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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Neurol. 2014 Jul 2;76(2):279–295. doi: 10.1002/ana.24204

Table 5.

Effects of anatomical location of active deep brain stimulation (DBS) contact on non-motor measures.

Outcome Measure
and DBS Side
N Peak
N
x y z Peak
t
x y z Peak
p
x y z Peak p Region Corrected p-
value
Cognition
SDR (error in mm)
Worse 39 26 12.0 −17.5 −3.0 4.90 10.0 −16.0 −1.5 10−4 11.0 −17.5 −2.0 STN/ZI 0.060
Right
(improvement)
44 29 12.5 −17.5 −3.0 −4.50 15.5 −14.5 −4.0 10−3 14.5 −15.0 −4.0 comb 0.030
Right (impairment) 3.60 10.5 −16.5 −5.5 0.01 10.5 −16.5 −5.5 STN/SN
Left 39 25 −12.5 −17.5 −3.0 3.30 −10.5 −21.5 −4.0 0.01 −11.5 −21.0 −3.0 VPL/PBP 0.405
Go/No-Go (Pr)
Worse 23 16 12.0 −17.5 −3.0 2.20 12.0 −17.0 −2.5 0.01 12.0 −17.0 −2.5 STN/ZI 0.730
Right 27 18 12.5 −17.5 −3.0 −3.50 13.0 −19.0 −7.0 0.01 13.0 −19.0 −7.0 SN 0.970
Left 22 16 −12.0 −18.5 −5.0 −4.80 −12.0 −16.5 −2.5 10−3 −12.0 −16.5 −2.5 dSTN 0.300

Psychiatric
Valence
Worse 23 18 12.2 −17.8 −3.2 4.83 14.4 −17.4 −2.0 10−4 14.0 −17.0 −3.0 dSTN 0.650
Right 24 17 12.6 −17.6 −3.2 4.00 14.0 −17.0 −3.0 10−3 13.2 −17.2 −3.2 dSTN 0.220
Left 22 13 −12.0 −18.5 −4.0 7.52 −13.0 −19.0 −4.5 10−5 −13.0 −18.5 −4.5 dSTN 0.015
Arousal
Worse 23 18 12.2 −17.8 −3.2 2.66 12.4 −20.4 −6.4 0.01 12.4 −20.4 −6.4 SN 0.870
Right 24 17 12.6 −17.6 −3.2 −3.30 14.8 −19.2 −2.0 0.01 14.4 −19.8 −2.2 ZI 0.740
Left 23 13 −12.8 −17.4 −2.8 −2.30 −11.8 −17.8 −4.2 0.01 −11.8 −17.8 −4.2 STN/SN 0.400
Anxiety
Worse 25 19 12.2 −18.2 −3.2 −5.00 14.0 −20.0 −3.0 10−4 14.2 −18.2 −2.4 dSTN 0.650
Right 26 18 12.4 −18.0 −3.2 −7.70 14.0 −19.4 −1.0 10−4 14.0 −19.4 −1.0 VPL 0.540
Left 23 14 −12.6 −18.0 −2.4 −5.88 −14.2 −19.2 −3.0 10−4 −14.2 −18.8 −3.2 dSTN 0.005
Apathy
Worse 25 19 12.2 −18.2 −3.2 4.30 14.2 −17.2 −1.8 10−3 14.2 −17.2 −1.8 STN/ZI 0.850
Right 27 19 12.2 −18.0 −3.0 2.80 11.6 −17.2 0.2 0.01 11.6 −17.2 0.2 VLA+E/ZI 0.190
Left 24 14 −12.6 −18.0 −2.4 −5.00 −11.0 −21.0 −3.0 10−3 −11.0 −20.8 −2.8 ZI 0.240
Akathisia
Worse 25 19 12.2 −18.2 −3.2 −4.00 14.0 −20.0 −2.0 10−3 13.0 −20.0 −2.0 ZI/VPL 0.110
Right 27 19 12.2 −18.0 −3.0 −5.00 14.0 −20.0 −1.0 10−3 14.2 −19.8 −2 ZI/VPL 0.190
Left 24 14 −12.6 −18.0 −2.4 −5.00 −11.0 −21.0 −3.0 10−3 −11.0 −20.8 −2.8 ZI 0.240

SDR, spatial delayed response task; mm, millimeter; Pr, ability to discriminate between ‘Go’ and ‘No-Go’ stimuli; STN, subthalamic nucleus; ZI, zona incerta; SN, substantia nigra; comb, comb system (SN fragments in white matter lateral to the STN); VPL, ventral posterior lateral thalamic nucleus; PBP, parabrachial pigmented nucleus; dSTN, dorsal STN; VLA+E, ventral lateral anterior thalamic nucleus and ventral lateral posterior thalamic nucleus – external part.