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. 2012 Oct 9;7(10):e46541. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046541

Table 5. Cerebral sites of maximal hemodynamic responses during speech production (SP): Main effects (puncorrected<0.001, k≥10) of L-dopa medication states.

off L-dopa on L-dopa
Cerebral area BA L/R x y z Z-score k x y z Z-score k
Precentral gyrus 4 L −46 −15 39 4.06 95° −46 −15 39 4.29 94
Precentral gyrus 4 R 41 −12 33 4.67 58 41 −12 28 4.09 36*
Medial frontal gyrus 6 L −6 −6 55 4.97 123# −3 −15 57 3.97 27
Postcentral gyrus 2 L −35 −21 33 4.40 95° −38 −21 28 4.32 94
Postcentral gyrus 2 R 36 −18 30 4.07 36*
Anterior cingulate gyrus 24 L −6 0 47 4.63 123# −6 5 42 3.94 33
Supramarginal gyrus 40 L −40 −47 32 3.71 33 −11 −64 −19 3.73 10
Cerebellum (dentate) L −11 −64 −19 3.73 10
Cerebellum (hemisphere) L −25 −62 −27 5.79 149 −27 −62 −27 4.01 10
Cerebellum (hemisphere) R 26 −64 −25 5.25 118 26 −64 −25 4.07 17

Cerebral activation locations refer to maximal hemodynamic response sites. L/R: left/right; BA: Brodmann’s area; x, y, z: mediolateral, rostrocaudal and dorsoventral Talairach coordinates; k: cluster size (number of voxels); °/#//* : parts of the same cluster.