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).
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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).