Table 2.
Statistical differences of fcMRI between MTBI patients and controls with seed regions placed in thalamic segment 7 (cortical temporal projections) bilaterally (P<0.001, cluster-size corrected K≥100).
| Regions | Difference | x,y,z (mm) | K | Z | P | |
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| Thalamus | Right | ↓ | -12,-24,0 | 243 | 3.29 | 0.001 |
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| Frontal | Left Inferior | ↓ | 34,36,-14 44,10,8 |
149 102 |
4.47 3.54 |
<0.001 <0.001 |
| Right Insular | ↓ | -26,18,10 | 200 | 4.38 | <0.001 | |
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| Temporal | Right Superior Pole | ↓ | -38,14,-26 | 238 | 5.24 | <0.001 |
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| Frontal | Right Middle | ↑ | -38,-66,2 | 153 | 3.42 | <0.001 |
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| Parietal | Left Superior | ↑ | 14,-84,52 | 192 | 4.23 | <0.001 |
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| Occipital | Left Cuneus | ↑ | 28,-86,40 | 103 | 3.05 | 0.001 |
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| Sub-Cortical | Left Caudate | ↑ | 20,26,2 | 130 | 4.57 | <0.001 |
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↓ denotes decreased connectivity between segment 7 and listed regions in patients compared to controls and ↑ denotes increased connectivity between segment 7 and listed regions in patients compared to controls.