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. 2018 Jul 4;39(11):4519–4532. doi: 10.1002/hbm.24303

Table 3.

Network connectivity in MCS minus patients, MCS plus patients and HCS

Left FPN Right FPN AN DMN
MCS minus

(Figure 1a, upper row)

Bilateral lateral frontal cortex

Precuneus

Left supramarginal gyrus

Left angular gyrus

Presupplementary motor area

(Figure 2, upper row)

Right lateral frontal cortex

Precuneus

Right supramarginal gyrus

Right angular gyrus

Supplementary motor area

(Figure 3, upper row)

Insulae

Sensorimotor cortex

(Figure 4, upper row)

Anterior cingulate/mesio‐prefrontal cortex

Posterior cingulate cortex/precuneus

Temporo‐parietal junctions

Superior frontal gyrus

Angular gyrus

MCS plus

(Figure 1a, middle row)

Left lateral frontal cortex

Left inferior temporal cortex

Left superior temporal gyrus

Supramarginal gyrus

Angular gyrus

Precuneus

Mesial frontal cortex

Supplementary motor area

(Figure 2, middle row)

Right lateral frontal cortex

Precuneus

Right supramarginal gyrus

Right angular gyrus

Supplementary motor area

(Figure 3, middle row)

Insulae

Sensorimotor cortex

(Figure 4, middle row)

Anterior cingulate/mesio‐prefrontal cortex

Posterior cingulate cortex/precuneus

Temporo‐parietal junctions

Superior frontal gyrus

Angular gyrus

HCS

(Figure 1a, bottom row)

Lateral frontal cortex

Bilateral lateral inferior temporal cortex

Precuneus

Supramarginal gyrus

Angular gyrus

Insula

Supplementary motor area

(Figure 2, bottom row)

Lateral frontal cortex

Lateral temporal cortex

Mesial frontal cortex

Precuneus

Supramarginal gyrus

Angular gyrus

(Figure 3, bottom row)

Insulae

Superior temporal gyri

Sensorimotor cortex

Supplementary motor cortex

Supramarginal gyri

(Figure 4, bottom row)

Anterior cingulate/mesio‐prefrontal cortex

Posterior cingulate cortex/precuneus

Temporo‐parietal junctions

Angular gyri

Mesial temporal cortex

Superior lateral temporal cortex

Abbreviations: AN = auditory network; DMN = default mode network; FPN = fronto‐parietal network; HCS = healthy control subjects; MCS = minimally conscious state.