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.