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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pain. 2017 Jun;158(6):1069–1082. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000886

Table 3.

Significant connections associated with 3-month pain symptom change trends

Abbreviation Description Freesurfer Code
Continous, positively correlated with better symptom change trend
 L_IntPS/TrPS L Intraparietal sulcus (interparietal sulcus) and transverse parietal sulci ctx_lh_S_intrapariet_and_P_trans
 R_SupFG R Superior frontal gyrus ctx_rh_G_front_sup
 L_SupF G L Superior frontal gyrus ctx_lh_S_intrapariet_and_P_trans
 R_ACgG/S R Anterior part of the cingulate gyrus and sulcus (ACC) ctx_rh_G_and_S_cingul-Ant
 L_ACgG/S L Anterior part of the cingulate gyrus and sulcus (ACC) ctx_lh_S_intrapariet_and_P_trans
 L_PosDCgG L Posterior-dorsal part of the cingulate gyrus (dPCC) ctx_lh_G_cingul-Post-dorsal
 L_PaHipG L Parahippocampal gyrus, parahippocampal part of the medial occipito-temporal gyrus ctx_lh_G_precentral
 R_PRCG R Precentral gyrus ctx_rh_G_precentral
 L_PRCG L Precentral gyrus ctx_lh_G_precentral
 L_PaHipG L Parahippocampal gyrus, parahippocampal part of the medial occipito-temporal gyrus ctx_lh_G_precentral
 R_PaHipG R Parahippocampal gyrus, parahippocampal part of the medial occipito-temporal gyrus ctx_rh_G_oc-temp_med-Parahip
 L_Pu L Putamen Left-Putamen
 L_MTG L Middle temporal gyrus ctx_lh_G_temporal_middle
 R_CeB R Cerebellum Right-Cerebellum-Cortex
 R_SbOrS R Suborbital sulcus (sulcus rostrales, supraorbital sulcus) ctx_rh_S_suborbital
 R_Hip R Hippocampus Right-Hippocampus
 L_PosCS L Postcentral sulcus ctx_lh_S_postcentral
Continous, negatively correlated with better symptom change trend
 L_Nacc L Nucleus Accumbens Left-Accumbens-area
 L_InfFS L Inferior frontal sulcus ctx_lh_S_front_inf
 L_MOcG L Middle occipital gyrus ctx_lh_G_occipital_middle
 R_MPosCgG/S R Middle-posterior part of the cingulate gyrus and sulcus (pMCC) ctx_rh_G_and_S_cingul-Mid-Post
 L_LOcTS L Lateral occipito-temporal sulcus ctx_lh_S_oc-temp_lat
 R_SupPL R Superior parietal lobule ctx_rh_G_parietal_sup
Classification, higher in improvers
 L_InfFS L Inferior frontal sulcus ctx_lh_S_front_inf
 L_POcS L Parieto-occipital sulcus (or fissure) ctx_lh_S_parieto_occipital
 L_PaHipG L Parahippocampal gyrus, parahippocampal part of the medial occipito-temporal gyrus ctx_lh_G_oc-temp_med-Parahip
 R_PRCG R Precentral gyrus ctx_rh_G_precentral
Classification, lower in improvers
 R_ACirInS R Anterior segment of the circular sulcus of the insula ctx_rh_S_circular_insula_ant
 L_OcPo L Occipital pole ctx_lh_Pole_occipital
 L_SupTS L Superior temporal sulcus (parallel sulcus) ctx_lh_S_temporal_sup
 R_CcS R Calcarine sulcus ctx_rh_S_calcarine