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. 2014 Jan 24;9(1):e85880. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085880

Table 1. Regions that showed high Intra- and inter-session reliability of functional connectivity with Broca's and Wernicke's area.

No. Anatomical region BA MNI coordinates Peak value Cluster size (Voxels)
x y z Z value ICC value
Intra-session reliability
Broca's area
1 Left SFG/MFG and extend to cinglulate gyrus 8 −3 18 57 6.62 0.895 2664
2 Left IPL 39/40 −60 −42 42 5.26 0.817 953
3 Right IPL 40 48 −36 48 5.26 0.817 532
4 Right IFG 11 51 33 −12 5.00 0.796 437
5 Light MTG 21 −51 −48 −9 5.52 0.835 448
6 Right MTG 21 66 −39 0 5.37 0.825 344
Wernicke's area
Z1 Left SMG, MTG, MFG and extend to precuneus 7/10 −48 −51 36 6.13 0.871 4815
2 Right MTG 21/22 57 −15 −12 5.45 0.830 263
Inter-session reliability
Broca's area
1 Bilateral SFG/MFG and also including left IFG and right cingulate gyrus 9 48 42 6 5.96 0.862 3820
2 Left IPL and extend to MOG 40 −36 −66 45 6.11 0.870 1025
3 Left Precuneus 7 −6 −54 30 4.97 0.795 457
4 Right IPL 40 33 −57 48 5.26 0.817 329
5 Right MTG 21 63 −45 −9 5.05 0.801 203
Wernicke's area
1 Right STG, MFG/SFG and extend to IPL and precuneus 7 51 −30 3 6.15 0.872 3445
2 Left IFG/MFG and extend to precentral gyrus and right SFG 6 −42 6 57 6.76 0.901 2515
3 Left SMG, IPL and extend to ITG/STG 42 −48 −48 33 6.20 0.875 1937

Abbreviations: IFG  =  inferior frontal gyrus, MFG  =  middle frontal gyrus, SFG  =  superior frontal gyrus, IPL  =  inferior parietal lobule; ITG  =  inferior temporal gyrus, MTG  =  middle temporal gyrus, STG  =  superior temporal gyrus, SMG  =  supramarginal gyrus, MOG  =  middle occipital gyrus.