Table 4.
Correlations between sequence learning-related activation and measures of left cerebellar tract connectivity in manifesting-DYT1 subjectsa
Brain region | MNI coordinates |
Z-max | Cluster size | VOI-based correlation in MSEQ |
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x | y | z | R | P-value | |||
Positive correlation | |||||||
Left dentate nucleus | −24 | −40 | −32 | 4.67 | 523 | 0.42 | 0.05 |
Inverse correlation | |||||||
Supplementary motor area, presupplementary motor area, cingulate gyrus (Right > Left; BA 6/32) | 2 | −22 | 60 | 5.68 | 3510 | −0.74 | <0.001 |
Right lateral prefrontal cortex (BA 9, BA 45) | 60 | 22 | 26 | 5.74 | 184 | −0.57 | <0.01 |
a Left-hand columns represent the significant clusters identified using SPM voxel-wise regression of the regional cerebral blood flow scans acquired during VSEQ performance. Left cerebellothalamic connectivity values were entered as the covariate of interest in this analysis.
The right-most column represents the correlation coefficients (and P-values) for these regions computed using regional cerebral blood flow values for each region obtained from the corresponding MSEQ scans of these subjects. BA = Brodmann area; VOI = volume-of-interest.