Table 2.
Patient's cerebral activations and de-activations during the fMRI task
| Contrast | Brain structure | BA | k | Side | Coordinates | z-value | p-FDR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x | y | z | |||||||
| 1 month of evolution (vegetative state) | |||||||||
| Forward > Backward narratives* | Superior temporal gyrus, Middle temporal gyrus | 21, 22 | 17 | L | -57 | -51 | 9 | 3.57 | 0.046 |
| Narratives > Silence | Trasverse temporal gyrus, Superior temporal gyrus | 41,42 | 13 | L | -57 | -18 | 9 | 4.81 | 0.017 |
| Parahipocampal gyrus | 19 | 14 | R | 39 | -42 | -6 | 4.73 | 0.017 | |
| Silence > Forward narratives* | Superior Temporal Gyrus, | 39 | 16 | L | -42 | -57 | 27 | 4.33 | 0.003 |
| 13 months of evolution (conscious) | |||||||||
| Forward > Backward narratives | Precentral gyrus | 6 | 42 | L | -51 | 0 | 48 | 7.77 | < .001 |
| Superior temporal gyrus, middle temporal gyrus | 21, 22 | 54 | L | -51 | -51 | 12 | 5.61 | < .001 | |
| Superior temporal gyrus | 22 | 15 | L | -63 | -3 | -3 | 5.19 | < .001 | |
| Trasverse temporal gyrus, Postcentral gyrus | 40, 42 | 33 | L | -66 | -18 | 12 | 5.04 | < .001 | |
| Narratives > Silence | Superior temporal gyrus | 41,42 | 461 | L | -63 | -24 | 9 | Inf. | < .001 |
| Paracentral lobule | 4 | 24 | L | -6 | -39 | 75 | 7 | < .001 | |
| Silence > Forward narratives | Inferior parietal lobule | 7, 40 | 234 | L | -36 | -66 | 48 | 5.35 | 0.001 |
| Precuneus | 7 | 17 | L | -15 | -63 | 60 | 4.33 | 0.005 | |
| Superior frontal gyrus | 6 | 17 | L | -18 | 30 | 60 | 4.12 | 0.01 | |
The last four columns (coordinates and z-value) refer to the main peak of activation in the cluster. Coordinates refer to Montreal Neurological Institute. Results thresholded at p < 0.05 FDR-corrected. BA = Brodmann areas; k = cluster size; L = left hemisphere, R = right hemisphere. * = significant at p < 0.05 FDR small volume correction.