Table 2.
Anatomical location of the cluster | Hemisphere | Brodmann area / cerebellar lobule | MNI coordinates of global maxima |
Cluster volume | T-value | ||
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x | y | z | |||||
GM: ET<HV | |||||||
Cerebellum | R | Lobule IV, V | 21 | −28 | −24 | 63 | 4.83 |
L | Lobule VIII | −27 | −48 | −56 | 797 | 4.34 | |
GM: ET>HV | |||||||
SMA | Bilateral | Medial BA 6 | 10 | 3 | 54 | 233 | 5.10 |
−10 | −1 | 60 | 3.87 | ||||
Multiple regression GM in patients | |||||||
Negative correlation with GM in left cerebellum | |||||||
SMA proper | R | Medial BA 6 | 10 | −20 | 57 | 194 | 3.70 |
Negative correlation with GM in right cerebellum | |||||||
SMA proper | L | Medial BA 6 | −10 | −12 | 48 | 36 | 3.38 |
Positive correlation with disease duration | |||||||
preSMA/SMA proper | R/bilateral | 8 | 11 | 75 | 1150 | 3.76 | |
Positive correlation with tremor frequency | |||||||
Cerebellar vermis | Bilateral | VIII | 2 | −63 | −39 | 967 | 3.80 |
Negative correlation with tremor frequency | |||||||
SMA proper | R | 15 | −1 | 57 | 1653 | 6.10 | |
L | −18 | 0 | 66 | 407 | 3.12 | ||
ALFF: ET<HV | |||||||
SMA | R | BA 6 | 10 | 10 | 58 | 2557 | 4.09 |
L | −10 | 16 | 58 | 3.91 | |||
Multiple regression ALFF in essential tremor | |||||||
Negative correlation with total B score | |||||||
Precentral gyrus | R | BA 4,6 | 32 | −20 | 72 | 2853 | 4.84 |
L | −36 | −12 | 51 | 2176 | 4.68 | ||
SMA | Bilateral | BA 6 | 0 | −2 | 60 | 1288 | 4.20 |
Positive correlation with cerebellar GM | |||||||
Precentral gyrus | L | BA 4,6 | −32 | −16 | 70 | 93 | 3.09 |
R | 36 | −26 | 68 | 43 | 3.04 | ||
SMA | Bilateral | BA 6 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 34 | 2.94 |
Positive correlation with tremor frequency | |||||||
Precentral gyrus | R | BA 4,6 | 36 | −12 | 57 | 1085 | 4.09 |
L | −30 | −20 | 48 | 692 | 3.06 | ||
SMA | Bilateral | BA 6 | 3 | −3 | 50 | 973 | 3.59 |
GM = grey matter; R = right; L = left; BA = Brodmann area; ET = essential tremor patients; HV = healthy volunteers. Global maxima without cluster volume are included in the cluster above.