Figure 3.
Differences in ALFF between discogenic LBLP and healthy subject groups (two-tailed, voxel-level P<0.01; GRF correction, cluster-level P<0.05) are shown.
Notes: Warm colors indicate increases in ALFF, and cool colors indicate decreased ALFF in patients
Abbreviations: aINS, anterior insula; ALFF, amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation; BG, basal ganglia; CPL, cerebellar posterior lobe; fO, frontal operculum; Fus, fusiform; GRF, Gaussian random field theory; IPL, inferior parietal lobule; ITG, inferior temporal gyrus; LBLP, low-back and leg pain; LH, left hemisphere; MB, bilateral midbrain; MOG, middle occipital gyrus; mPFC, medial prefrontal cortex; MTG, middle temporal gyrus; OFC, orbitofrontal cortex; PoCG, postcentral gyrus; RH, right hemisphere; Thala, thalamus.