Table 2.
Comparison of the connectivity in the caudate and ventral striatum seeds between two groups.
| Seeds | Contrast | Brain regions | Cluster size | Peak z value | MNI coordinates (mm) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x | y | z | |||||
| DC_C | HC > BP | C temporal lobe | 267 | 3.92 | − 68 | − 22 | 10 |
| DC_I | HC > BP | C cerebelum | 353 | 4.1 | − 28 | − 30 | − 38 |
| I cerebelum | 330 | 3.95 | 38 | − 56 | − 30 | ||
| DC_I | BP > HC | I mPFC | 345 | 4.33 | 8 | 60 | 44 |
| I frontal obital lobe | 265 | 4.29 | 16 | 32 | − 14 | ||
| I temporal pole | 548 | 3.7 | 44 | 4 | − 38 | ||
| Vsi_C | BP > HC | C thalamus | 325 | 3.87 | − 18 | − 16 | 12 |
| C insula | 3.77 | − 38 | − 12 | 8 | |||
| C putamen | 3.56 | − 32 | − 6 | 10 | |||
| VSs_C | BP > HC | B paracentral lobe | 452 | 3.98 | − 6 | − 34 | 58 |
| B SMA | 3.83 | 0 | − 30 | 54 | |||
| VSs_I | BP > HC | B mid-cingulate | 518 | 3.46 | 14 | − 12 | 34 |
| DC_C | BP > HC | No region above the threshold | |||||
| Vsi_I | BP > HC | No region above the threshold | |||||
| Vsi_I | HC > BP | No region above the threshold | |||||
| Vsi_C | HC > BP | No region above the threshold | |||||
| VSs_C | HC > BP | No region above the threshold | |||||
| VSs_I | HC > BP | No region above the threshold | |||||
Abbreviation: B, bilateral; BP, Bell's palsy; C, contralateral; DC, dorsal caudate; HC, healthy control; I, ipsilateral; mPFC, medial prefrontal cortex; VSi, inferior ventral striatum; VSs, superior ventral striatum.