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.