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. 2014 Apr 3;9(4):e93813. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093813

Table 4. Statistical parametric mapping results of brain regions showing relative metabolism changes during symptomatic episodes in patients with Kleine-Levin Syndrome KLS (n = 4, acute episode) compared to healthy controls (n = 15).

Hemisphere Coordinates
a. Hypermetabolism in KLS (L)eft/(R)ight x y z Z-score
Inferior frontal gyrus L −42 12 22 3.54
Superior Medial Frontal R 12 64 12 5.13
Superior Orbital Frontal L −18 18 −16 3.58
Supplementary motor area R 12 0 54 4.62
Left Insula L −38 −2 4 3.93
Right Caudate Nucleus R 12 14 −12 3 47
Inferior Temporal Gyrus R 50 −26 −22 4.25
Superior Temporal Gyrus R 54 4 2 3.79
Inferior Parietal Lobule L −48 −54 38 3.76
Postcentral Gyrus L −54 −2 42 3.52
Precentral Gyrus L −42 −8 40 3.61
Precentral Gyrus L −60 2 34 3.47
Precuneus R 22 −52 22 4.29
Precuneus L −16 −54 16 3.96
Lingual gyrus L −18 −42 −2 3.28
b. Hypometabolism in KLS
Middle Occipital Gyrus R 28 −96 8 4.40
Middle Occipital Gyrus L −22 −100 12 3.61
Angular Gyrus R 38 −74 32 4.02
Inferior Parietal Gyrus R 66 −44 24 3.63
Cuneus L −14 −104 −4 3.51

Note. Coordinates x, y, z refer to the standard Talairach and Tournoux33 stereotactic space. Activation peaks’ significance is reported at the voxel-level, thresholded at p ≤.001, with a cluster extent >50 voxels. Only the most representative voxels in each anatomical structure are displayed.