19 (<0.001)
  Superior temporal gyrus L BA22 −59 −12 4 3.12 104 0.05 0.02 (0.89) −0.34 (0.11) 1.47 (0.07)



 (c) Low impulsivity (high consistency) and greater grey matter volume
  Middle frontal gyrus R BA8 32 23 43 3.83 1208 0.02 0.11 (0.39) 0.55 (0.005) 1.99 (0.02)
  Middle frontal gyrus L BA46 −45 21 25 3.65 781 0.02 0.24 (0.07) 0.54 (0.007) 1.41 (0.08)
  Middle frontal gyrus R BA6 22 10 53 3.40 62 0.03 0.13 (0.33) 0.56 (0.005) 1.97 (0.02)
  Superior temporal gyrus R BA42 58 −12 13 4.38 2877 0.005 0.21 (0.11) 0.66 (0.001) 2.27 (0.01)
  Middle temporal gyrus R BA39 56 −72 8 3.26 50 0.04 −0.17 (0.21) 0.37 (0.08) 2.19 (0.01)
  Hippocampus R BA28 20 −21 −16 3.28 125 0.04 0.16 (0.22) 0.47 (0.02) 1.37 (0.09)
  Post-central gyrus L BA2 −55 −19 24 4.52 1576 0.004 0.15 (0.24) 0.65 (0.001) 2.44 (0.007)
  Posterior cingulate gyrus L BA23 −6 −31 29 4.45 365 0.005 −0.11 (0.39) 0.58 (0.003) 3.02 (0.001)
  Posterior cingulate gyrus R BA31 9 −37 30 3.30 82 0.04 0.02 (0.88) 0.47 (0.02) 1.92 (0.03)
  Occipital gyrus R BA11 9 48 −28 3.26 92 0.04 −0.04 (0.76) 0.57 (0.004) 2.7 (0.004)
  Cuneus L BA17 −15 −73 10 3.26 94 0.04 −0.07 (0.59) 0.51 (0.01) 2.48 (0.007)



Significant voxels in patients
 (a) More attention to reward and greater grey matter volume
  Superior temporal gyrus L BA21 −50 9 −6 3.06 160 0.03 0.36 (0.004) 0.22 (0.3) 0.6 (0.27)
  Thalamus L −5 −31 −4 4.00 1258 0.003 0.51 (<0.001) −0.05 (0.82) 2.39 (0.008)



 (b) Poor memory for past (relative to recent) outcomes and lower grey matter volume
  Superior frontal gyrus R BA8 20 35 40 3.73 146 0.006 −0.39 (0.002) −0.19 (0.39) 0.86 (0.2)
  Inferior temporal gyrus R BA20 55 −29 −17 3.18 208 0.02 −0.40 (0.002) 0.14 (0.52) 2.21 (0.01)



 (c) Low impulsivity (high consistency) and greater grey matter volume
  Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex R BA9 46 21 26 3.60 1252 0.009 0.44 (0.001) 0.39 (0.06) 0.24 (0.41)
  Superior temporal gyrus L BA22 −54 −31 12 3.47 1151 0.01 0.39 (0.002) 0.39 (0.06) 0.0 (1.0)
  Posterior cingulate gyrus R BA31 14 −41 40 3.17 162 0.03 0.25 (0.05) 0.11 (0.6) 0.57 (0.28)
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MNI: Montreal Neurological Institute.