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. 2019 Apr 16;32(2):e100005. doi: 10.1136/gpsych-2018-100005

Table 2.

Areas of cortical thickness significantly reduced in patients with Alzheimer’s disease compared with normal controls

Left hemisphere Right hemisphere
Brain region Peak vertex talairach t P values Brain region Peak vertex talairach t P values
x y z x y z
Lateral occipital cortex −28.7 −84.1 1.6 3.109 0.003 Fusiform gyrus 28.58 −56.0 −15.0 3.345 0.001
Lingual gyrus −24.7 −62.7 0.9 3.031 0.004 Precentral gyrus 13.4 −31.0 59.0 3.466 0.001
Superior parietal cortex −20.5 −65.6 34.6 2.941 0.005 Entorhinal cortex 23.9 −7.1 −33.1 3.321 0.002
Precentral gyrus −27.6 −23.2 56.4 2.85 0.006 Supramarginal gyrus 38.9 −33.9 21.9 3.013 0.004
Inferior parietal cortex −40.2 −75.8 22.7 2.829 0.006 Pericalcarine cortex 14.3 −87.8 5.0 2.947 0.005
Isthmus cingulate cortex −8.7 −41.8 32.0 2.721 0.009 Postcentral gyrus 14.8 −33.3 61.6 2.731 0.008
Postcentral gyrus −41.3 −27.0 58.5 2.642 0.011 Cuneus cortex 5.3 −85.4 18.0 2.687 0.009
Cuneus cortex −13.7 −75.7 18.2 2.632 0.011 Superior temporal gyrus 57.5 2.8 −9.4 2.675 0.010
Pericalcarine cortex −12.7 −75.0 12.7 2.573 0.013 Inferior parietal cortex 49.8 −59.1 19.6 2.629 0.011
Insula cortex −31.1 −25.8 10.6 2.53 0.014 Medial orbital frontal cortex 8.4 27.6 −21.9 2.561 0.013
Precuneus cortex −12.4 −55.4 31.1 2.408 0.019 Middle temporal gyrus 56.3 −2.4 −26.0 2.579 0.013
Supramarginal gyrus −43.4 −45.5 38.9 2.374 0.021 parahippocampal gyrus 27.6 −38.0 −11.9 2.486 0.016
Paracentral lobule −15.6 −19.9 42.5 2.374 0.021 precuneus cortex 11.4 −56.5 18.0 2.435 0.018
Pars triangularis −31.6 27.8 7.9 2.317 0.024 lingual gyrus 22.5 −58.4 −6.7 2.442 0.018
Posterior-cingulate cortex −5.5 −31.6 39.7 2.314 0.024 Lateral occipital cortex 40.4 −81.0 3.3 2.439 0.018
Transverse temporal cortex −40.0 −25.3 7.3 2.308 0.025 Caudal middle frontal gyrus 35.8 5.8 36.7 2.372 0.021
Fusiform gyrus −37.3 −69 −16.4 2.293 0.026 Superior parietal cortex 19.5 −80.4 40.1 2.236 0.029
Rostral anterior cingulate cortex −3.4 24.2 −2.8 2.234 0.029 Superior frontal gyrus 22.5 9.9 47.3 2.129 0.038
Caudal anterior-cingulate cortex −4.4 20.3 19.8 2.165 0.035 Insula cortex 33.3 −21.5 11.4 2.099 0.040
Superior temporal gyrus −51.7 −37.2 10.3 2.134 0.037 Paracentral lobule 15.5 −21.4 43.6 2.034 0.047
Superior frontal gyrus −12.4 −8.1 45.9 2.13 0.038
Caudal middle frontal gyrus −36.6 1.1 33.5 2.09 0.041