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. 2016 Feb 21;2016:2939528. doi: 10.1155/2016/2939528

Table 2.

Location, AAL coordinates, and statistical significance of the regions showing the associations of cognitive performance and gray matter atrophy.

Associations of cognitive scores and gray matter atrophy Region BA Coordinates (mm) P T value F value
X Y Z
MMSE Left superior temporal gyrus −49.37 18.58 −20.45 <0.001 24.47
Left middle temporal gyrus Left BA 21 −65.38 −14.74 −9.35 <0.001 24.15
Left superior temporal gyrus Left BA 42 −65.35 −24.27 9.39 <0.001 23.82
Right inferior temporal gyrus 55.56 −60.45 −23.87 <0.001 19.10
Right middle temporal gyrus 67.59 −28.61 −17.99 <0.001 17.44

CASI Left superior temporal gyrus Left BA 38 −43.38 21.68 −24.37 <0.001 5.11
Left middle temporal gyrus −7.40 −27.59 −14.71 <0.001 4.76
Left superior temporal gyrus Left BA 42 −65.35 −24.32 11.39 <0.001 4.53
Right superior temporal gyrus Right BA 22 67.63 −23.15 1.17 <0.001 4.01
Right middle temporal gyrus 68.60 −28.67 −15.99 <0.001 3.66

PDD-short screen Left middle temporal gyrus Left BA 39 −54.37 −61.49 16.32 0.001 3.62
Right superior temporal gyrus 66.64 −24.20 3.15 0.001 3.80
Right insula 45.66 −10.33 8.58 0.001 3.77

Composite free-recall verbal memory Right middle temporal gyrus Right BA 21 67.60 −33.72 −14.13 0.001 6.32
Right superior temporal gyrus 66.64 −25.26 5.12 0.001 5.32
Right insula gyrus Right BA 13 42.67 0.67 8.8 0.001 4.95
Left temporal pole Left BA 38 −39.38 22.76 −27.35 0.001 5.74
Left superior temporal gyrus −62.34 −15.30 10.64 0.001 5.62
Left middle temporal gyrus Left BA 19 −52.38 −63.38 12.26 0.001 5.12
Left middle temporal gyrus −52.36 −59.57 19.37 0.001 3.96
Left insula gyrus Left BA 13 −43.31 3.31 −2.04 0.00 5.88

Delayed free-recall verbal memory Right insula Right BA 13 44.60 −9.60 3.13 0.001 3.94
Left insula Left BA 13 −48.48 −12.39 9.6 0.001 3.77
Right insula Right BA 13 40.66 −13.38 10.50 0.001 3.62
Right insula 93.73 −12.34 −67.97 0.001
Right insula Right BA 12 48.48 −12.34 8.3 0.001 4.46
Left inferior frontal gyrus −34.38 11.51 −18.67 0.001 4.08
Right supramarginal gyrus 60.67 −28.70 21.04 0.001 4.27
Left middle temporal gyrus −65.38 −37.04 1.03 0.001 4.46
Left superior temporal gyrus −61.34 −34.63 22.09 0.001 4.17
Right middle temporal gyrus 46.63 −68.68 19.94 0.001 4.15
Left rolandic opercular gyrus −50.34 −6.23 7.87 0.001 4.03

BA: Brodmann area; CASI: cognitive abilities screening instrument; MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; PDD: Parkinson disease dementia.