Table 2. Regions showing abnormal causal effect with epileptogenic zone in patients (seed-to-whole-brain).
Brain Region | BA | MNI (X Y Z) | Peak t-value | Cluster Size (mm3) | mTLE | NC | ||
DMN | ||||||||
PCC | 31 | 3 | −42 | 36 | −4.33 | 1539 | 0.85 | 5.68* |
Ant. PCu. L | 31 | −12 | −54 | 30 | −4.27 | 270 | −0.31 | 5.77* |
Dor. PCu. R | 7 | 6 | −54 | 57 | −3.95 | 243 | 2.11* | 5.99* |
Pos. PCu. L | 7 | 0 | −66 | 36 | −4.08 | 729 | 0.39 | 4.71* |
Ant. PCu. L | 7/31 | −15 | −45 | 42 | −4.21 | 972 | 0.73 | 5.39* |
MPFC | 11/32 | 18 | 48 | 3 | −4.1 | 216 | −1.18 | 5.52* |
Angular gyrus L | 39 | −45 | −66 | 33 | −4.3 | 837 | −1.39 | 4.85* |
Angular gyrus R | 39 | 36 | −57 | 33 | −3.67 | 216 | 0.24 | 5.38* |
Sup. frontal gyrus R | 9 | 30 | 24 | 39 | −3.69 | 135 | −1.11 | 4.70* |
Sup. frontal gyrus L | 9 | −21 | 39 | 42 | −4.68 | 324 | −2.50* | 3.96* |
Sup. frontal gyrus L | 32 | −15 | 33 | 36 | −4.25 | 270 | −1.16 | 4.47* |
Visual Network | ||||||||
Calcarine R | 17 | 6 | −87 | 3 | −3.87 | 189 | −0.72 | 3.94* |
Calcarine R | 17 | 9 | −78 | 3 | −3.81 | 243 | −2.27* | 3.13* |
Lingual gyrus R | 18 | 12 | −81 | −12 | −3.86 | 216 | 0.54 | 4.63* |
Cuneus R | 19 | 3 | −84 | 36 | −4.39 | 621 | 0.23 | 4.95* |
Subcortical Structures | ||||||||
Ant. thalamus L | N/A | 0 | −3 | 9 | −4.15 | 162 | 1.12 | 6.47* |
Pos. thalamus L | N/A | −12 | −30 | 0 | −4.46 | 1404 | −1.11 | 4.45* |
Pos. thalamus R | N/A | 30 | −33 | 12 | −4.47 | 2376 | 0.55 | 6.36* |
Caduate nucleus L | N/A | −12 | 15 | 0 | −5.77 | 2619 | −1.73 | 5.73* |
Caudate nucleus R | N/A | 15 | 12 | 15 | −6.15 | 3834 | −3.01* | 5.40* |
Lentiform nucleus R | N/A | 18 | −6 | −6 | −4.1 | 189 | 0.85 | 5.28* |
Brainstem | N/A | 3 | −21 | −18 | −4.4 | 135 | −0.24 | 5.21* |
Cerebellum | ||||||||
Vermis VIII | N/A | 6 | −66 | −39 | −4.54 | 243 | −1.22 | 5.27* |
Crus I R | N/A | 33 | −75 | −33 | −4.25 | 945 | 0.42 | 5.91* |
Vermis VII | N/A | 6 | −69 | −27 | −4.74 | 1107 | −0.68* | 6.55* |
Vermis VI | N/A | 6 | −66 | −6 | −3.98 | 243 | 0.34 | 4.77* |
Abreviations: BA = Brodmann's area; R = right side; L = left side; sup. = superior; Ant. = anterior; Dor. = dorsal; PCC = posterior cingulate cortex; PCu. = precuneus; MPFC = medial prefrontal cortex; mTLE = mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; NC = normal controls; MNI = Montreal Neurological Institute coordinate.
The last two columns show the t-value of the corresponding peak voxel within patient and control group, respectively. Values with an asterisk show the mean causal effect of the corresponding cluster is significantly different from zero.