Table 1.
Differences in thumb pressure activations in patients and controls across the whole brain.
| Side | Region | Coordinates |
Z score | Cluster Size | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x | y | z | (KE) | |||
| Analysis 1: Pain groups (VVD+FM) > HCs | ||||||
| Ipsilateral | Insula | −36 | 0 | 8 | 3.99* | 106 |
| Analysis 2: VVD > HCs | ||||||
| Ipsilateral | Insula | −38 | 0 | 4 | 4.95** | 389 |
| Ipsilateral | Posterior cingulated cortex (BA 23) | −4 | −26 | 28 | 3.86* | 67 |
| Contralateral | Anterior cingulated cortex (BA 24) | 10 | −4 | 52 | 3.75* | 96 |
| Ipsilateral | Thalamus (VPL) / Globus Pallidus | −20 | −12 | 2 | 3.66* | 22 |
Significant after correction for whole brain multiple comparisons (Pcorrected <0.005);
Significant after small volume correction (Pcorrected < 0.005); VPL – Ventral posterolateral nucleus; BA – Broadmann area.