Table 3.
VBM results showing regions of significant gray matter intensity decrease in AD and bvFTD patients relative to controls.
Contrast | Regions | Side | Number of voxels | MNI coordinates |
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AD vs. Controls | Temporal pole, temporal fusiform cortex, OFC, parahippocampal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus, thalamus, insular cortex, parietal operculum cortex, supramarginal gyrus, angular gyrus, occipital cortex, precuneus cortex | L | 9,713 | -28 | 4 | -48 |
Inferior/middle frontal gyrus, insular cortex, paracingulate gyrus, anterior cingulate cortex, posterior cingulate cortex | L | 2,720 | -40 | 14 | 22 | |
Lateral occipital cortex | R | 2,166 | 46 | -86 | 6 | |
Paracingulate gyrus, medial PFC, anterior cingulate cortex | R | 1,588 | 14 | 48 | -4 | |
Frontal pole, medial PFC, OFC | L | 452 | -14 | 56 | -10 | |
Temporal pole, temporal fusiform cortex | R | 318 | 34 | 6 | -42 | |
Cerebellum | L | 199 | -46 | -56 | -36 | |
Juxtapositional lobule, superior frontal gyrus | L | 142 | -4 | 4 | 72 | |
Hippocampus, amygdala | R | 107 | 26 | -12 | -16 | |
bvFTD vs. Controls | Cerebellum extending into temporal fusiform cortex, temporal pole, parahippocampal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus, insular cortex, OFC, medial PFC, anterior cingulate cortex, paracingulate gyrus, frontal pole | B | 38,955 | -32 | -76 | -58 |
Cerebellum | R | 5,183 | 50 | -58 | -50 | |
Angular gyrus, lateral occipital cortex | R | 1,050 | 48 | -54 | 20 | |
Precentral gyrus, middle frontal gyrus | R | 463 | 44 | -2 | 38 | |
Supramarginal gyrus, superior temporal gyrus | L | 402 | -48 | -44 | 10 | |
Cerebellum | R | 291 | 6 | -46 | -22 | |
Middle frontal gyrus | R | 114 | 46 | 14 | 52 | |
Precentral gyrus | L | 100 | -18 | -28 | 42 |
MRI scan not available for one Control participant. Age included as a covariate in all contrasts. All clusters reported using the threshold free cluster enhancement method (tfce) and corrected for Family Wise Error (FWE) at p < 0.05. For brevity, only clusters above 100 contiguous voxels are reported. All clusters reported t > 1.70. OFC, orbitofrontal cortex; PFC, prefrontal cortex; L, left; R, right; B, bilateral; MNI, Montreal Neurological Institute.