Table 2.
Local peaks of clusters indicating significant gray matter loss in PD group compared to Controls. Results were considered significant at FWE (family-wise) corrected p < 0.05.
Anatomical Region | MNI coordinatesa | Zmaxb | Mean Volumec | Volume Reduction (%) d |
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X | Y | Z | Controls | PD | |||
Frontal Cortex | |||||||
R. Frontal Pole (BA 10,11) | 14 | 56 | −16 | 3.93 | 5431±629 | 5011±517 | 7.73 |
L. Frontal Pole (BA 10,11) | −26 | 62 | −14 | 3.56 | 3384±418 | 3115 ±340 | 7.96 |
R. Medial Frontal gyrus (BA 10, 32) | 8 | 50 | −10 | 2.43 | 2297±332 | 2113±232 | 8.01 |
L. Medial Frontal gyrus (BA 10, 32) | −4 | 52 | −14 | 2.67 | 1846±271 | 1699±196 | 7.97 |
Parieto-Occipital Cortex | |||||||
L. Superior Parietal Lobe (BA 7) | −28 | −58 | 54 | 2.57 | 152±27 | 138±23 | 8.84 |
R. Parieto-occipital junction (BA 18) | 2 | −80 | 28 | 3.06 | 4090±589 | 3525±439 | 13.81 |
L. Parieto-occipital junction (BA 18) | −2 | −78 | 22 | 2.70 | 3139±518 | 2668±407 | 15.00 |
R. Lateral Occipital Cortex (BA 19) | 24 | −86 | 38 | 3.25 | 2570±346 | 2205±273 | 14.20 |
L. Lateral Occipital Cortex (BA 19) | −10 | −88 | 38 | 3.91 | 2140±254 | 1808±247 | 15.53 |
R. Superior Occipital Cortex (BA 19) | 16 | −92 | 36 | 4.71 | 2382±330 | 2029±264 | 14.82 |
L. Superior Occipital Cortex (BA 19) | −12 | −92 | 36 | 3.44 | 1621±241 | 1351±205 | 16.62 |
Coordinates of local maxima are given in MNI (Montreal Neurological Institute) standard space.
Z-scores of the local maxima.
Cluster extent is given in mean volume ± standard deviation (mm3).
PD patients’ relative gray matter volume reduction (in %), when compared to Controls. BA= Brodmann Area, R.: right, L.: left.