Fig. 2.

Selection of ROI (regions-of-interest) for analysis of MAPP resting state fMRI data 14 healthy men (USC cohort) were recruited to localize brain regions preferentially associated with voluntary hand muscle contraction, and preferentially associated with voluntary pelvic floor muscle contraction. A. Right hand > pelvic floor shows brain regions where there was significantly more activity during right index finger muscle contraction compared to pelvic floor muscle contraction. B. Pelvic floor > right hand shows brain regions where there was significantly more activity during pelvic floor muscle contraction compared to right index finger muscle contraction. C. 10-mm radius spherical ROI, represented as green circles, were derived within motor cortex (precentral gyrus) to form the pelvic-motor ROI and the hand-motor ROI.