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Published in final edited form as: Neurodegener Dis. 2012 Aug 23;12(1):23–35. doi: 10.1159/000339528

Table 3.

Significant clusters of convergence in the ALE correlation analysis

Cluster No. Volume mm3 MNI coordinates1
Lat. Macroanatomical and cytoarchitectonic region rs
x y z
CAG repeat length
Cluster 1 2,576 12 11 6 R caudate nucleus; putamen; nucleus accumbens 0.54

Age
Cluster 1 2,080 −39 −27 46 L precentral gyrus, Ml (BA 4p, 4a); postcentral gyrus, SI (BA 3b, 3a, 2); inferior parietal cortex (PFt); intraparietal sulcus (hIP2) 0.53
Cluster 2 1,512 4 14 −4 R caudate nucleus; putamen 0.51
Cluster 3 1,488 36 −24 46 R precentral gyrus, M1 (BA 4p, 4a), PMC (BA 6) 0.56
Cluster 4 1,144 −52 −10 0 L parietal operculum, SII (OP4); Heschl's gyrus, PAC (TE 1.2, 1.0) 0.49
Cluster 5 200 −10 16 0 L caudate nucleus; putamen 0.47

Estimated disease burden
Cluster 1 3,216 8 14 −6 R caudate nucleus; putamen; pallidum; nucleus accumbens 0.62
Cluster 2 1,416 36 −24 46 R precentral gyrus, M1 (BA 4p, 4a), PMC (BA 6) 0.49
Cluster 3 992 −42 −34 38 L precentral gyrus, M1 (BA 4p); postcentral gyrus, SI (BA 3b, 3a, 2); inferior parietal cortex (PFt) 0.48

Estimated disease progression
Cluster 1 1,416 36 −24 46 R precentral gyrus, M1 (BA 4p, 4a), PMC (BA 6) 0.54
Cluster 2 1,056 −6 8 0 L caudate nucleus 0.55
Cluster 3 600 −40 −30 40 L precentral gyrus, M1 (BA 4p); postcentral gyrus, SI (BA 3b, 3a, 2) 0.55

UHDRS motor score
Cluster 1 2,040 −39 −27 46 L precentral gyrus, M1 (BA 4p, 4a); postcentral gyrus, SI (BA 3b, 3a, 2); inferior parietal cortex (PFt); intraparietal sulcus (hIP2) 0.52
Cluster 2 1,496 36 −24 46 R precentral gyrus, M1 (BA 4p, 4a), PMC (BA 6) 0.56
Cluster 3 1,072 12 4 5 R caudate nucleus 0.51
Cluster 4 424 −52 −8 0 L parietal operculum, SII (OP4); Heschl's gyrus, PAC (TE 1.2, 1.0) 0.47

Lat. = Laterality; L = left; R = right; rs = Spearman's rank correlation coefficient; PAC = primary auditory cortex; BA = Brodmann area.

1

Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) coordinates (x, y, z) for the maximum ALE value.