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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 2.
Published in final edited form as: Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2012 Jun;56(3):299–308.

Table II.

Brain regions showing significant differences between PD patients and NL by different types of normalization.

Cluster extent Coordinates* Z Anatomical area Brodmann area
GM normalization: Relative hypometabolism in PD patients as compared to NL
1749 −50 −70 5 6.09 Left middle occipital gyrus 37
−55 −60 −4 5.93 Left inferior temporal gyrus 37
−48 −55 18 4.66 Left superior temporal gyrus 22
106 −38 25 −11 5.36 Left inferior frontal gyrus 47
200 −63 −35 39 5.32 Left inferior parietal lobule 40
−57 −49 36 4.69 Left supramarginal gyrus 40
67 50 5 26 4.56 Right inferior frontal gyrus 6
54 −46 3 24 4.92 Left inferior frontal gyrus 6
GM normalization: Relative hypermetabolism in PD patients as compared to NL
118 −20 27 −3 5.87 Left frontal lobe white matter
−24 31 4 4.49 Left frontal lobe white matter
57 26 −15 41 4.86 Right frontal lobe white matter
26 −27 40 4.16 Right frontal lobe white matter
617 −6 −40 −18 4.82 Left cerebellum (culmen)
14 −51 −16 4.49 Right cerebellum (culmen)
180 28 −15 12 4.72 Right lentiform nucleus (putamen)
34 −23 −2 4.70 Right caudate nucleus
WM normalization: Relative hypometabolism in PD patients as compared to NL
13350 −40 25 −10 6.62 Left inferior frontal gyrus 47
−46 −70 7 6.24 Left middle occipital gyrus 19
−46 35 −5 6.15 Left middle frontal gyrus 47
−63 −39 39 6.10 Left inferior parietal lobule 40
−48 −73 22 5.98 Left middle temporal gyrus 39
−57 −57 −4 5.90 Left inferior temporal gyrus 37
−53 −7 −21 5.90 Left inferior temporal gyrus 20
−55 −60 −4 5.90 Left inferior temporal gyrus 37
−50 −40 28 5.81 Left inferior parietal lobule 40
553 20 12 3 6.46 Right lentiform nucleus (putamen)
385 −16 12 3 6.24 Left lentiform nucleus (putamen)
4232 51 35 −7 6.02 Right inferior frontal gyrus 47
51 3 24 5.88 Right inferior frontal gyrus 6
51 27 28 5.76 Right middle frontal gyrus 9
18 65 12 5.71 Right superior frontal gyrus 10
992 48 −64 3 5.72 Right middle temporal gyrus 37
46 −78 −5 4.87 Right inferior occipital gyrus 19
896 14 −72 44 5.34 Right precuneus 7
14 −90 27 5.00 Right cuneus 19
332 −10 61 14 5.18 Left superior frontal gyrus 10
−8 52 36 4.52 Left superior frontal gyrus 9
−8 47 42 4.39 Left superior frontal gyrus 8
165 −8 −19 −1 5.02 Left thalamus
−18 −29 1 4.96 Left thalamus
201 14 −23 1 5.01 Right thalamus
318 53 4 −29 4.94 Right middle temporal gyrus 21
57 −11 −20 4.79 Right inferior temporal gyrus 20
Yakushev normalization: Relative hypometabolism in PD patients as compared to NL
42086 −50 1 22 7.64 Left inferior frontal gyrus 44
−40 25 −11 7.25 Left inferior frontal gyrus 47
−46 −68 3 7.16 Left middle occipital gyrus 37
−57 −58 −2 6.99 Left inferior temporal gyrus 37
−55 −62 −2 6.98 Left middle temporal gyrus 37
−42 −19 −26 6.72 Left inferior temporal gyrus 20
−53 −7 −22 6.58 Left inferior temporal gyrus 20
−46 37 −7 6.28 Left middle frontal gyrus 47
−63 −35 37 6.28 Left inferior parietal lobule 40
−48 −43 28 6.27 Left inferior parietal lobule 40
−59 −47 37 6.21 Left supramarginal gyrus 40
12772 55 15 24 7.17 Right inferior frontal gyrus 44
14 −72 46 6.48 Right precuneus 7
50 −68 3 6.41 Right middle occipital gyrus 37
51 28 24 6.23 Right middle frontal gyrus 46
50 37 −7 6.09 Right middle frontal gyrus 47
18 65 10 5.92 Right superior frontal gyrus 10
38 32 28 5.87 Right middle frontal gyrus 9
55 −11 −20 5.65 Right inferior temporal gyrus 20
53 4 −29 5.32 Right middle temporal gyrus 21
51 −27 3 5.18 Right superior temporal gyrus 22
63 −31 38 4.83 Right inferior parietal lobule 40
900 −8 61 17 5.69 Left superior frontal gyrus 10
−10 45 42 5.38 Left superior frontal gyrus 8
−6 40 16 5.06 Left anterior cingulate 32
258 −18 −29 0 6.37 Left thalamus
253 16 −25 1 5.95 Right thalamus
232 −14 10 3 5.97 Left caudate nucleus
−20 8 1 5.91 Left lentiform nucleus (putamen)
245 25 10 3 6.20 Right lentiform nucleus (putamen)
10 15 4 5.84 Right caudate nucleus
202 14 34 20 5.47 Right anterior cingulate 32
*

Coordinates (x, y, z) from Talairach and Tournoux

Z values at the peak of maximum significance at P<0.05, FWE corrected.

GM: global grey matter mean; NL: normal controls; PD: Parkinson’s disease patients; WM: white matter.