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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2016 Jun 9;87(10):1112–1122. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2015-312690

Table 3.

Peak loci of reduced grey matter density for patients with ePD who are amyloid negative (ePD−) and amyloid positive (ePD+) relative to demographically comparable healthy controls who are amyloid negative (Control−) and direct comparisons relative to each other

Contrast Cluster size p Value of cluster maxima (FWE) MNI coordinates
L/R/M Neuroanatomical region (Brodmann area)
X Y Z
ePD− <Control− 2135 0.003 52 6 32 R Precentral gyrus (6)
1686 0.001 26 −2 −50 R Perirhinal cortex/temporal pole (38)
1405 0.003 −18 −6 −24 L Amygdala
612 0.006 −6 −38 −52 M Brainstem
605 0.005 −46 −20 14 L Angular gyrus (40/41)
409 0.002 62 −56 −10 R Fusiform gyrus (37)
333 0.006 12 0 68 R Precentral gyrus (6)
292 0.005 24 14 −2 R Putamen
287 0.005 −58 −28 8 L Heschl’s gyrus (42)
202 0.011 −6 −20 8 L Thalamus
168 0.012 18 48 42 R Superior frontal gyrus (8)
134 0.007 −14 22 −16 L Putamen
103 0.004 −38 10 60 L Precentral gyrus (6)
75 0.028 −46 −52 −24 L Fusiform gyrus (36)
66 0.017 30 −54 −10 R Fusiform gyrus (37/19)
62 0.015 −4 −34 74 L Postcentral gyrus (4)
57 0.019 26 −90 6 R Cuneus (17)
ePD+ <Control− 10 851 0.001 −28 −10 −46 L Perirhinal cortex/temporal pole (38)
2103 0.001 48 46 −8 R Middle frontal gyrus (44/46)
1796 0.001 30 16 −46 R Perirhinal cortex/temporal pole (38)
805 0.001 68 −46 4 R Superior temporal gyrus (22)
657 0.002 −34 −74 20 L Angular gyrus (39/19)
331 0.001 −6 −18 2 L Thalamus
296 0.003 −4 −12 34 L Cingulate gyrus (24/23)
190 0.013 −24 22 62 L Precentral gyrus (6)
101 0.011 −56 −46 38 L Angular gyrus (40)
99 0.006 −18 8 −6 L Putamen
93 0.024 10 −22 14 R Thalamus
92 0.012 36 8 48 R Precentral gyrus (6)
85 0.025 54 −46 −20 R Fusiform gyrus (37)
79 0.023 50 −64 14 R Angular gyrus (39/19)
75 0.019 44 −32 22 R Intraparietal sulcus (40)
60 0.026 20 −54 4 R Lingual gyrus (19)
52 0.016 64 −12 26 R Postcentral gyrus (4)
50 0.021 −48 −26 62 L Postcentral gyrus (1/2)
50 0.011 −16 −76 38 L Cuneus (19)
ePD+ <ePD− 3518 0.001 4 30 −30 R Rectus gyrus (11)
547 0.016 −38 −12 −30 L Middle temporal gyrus (21)
331 0.003 20 58 16 R Anterior cingulate cortex (24)
325 0.007 46 −50 14 R Middle temporal gyrus (39)
317 0.004 −36 12 38 L Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (9)
285 0.003 −8 −60 16 L Posterior cingulate gyrus (23)
265 0.008 −46 −60 10 L Middle temporal gyrus (21)
212 0.01 −6 −20 6 L Thalamus
187 0.011 −26 −8 −36 L Parahippocampal gyrus (36/28)
139 0.012 −24 −10 52 L Precentral gyrus (4)
135 0.013 8 −24 10 R Thalamus
132 0.001 −14 −28 38 L Cingulate gyrus (31)
102 0.018 16 60 −4 R Superior frontal gyrus (10)
63 0.021 38 22 26 R Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (9)
61 0.014 6 38 42 R Superior frontal gyrus (8)
60 0.025 −56 −30 30 L Angular gyrus (40)
60 0.023 64 −24 −26 R Fusiform gyrus (20/36)
60 0.032 28 0 −46 R Perirhinal cortex/temporal pole (38)
ePD− <ePD+ 1120 0.001 14 −14 −14 R Substantia nigra
620 0.001 −6 −42 −68 M Brainstem
433 0.002 −8 −14 −6 L Substantia nigra
65 0.015 −4 −58 64 L Precuneus (7)

All loci are reported in the MNI stereotactic space using FWE correction (p<0.05) and TFCE.

ePD, early Parkinson’s disease; FWE, family-wise error; L, left; M, medial; MNI, Montreal Neurological Institute; R, right; TFCE, threshold-free cluster enhancement.