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. 2011 Apr 15;55(4):1423–1434. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.01.052

Table 2.

Summary of VBQ results within grey matter (pFWE < 0.05), uncorrected results (p < 0.001) are highlighted with an asterisk. Coordinates [x y z] refer to the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) standard stereotactic space.

VBQ analysis Region Left hemisphere coordinates (mm)
t score z score  Right hemisphere coordinates (mm)
t score z score 
x y z x y z
FA GM
Age-positive correlation middle cingulate 15 −16 43 5 4.8
hipp −9 −39 3 6 5.7 12 −36 3 4.7* 4.5*
putamen −24 3 −8 6.3 5.9 30 −4 −9 5.2 4.9
caudate −17 −1 15 4.8* 4.6* 21 2 18 4.5* 4.4*
rACC 0 29 −14 4* 3.8*
FA GM
Age-negative correlation caudate −8 21 −5 4.2* 4.1* 10 23 −6 6.1 5.7
cerebellum V −11 −48 −23 5.5 5.2 12 −46 −24 5.1 4.8
SNc −14 −19 −9 5.9 5.6 15 −19 −9 6.2 5.8
MD GM
Age-positive correlation S1 −27 −38 66 7.5 6.8 29 −35 66 6.5 6.1
thalamus habenula −3 −25 0 7.9 7.1 3 −24 −3 6.9 6.4
thalamus MD −9 −3 9 6.5 6.1 10 −6 12 5.7 5.4
M1 −30 −27 58 8.3 7.4 27 −26 66 6.7 6.2
operculum −50 12 30 8.8 7.8
hypothalamus −3 5 −14 6.6 6.2 6 5 −14 6.8 6.3
caudate −8 14 4 5.7 5.4 10 17 6 7.4 6.7
precuneus 11 −69 27 7.3 6.6
cerebellum vermis −3 −76 −27 7.1 6.5 4 −64 −9 11.8 Inf
MT GM
Age-negative correlation S1 −21 −27 53 6 5.6 31 −28 48
caudal middle frontal 16 0 53
caudate −17 −11 17 4.5* 4.4* 13 −6 16 7 6.4
M1 −17 −27 67 5.1 4.8 27 −24 66 6.9 6.4
putamen −31 −23 3 4.2* 4.1* 28 −21 4 4.3* 4.2*
thalamus VL 16 −15 3 4.1* 4*
caudate −15 −14 17 5.4* 4.3* 17 −12 19 4.7* 3.8*
cerebellum −14 −56 −32 5.1 4.8 17 −55 −39 5.2 5
R2* GM
Age-positive correlation SNc −11 −13 −12 5.7 5.4 12 −12 −11 6 5.6
OFC −2 30 −27 5.6 5.3
putamen −27 −12 −2 12 Inf 28 −10 0 13.8 Inf
pallidum −14 2 −5 8.7 7.7 13 2 −5 9.1 Inf
fusiform −47 −16 −29 7.7 7 37 −13 −36 9.4 Inf
caudate −18 −2 15 4.8* 4.6* 18 5 14 4.5* 4.3*

GM – grey matter; FA – fractional anisotropy; MD – mean diffusivity; MT – magnetization transfer; DLPFC – dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex; OFC – orbito-frontal cortex; rACC – rostral anterior cingulate cortex; M1 – primary motor cortex; S1 – primary somatosensory cortex; thalamus MD – thalamic medio-dorsal nucleus; thalamus VL – thalamic ventro-lateral nucleus; SNc – substantia nigra pars compacta; hipp – hippocampus.