Table 2.

Significant differences in blood flow between patients during SHAM condition vs. preoperatively.

Direction of flow change	VOI analysis		SPM analysis
	Region	p	Region	MNI (x y z)	Voxel	Z value
Decrease	Thalamus	0.0143	Left caudate, left putamen, right thalamus, left anterior cingulate	−6 0 16	420	4.78
	Putamen	0.0247
	Pallidum	0.0308
	BA 29	0.0383	Left middle cingulate	−2 12 38	66	4.28
	BA 33	0.0382
Decrease	BA 44	0.0190	Left inferior frontal cortex	−58 22 4	55	4.20
	BA 45	0.0349
Decrease			Middle and superior frontal cortex	34 66 0	13	3.66
Increase	BA 17	0.0372	Calcarine, cuneus	−4 −76 20	25	3.72
Increase			Right SMA, middle cingulate	14 −8 50	29	4.30
			Superior, middle temporal cortex	74 −30 0	42	4.06