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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Behav Immun. 2012 Nov 2;28:90–99. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2012.10.021

Table 1.

Regional functional connections that showed significant group differences over 12-month exercise intervention.

ROI abbreviations ROI-ROI anatomical regions Hypothesized network Intervention effect
BMTG – BPHG Bilateral middle temporal gyrus
L: −52,−18,−18
R: 58, −10,−18
Bilateral parahippocampal gyrus
L: −24,−26,−20
R: 24,−26,−20
DMN W > S
BPHG - LOC Bilateral parahippocampal gyrus
L: −24,−26,−20
R: 24,−26,−20
Left lateral occipital/parietal cortex
−44,−72,34
DMN W > S
LMFG - BMTG Left middle frontal gyrus
−30,20,50
Bilateral middle temporal gyrus
L: −52,−18,−18
R: 58, −10,−18
DMN W > S
RALPFC - PFC Right anterior lateral prefrontal cortex
32,40,28
Bilateral prefrontal cortex
L: −36,34,28
R: 32, 42, 36
Fronto-executive/CO W > S
RALPFC - LHC Right anterior lateral prefrontal cortex
32,40,28
Left hippocampus
−24,−22,−18
Fronto-executive/CO-AND-DMN -W > -S
RFOI - RLOC Right frontal operculum/insula
28, 26, 8
Right lateral occipital/parietal cortex
26,−64,54
Fronto-executive/CO-AND-Fronto-parietal S > W

All coordinates are in MNI space, L and R refer to Left and Right hemisphere, respectively. Networks, DMN=Default Mode Network, CO=cingulo-opercular network, which is another name for the fronto-executive network. Group effects, W=walking group, S=flex, tone, and balance control group.