Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Imaging Behav. 2019 Apr;13(2):482–492. doi: 10.1007/s11682-018-9875-3

Table 2.

Regions with significantly different connectivity between the DLPFC and other brain regions in fibromyalgia patients (FM) and healthy controls before and after treatment.

Conditions Brain Regions mm3 Cluster centroid (MNI)
x y z Z
FM (pre) > HC Bilateral rACC/MPFC 540 18 48 6 3.91
HC > FM (pre) NA
FM (post) > FM (pre) Bilateral rACC/MPFC 312 −10 58 −4 3.89
Bilateral middle frontal gyrus/superior frontal gyrus 1380 −16 28 38 5.61
Left middle frontal gyrus 768 −36 26 28 4.68
Left middle frontal/medial frontal gyrus 255 −20 42 18 4.59
Right operculum 246 46 24 −2 4.22
Left angular/supramarginal gyrus 235 −54 −58 22 4.27
Right precentral gyrus 211 46 −8 40 4.71
Left temporal lobe 202 −50 12 −30 3.96
Bilateral middle occipital gyrus 1561 34 −72 22 5.57
Bilateral precuneus 804 28 −72 −4 5.18
Right cerebellum 378 40 −48 −40 4.92
Left cerebellum 308 −22 −60 −54 4.73
Left cerebellum/fusiform gyrus 209 −44 −46 −28 4.63
FM (pre) > FM (post) Brainstem 253 8 −24 −56 4.52
FM(post) > HC Bilateral rACC/MPFC 2650 18 42 26 4.76
Left temporal pole 251 −52 16 −14 3.96
Right temporal pole 190 42 24 −22 4.05
HC>FM(post) Left superior parietal lobule/postcenral gyrus 449 −42 −44 56 4.22

Note: FM(pre)=Fibromyalgia pre-Tai Chi intervention, FM(post)=Fibromyalgia post-Tai Chi intervention, HC=Healthy control, DLPFC=dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, rACC=rostral anterior cingulate cortex, MPFC= medial prefrontal cortex.