TABLE 3.
Brain Regions with Significant Metabolic Changes Before and After hRPE Cell Implantation in Parkinsonian Macaques
| Metabolic increase* (MPTP > normal) |
Metabolic decrease† (implant < MPTP) |
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| Brain region | X | Y | Z | Zmax | Size (mm3) | X | Y | Z | Zmax | Size (mm3) |
| Medial frontal/cingulate | 8 | 6 | 28 | 3.3 | 376 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 2.9 | 208 |
| Insula/SMC/putamen | 30 | 16 | 18 | 4.9 | 1304 | 26 | 8 | 18 | 3.0 | 744 |
| Frontal/SMA | 28 | 24 | 18 | 4.5 | 26 | 26 | 16 | 3.4 | 160 | |
| Thalamus | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2.9 | 1872 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 2.8 | 320 |
| Pons | 4 | 0 | −14 | 3.9 | 4 | 0 | −14 | 3.3 | 184 | |
Unpaired t test: P < 0.005 uncorrected and survived at false-discovery rate–corrected P < 0.05.
Paired t test: P < 0.005 uncorrected and did not survive at false-discovery rate–corrected P < 0.05.
SMC = sensorimotor cortex; SMA = supplementary motor area.