Table 5.
Average subcortical volume and fiber integrity of the limbic network across typically developing (TD) group, right and left focal lesion (RFL, LFL) children, and two FL participants with outlying emotion-discrimination data of at least two standard deviations.
| RFL Participant (RFL-O) |
LFL Participant (LFL-O) |
Remaining RFL Children |
Remaining LFL Children |
TD Participants | Significant Comparison | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emotion Discrimination (% correct) | ||||||
| Visual | 77.08 | 87.50 | 92.08 | 91.67 | 94.38 | RFL-O < RFL, TD |
| Auditory | 79.17 | 60.42 | 87.50 | 86.45 | 91.29 | LFL-O < LFL, TD |
| Subcortical Volume (mm2) | ||||||
| Amygdala (r/l) | 1201/ 1566 | 1561/ 1246 | 1575.83/ 1573.17 | 1721.40/ 1396.40 | 1589.85/ 1497.46 | Right: RFL-O < RFL |
| Hippocampus (r/l) | 2803/ 3368 | 4257/ 2774 | 4011.33/ 4191.00 | 3604.80/ 3015.20 | 4104.69/ 4006.31 | Right: RFL-O < RFL, TD, Left: RFL-O < RFL LFL-O < TD |
| Thalamus (r/l) | 3502/ 5501 | 7036/ 3757 | 5495.33/ 7407.50 | 7147.00/ 6104.80 | 7153.31/ 6944.77 | Right: RFL-O < TD Left: RFL-O < RFL LFL-O < LFL, TD |
| Fractional Anisotropy | ||||||
| Fornix (r/l) | 0.229/ 0.274 | 0.294/ 0.152 | 0.276/ 0.309 | 0.299/ 0.269 | 0.311/ 0.311 | Right: RFL-O < TD Left: RFL-O < RFL, TD LFL-O < LFL, TD |
| Anterior Thalamic Radiation (r/l) | 0.223/ 0.286 | 0.376/ 0.274 | 0.337/ 0.345 | 0.359/ 0.367 | 0.362/ 0.369 | Right: RFL-O< RFL, TD Left: RFL-O < RFL, TD LFL-O < LFL, TD |
| Mean Diffusivity | ||||||
| Fornix (r/l) | 1.574/ 1.256 | 0.986/ 1.587 | 1.187/ 1.008 | 1.083/ 1.205 | 1.030/ 1.037 | Right: RFL-O > RFL, TD Left: RFL-O > RFL, TD LFL-O >TD |
| Anterior Thalamic Radiation (r/l) | 1.259/ 0.953 | 0.779/ 0.949 | 0.841/ 0.813 | 0.812/ 0.806 | 0.816/ 0.809 | Right: RFL-O > RFL, TD Left: RFL-O > RFL, TD LFL-O > LFL, TD |
Note. Comparisons whereby measures across groups are at least two standard deviations are listed in the “Significant Comparison” column.