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. 2014 Dec 5;9(12):e114774. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114774

Table 3. Brain Regions of Relative Hypometabolism Associated with the Existence of Hallucinations (Hypo), and Brain Regions of Relative Hypermetabolism Associated with the Existence of Hallucinations (Hyper).

Coordinates MNI (mm)
Brain Regions BA Vicinity Side No. Voxels T value x y z p
Hypo Frontal lobe, inferior, middle frontal gyrus (orbital), and insula (ant) 45/47/44/10/9 R 3625 4.56 46 25 2 0.000031
Hyper Frontal lobe, superior frontal gyrus 6 L 347 4.52 −24 −11 69 0.000036
Temporal lobe, fusiform gyrus 37 L 91 3.92 27 −41 −20 0.00020
Parietal lobe, postcentral gyrus and precuneus 7 L L 90 3.79 −15 −53 74 0.00029
Parietal lobe, postcentral and supramarginal gyri 40 353 3.71 −51 −21 33 0.00037

T = p<0.001, uncorrected, minimum cluster size = 25 voxels; ant = anterior; BA = Brodmann's area; L = left; R = right; NA = not applicable; No. = number.

Underlined brain regions are “core regions” of hallucinations in AD (see Methods).