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. 2018 Aug 19;20:556–563. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.08.026

Table 2.

Results of whole brain and region of interest (ROI) analysis using voxel based morphometry (VBM), voxel based cortical thickness (VBCT), and voxel based quantification (VBQ) methods; LT: Light touch score, LEMS: Lower extremity score.

Brain area Z-score P-value (FWE corrected) Cluster extent X (mm) Y (mm) Z (mm)
Whole brain analysis
VBM (GM) Left anterior insula 5.01 =0.009 743 −35 30 5
Bilateral thalamus 4.70 =0.007 780 0 −11 6
Bilateral anterior cingulate gyrus 4.50 =0.001 1203 −2 35 −15
Bilateral lingual gyrus extending to cerebellum 5.83 =0.0001 982 2 −62 8
VBCT Bilateral M1 4.79 =0.039 412 53 11 18
Bilateral S1 4.84 =0.001 858 −54 −23 50
Right lingual gyrus extending to Cerebellum 4.06 =0.01 572 14 −80 −15



Region of interest (ROI) analysis in brain
VBM (GM) Right cerebellum 4.68 =0.0001 1088 24 −74 −18
M1 representing left leg area 3.96 =0.013 400 −53 −11 32
Right S1 4.07 =0.032 434 44 −17 42
VBCT Bilateral cerebellum 4.01 =0.032 259 12 −77 −15
Right M1 representing right leg 3.51 =0.03 21 5 −33 63
Left S1 4.85 =0.001 861 −54 −23 50
VBQ (MT, R2*) Right Cerebellum (MT) 5.58 =0.009 98 24 −80 −24
Cerebellar vermal lobules VI-VII (MT) 4.11 =0.033 71 3 −74 −20
Right cerebellum (R2*) 5.02 =0.002 160 24 −87 −26



Baseline predictors of outcome in brain
GM volume & LT score at 12 M Left cerebellum 4.02 =0.03 326 −14 −93 −30
R2* & LEMS scores at 6 M Right cerebellum 6.23 =0.002 158 14 −69 −57
R2* & LEMS scores at 12 M Right cerebellum 5.30 =0.009 117 14 −71 −57