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. 2015 May 13;30(6):779–787. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2015.30.6.779

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
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.