Table 2.
Regions of brain activation at baseline
| Val/Val | Val/Met | |||||
| Brain region | Vol | Mean z | x, y, z | Vol | Mean z | x, y, z | 
| Left primary sensorimotor cortex, premotor cortex, SMA | 13 134 | 6.34 | −30, −12, 68 | 5095 | 4.24 | −8, −16, 64 | 
| Left cerebellum | 1701 | 5.76 | −30, −62, −28 | 487 | 4.6 | −34, −54, −38 | 
| Right cerebellum | 3645 | 6 | 24, −50, −30 | 694 | 4.12 | 22, −56, −32 | 
| Right inferior parietal lobule | 905 | 4.3 | 56, −42, 30 | 391 | 4.11 | 64, −36, 30 | 
| Left thalamus, ventral posteromedial nucleus | 96 | 4.02 | −14, −20, 6 | |||
| Right thalamus, ventrolateral nucleus | 695 | 5.64 | 14, −14, 4 | |||
| Left striatum | 448 | 5.5 | −26, −2, 6 | |||
| Right striatum | 311 | 4.34 | 20, 4, 4 | |||
| Right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex | 862 | 4.35 | 38, 40, 30 | |||
| Left inferior parietal lobule | 556 | 4.23 | −34, −68, 54 | |||
| Right motor cortex | 117 | 3.79 | 50, −4, 50 | |||
| Left cingulate motor area | 43 | 3.59 | −8, −24, 50 | |||
| Left superior parietal lobule | 118 | 3.28 | −28, −48, 62 | |||
| Left midbrain | 117 | 3.54 | −8, −14, −18 | |||
Note: Vol = volume of cluster, reported in voxels (8 mm3 each); mean z = mean z-score for the peak voxel within each cluster; x, y, z are reported in MNI coordinates. Results are the regions of significant activation in each group, in the whole-brain analysis, from separate 1-sample t-tests performed on each genotype group at P < 0.001, uncorrected for multiple comparisons, at baseline. In addition to above, note that the Val/Val group also showed significant activation in left superior temporal gyrus, right middle temporal gyrus, and the left occipital lobe, whereas the Val/Met group also showed significant activation in bilateral superior temporal gyri.