Table 2. Brain regions showing significantly lower glucose metabolism and gray matter in AD-converted MCI compared to non-converted MCI.
Neuroimaging | Region* | MNI coordinates (mm) | Brodmann area | Z score | The number of voxels within cluster | Uncorrected P value | ||
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x | y | z | ||||||
FDG-PET | ||||||||
Left | Middle frontal gyrus | -24 | 24 | 36 | 8 | 3.51 | 267 | <0.001 |
Right | Superior frontal gyrus | 22 | -12 | 76 | 6 | 3.45 | 143 | <0.001 |
Left | Uncus | -20 | 6 | -30 | 28 | 3.44 | 662 | <0.001 |
Left | Medial frontal gyrus | -6 | 68 | -2 | 10 | 3.33 | 117 | <0.001 |
Right | Inferior parietal lobule | 66 | -36 | 40 | 40 | 3.31 | 157 | <0.001 |
Left | Paracentral lobule | -14 | -30 | 52 | 6 | 3.28 | 178 | <0.001 |
Left | Superior frontal gyrus | -12 | -20 | 80 | 6 | 3.25 | 184 | <0.001 |
Left | Lingual gyrus | -8 | -88 | -24 | 18 | 3.21 | 113 | <0.001 |
Left | Inferior frontal gyrus | -56 | 6 | 34 | 9 | 3.18 | 270 | <0.001 |
Right | Precuneus | 14 | -68 | 44 | 7 | 3.11 | 145 | <0.001 |
Right | Inferior parietal lobule | 34 | -48 | 56 | 40 | 3.01 | 96 | 0.001 |
Right | Uncus | 20 | 6 | -24 | 34 | 3.01 | 85 | 0.001 |
Right | Sub-gyral | 18 | -32 | 58 | 4 | 2.89 | 54 | 0.002 |
Right | Cingulate gyrus | 6 | -36 | 42 | 31 | 2.83 | 63 | 0.002 |
MRI | ||||||||
Right | Subcallosal gyrus | 16.5 | 9 | -15 | 34 | 3.44 | 821 | <0.001 |
Right | Cuneus | 24 | -90 | 19.5 | 18 | 3.13 | 70 | <0.001 |
Left | Middle frontal gyrus | -27 | -90 | 19.5 | 8 | 3.12 | 316 | <0.001 |
Right | Precuneus | 12 | -61.5 | 40.5 | 7 | 3.06 | 66 | 0.001 |
Left | Precentral gyrus | -57 | -12 | 43.5 | 6 | 3.04 | 96 | 0.001 |
Right | Inferior frontal gyrus | 45 | 30 | -7.5 | 47 | 3.01 | 56 | 0.001 |
Right | Medial frontal gyrus | 12 | -4.5 | 64.5 | 6 | 2.93 | 106 | 0.002 |
Right | Middle temporal gyrus | 66 | -7.5 | -6 | 21 | 2.89 | 78 | 0.002 |
*Brain regions were transformed to Talairach atlas from MNI coordinates. AD, Alzheimer's disease; MNI, Montreal Neurological Institute; FDG-PET, fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography.