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. 2016 Mar 10;7:29. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2016.00029

Table 3.

Brain regions with significantly less gray matter and white matter volume in the TBI compared to control group and their Pearson product-moment correlations with neurocognitive measures.

Anatomical region Tissue type Side MNI coordinates
Peak-z Verbal memory Visual memory Executive functions Attention
x y z
1 Middle frontal gyrus GM L −30 53 25 4.49 0.26 0.13 −0.07 0.08
2 Middle orbital gyrus GM L −2 53 −3 4.06 0.54** 0.40* 0.31* 0.38*
3 Middle orbital gyrus GM R 36 56 −8 3.93 0.30* 0.18 0.16 0.24
4 Thalamus GM L −3 −15 3 4.47 0.58** 0.48** 0.63** 0.55**
5 Thalamus GM R 12 −10 4 4.35 0.45** 0.29 0.52** 0.34**
6 Temporal pole GM L −52 14 −2 4.34 0.16 0.26 0.03 −0.04
7 Insula GM L −45 15 −6 3.97 0.30* 0.39* 0.13 0.17
8 Putamen GM L −18 8 −5 3.78 0.62** 0.60** 0.57** 0.53**
9 Putamen GM R 32 2 −3 4.27 0.44** 0.34* 0.35* 0.35*
10 Putamen GM R 18 15 −3 4.08 0.62** 0.61** 0.48** 0.51**
11 Insula/temporal pole GM R 45 12 −8 3.91 0.36* 0.17 0.14 0.25
12 Superior medial WM R 9 56 15 4.19 0.47** 0.38* 0.33* 0.29
13 Midle orbital WM R 14 48 −3 4.07 0.38* 0.34* 0.39* 0.22
14 Middle frontal WM R 30 36 16 3.96 0.24 0.22 0.24 0.12
15 Cerebellum WM L −9 −42 −17 3.99 0.17 0.10 0.38* 0.14
16 Cerebellum WM R 4 −48 −30 3.87 0.41* 0.43** 0.56** 0.38*
17 Cerebellum WM R 3 −52 −18 3.47 0.32* 0.28 0.43** 0.32*
18 Middle frontal WM L −26 38 13 3.86 0.51** 0.53** 0.49** 0.39*
19 Middle frontal WM L −18 39 −0 3.82 0.58** 0.58** 0.56** 0.45**
20 Anterior cingulate WM L −10 48 13 3.79 0.62** 0.59** 0.51** 0.43**

GM, gray matter. WM, white matter. L, left. R, right.

n = 32.

*Significant at the 0.05 level (one-tailed).

**Significant at the 0.01 level (one-tailed).