Table II.
Regional cerebral blood flow responses in deaf subjects generating verbs to match a series of signed nouns
| Region | Brod. no. | Left hemisphere | Right hemisphere | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z‐Score | x | y | z | Z‐Score | x | y | z | ||
| Cortical | |||||||||
| Frontal operculum | |||||||||
| Dorsal operculum | 44/45 | 5.04 | −50 | 20 | 20 | — | — | — | — |
| Ventral operculum | 47 | 4.24 | −44 | 26 | −8 | — | — | — | — |
| Insular | |||||||||
| Anterior Insula | — | 5.12 | −38 | 14 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Prefrontal | |||||||||
| Superior DLPFC | 9 | 5.70 | −36 | 6 | 36 | — | — | — | — |
| Inferior DLPFC | 46 | 4.07 | −38 | 52 | 16 | — | — | — | — |
| Medial PFC | 9 | 3.54 | −2 | 60 | 28 | — | — | — | — |
| Parietal | |||||||||
| Angular gyrus | 39 | 3.18 | −32 | −58 | 36 | — | — | — | — |
| Temporal | |||||||||
| Posterior STG/STS | 22 | 3.23 | −30 | −52 | 20 | — | — | — | — |
| Middle temporal gyrus | 21 | 3.23 | −52 | −42 | −4 | — | — | — | — |
| Fusiform gyrus | 37 | 3.01 | −38 | −42 | −16 | — | — | — | — |
| Occipital | |||||||||
| Lingular gyrus | 19 | 3.18 | −12 | −66 | −4 | — | — | — | — |
| Lateral occipital cortex | 19/18 | 3.54 | −24 | −94 | 16 | — | — | — | — |
| Frontal motor | |||||||||
| Pre‐SMA | 6 | 4.02 | −4 | 10 | 48 | 3.45 | 2 | 12 | 48 |
| Lateral premotor cortex | 6 | 5.08 | −46 | 4 | 44 | — | — | — | — |
| Cingulate | |||||||||
| Ventral ACC | 24/32 | 4.29 | −12 | 22 | 24 | 3.40 | 2 | 24 | 24 |
| Anterior dorsal ACC | 32 | 4.64 | −8 | 12 | 40 | 4.11 | 2 | 14 | 40 |
| Subcortical | |||||||||
| Cerebellum | |||||||||
| Cerebellar hemisphere | — | — | — | — | — | 5.65 | 22 | −82 | −24 |
| Midline cerebellum | — | 3.89 | −2 | −42 | −20 | 3.89 | 4 | −48 | −20 |
| Basal ganglia | |||||||||
| Caudate | — | 3.89 | −18 | 16 | 16 | — | — | — | — |
| Thalamus | |||||||||
| Dorsomedial thalamus | — | 3.49 | −8 | −20 | 4 | 3.18 | 8 | −10 | 4 |
| Brainstem | |||||||||
| Midbrain periacqueductal grey | — | 3.18 | −2 | −28 | −16 | 3.54 | 6 | −30 | −12 |
Regions in which normalized rCBF is greater during verb generation than noun repetition are tabulated along with Z‐scores (representing local maxima) and associated Talairach coordinates.