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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2008 Jul 30;64(7):589–598. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.05.020

Table 2.

Within Group Comparisons

Region Side BA Talairach Coords (x,y,z) t-value Region Side BA Talairach Coords (x,y,z) t-value Region Side BA Talairach Coords (x,y,z) t-value
ASD Group CA Group MA Group

Forward Speech > Rest
Temporal Temporal Frontal
 Superior Temporal Gyrus L 22 (−54,−5,−2) 4.61  Superior Temporal Gyrus L 22 (−63,−18,3) 5.39  Medial Frontal Cortex L 32 (−10,46,6) 4.19
 Superior Temporal Gyrus R 42/22 (64,−21,7) 5.72  Superior Temporal Gyrus L 22 (−46,−21,2) 3.64  Middle Frontal Gyrus L 10 (−31,54,3) 5.47
 Transverse Temporal Gyrus R 42 (50,−6,6) 5.79  Middle Temporal Gyrus L 21 (−62,−14,−6) 4.27 Parietal
 Superior Temporal Gyrus R 42 (49,−21,7) 4.51  Angular Gyrus L 39 (−44,−61,42) 6.45
 Superior Temporal Gyrus R 22 (65,−16,6) 3.87 Occipital
 Parahippocampal Gyrus L 30 (−26,−57,7) 4.86  Cuneus L 18 (−14,−100,4) 5.46
 Cuneus R 19 (19,−89,25) 3.94
 Lingual Gyrus R 18 (19,−78,09) 5.04

Rest > Forward Speech
Frontal Frontal Parietal
 Superior Frontal Gyrus R 9 (−30,43,27) −4.29  Superior Frontal Gyrus R 6 (13,7,42) −5.39  Postcentral Gyrus L 5 (−30,−41,63) −6.50
Subcortical
 Thalamus L (−10,−22,15) −4.30
 Thalamus R (9,−22,16) −5.47

Backward Speech > Rest
 None Frontal Frontal
 Insula L (−27,22,6) 4.47  Middle Frontal Gyrus R 46 (30,10,22) 5.21
 Middle Frontal Gyrus L 8 (−42,2,31) 4.72  Inferior Frontal Gyrus R 44 (57,5,22) 4.35
Temporal
 Superior Temporal Gyrus R 22 (57,−18,2) 4.89
 Superior Temporal Gyrus R 22 (59,−5,−1) 5.25
 Superior Temporal Gyrus L 22 (−58,−21,2) 6.49
 Transverse Temporal Gyrus L 41 (−43,−14,7) 4.58
 Middle Temporal Gyrus L 21 (−58,−50,−5) 6.40

Rest > Backward Speech
 None None Frontal
 Precentral Gyrus L 4 (−17,−21,61) 3.93
Parietal
 Postcentral Gyrus R 3 (21,−33,59) 4.11
 Paracentral Lobule R 4 (2,−33,54) 3.73

Forward Speech > Backward Speech
Frontal Temporal Frontal
 Precentral Gyrus R 43 (50,−4,13) 3.61  Superior Temporal Gyrus R 42 (50,−20,11) 3.47  Insula L (−34,−1,6) 4.05
Temporal  Superior Temporal Gyrus R 21 (67,−18,4) 3.44  Middle Frontal Gyrus L 11 (−22,44,−14) 3.99
 Superior Temporal Gyrus R 42 (51,−28,11) 3.17  Middle Temporal Gyrus R 21 (61,−10,−17) 4.96  Medial Frontal Gyrus L 32 (−6,47,−9) 4.25
 Superior Temporal Gyrus L 22 (−50,−6,6) 4.11  Inferior Temporal Gyrus R 20 (45,−1,−25) 4.59  Medial Frontal Gyrus R 32 (10,45,−13) 4.28
 Parahippocampal Gyrus L 30 (−27,−57,7) 3.45  Anterior Cingulate Cortex L 32 (−3,34,19) 4.32
Parietal  Cingulate Gyrus R 32 (1,6,34) 4.33
 Precuneus L 40 (−22,−62,31) 3.45 Temporal
 Precuneus R 7 (13,−66,35) 3.97  Superior Temporal Gyrus L 22 (−47,−17,2) 3.26
Paracentral Lobule L 7 (−5,−32,46) 3.93  Parahippocampal Gyrus R 28 (21,−13,−13) 3.64
 Precuneus L 7 (−1,−57,46) 4.10  Parahippocampal Gyrus R 28 (−14,−25,−9) 3.24
Parietal
 Precuneus L 7 (−3,−41,43) 4.21
 Angular Gyrus L 39 (−42,−61,43) 4.77
Occipital
 Cuneus L 18 (−18,−88,27) 4.78
 Cuneus L 17 (−18,−97,3) 4.00
 Cuneus R 18 (10,−93,23) 5.16
Subcortical
 Putamen R (18,−1,−5) 3.72
 Putamen L (−18,10,10) 3.25

Backward Speech > Forward Speech
Frontal Frontal Frontal
 Middle Frontal Gyrus L 9 (−29,43,27) −3.69  Precentral Gyrus R (50,3,35) −3.74  Postcentral Gyrus R 43 (61,−6,15) −4.11
Parietal Temporal
Subcortical  Postcentral Gyrus L (−15,−47,63) −2.86  Superior Temporal Gyrus L 21 (−38,−9,−5) −3.65
 Cerebellum R (30,−48,−37) −4.99 Subcortical
 Cerebellum L (−38,−68,−21) −4.02  Thalamus L (−7,−6,7) −3.91

The peak t-value and Talairach coordinate is given for each region or Brodmann Area showing significant activity.