Table 1.
Areas and coordinates for the maxima of regional glucose hypometabolism and negative correlation between glucose metabolism and disease severity in patients with essential blepharospasm.
| Area | x | y | z | Z score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Eye open controls minus essential blepharospasm | ||||
| Extrastriate cortex (L) | −24 | −88 | −8 | 6.39 |
| Extrastriate cortex (R) | 28 | −86 | −10 | 6.32 |
| B. Essential blepharospasm minus eye open controls | ||||
| Thalamus (R) | 8 | −28 | 6 | 6.03 |
| Thalamus (L) | −6 | −28 | 8 | 5.56 |
| C. Eye close controls minus essential blepharospasm | ||||
| None | ||||
| D. Essential blepharospasm minus eye close controls | ||||
| Thalamus (R) | 6 | −24 | 6 | 5.41 |
| Thalamus (L) | −6 | −24 | 6 | 5.04 |
| E. Eye open controls minus Eye close controls | ||||
| Extrastriate cortex (R) | 22 | −92 | 2 | 5.14 |
| Extrastriate cortex (L) | −20 | −94 | −2 | 4.96 |
| F. Eye close controls minus Eye open controls | ||||
| None | ||||
| G. Negative correlation between glucose metabolism and disease severity | ||||
| Striate cortex (L) | −14 | −86 | 0 | 4.07 |
| Striate cortex (R) | 12 | −88 | −10 | 3.79 |