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. 2016 Oct;57(10):1591–1598. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.115.161513

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)
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.