Table 2.
List of the brain regions that showed the strongest absolute changes in the spectral power between the N1 sleep and the awake stage (see Fig. 1, units are in pA*m/√Hz).
| N1 - Wake | Roi | Δ Asd | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA | V4t | −6.79 | 0.0003 |
| FST | −5.60 | 0.0003 | |
| MST | −5.31 | 0.0002 | |
| MT | −4.52 | 0.0001 | |
| PGp | −4.21 | 0.0002 | |
| V3CD | −4.12 | 0.0001 | |
| V3A | −3.94 | 0.0003 | |
| LO3 | −3.79 | 0.0004 | |
| V3B | −3.43 | <0.0001 | |
| IP0 | −3.37 | <0.0001 |
Brain regions are defined and labeled according to the brain parcellation by Glasser and colleagues38. Only the 10 areas with the strongest and significant changes in amplitude spectra are shown with their respective p-values.
Abbreviations used in Tables 2–4: 10pp: polar 10p, 13 l: area 13 l lateral to the orbital frontal cortex, 31pv: area 31p ventral in the posterior cingulate, 44: area 44 in the inferior frontal cortex, 46: area 46 in the dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex, 55b: area 55b in the premotor cortex, 6a: dorsal area 6 in the premotor cortex, 6r: rostral area 6, 6 v: ventral area 6 in the premotor cortex, 7am: medial area 7 A (in the superior parietal cortex), 8Ad: area 8Ad in the dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex, 8Av: area 8Av in the dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex, 8 C: area 8 C in the dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex, 9–46d: area 9–46d, a32pr: area anterior 32 prime in the paralimbic cortex, a47r anterior a47 area (in the inferior-frontal cortex), a9–46v: area a9–46dv, AVI: anterior insular, EC: ectorhinal cortex, FEF: frontal eye fields, FFC: fusiform face complex, FST: area FST in the MT + complex, H: hippocampus, i6–8: area i6–8 in the dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex, IFJa: anterior inferior-frontal junction, IFSp: posterior inferior-frontal sulcus, IP0: intra-parietal area 0, LO1: lateral-occipital area 1, LO2: lateral-occipital area 2, LO3: lateral-occipital area 3, MST: medial superior-temporal area, MT: middle temporal area, p10p: area posterior 10 P, PBelt: para-belt complex, PeEc: perirhinal ectorhinal cortex, PEF: premotor eye field, PGp: area PGp in the inferior parietal cortex, PH: area PH, PHT: area PHT, PHT: area PHT, PI: para-insular area, PIT: posterior inferio-temporal, ProS: pro-striate area, RSC: retro-splenial complex, STSdp: dorsal superior temporal sulcus (posterior), STSva: ventral anterior part of superior temporal sulcus, STSvp: ventral posterior part of superior temporal sulcus, TA2: area TA2 in the auditory association cortex, TE1a: anterior part of area TE1 in the middle temporal gyrus, TE1m: middle part of area TE1 in the middle temporal gyrus, TE1p: posterior part of area TE1 in the middle temporal gyrus, TE2a: anterior part of area TE2 in the Lateral temporal cortex, TE2p: posterior part of area TE2 in the Lateral temporal cortex, TGd: dorsal area TG in the temporal polar cortex, TGv: ventral area TG in the temporal polar cortex, TPOJ1: temporo-parieto occipital junction 1, V1: primary visual cortex, V2: second visual area, V3: third visual area, V3B: area V3B in the dorsal stream, V3CD: area V3CD in the MT + complex, between PGp and V4, V4: fourth visual area, V4t: area V4t in the MT + complex, V6A: anterior part of area V6 (between V6 and IPS1 in the parieto-occipital sulcus), V7: seventh visual area, V8: eighth visual area, VMV1: ventro-medial visual area 1, VMV3: ventro-medial visual area 3, VVC: ventral visual complex.