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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2019 Apr 16;64:235–241. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2019.04.006

Table 4.

Changes in cerebral glucose metabolism after 4–6 months of STN DBS in Parkinson's Disease: Voxel-wise Comparison of Pre-Operative.to On STN DBS.

Left Hemisphere Decreases in Metabolism Right Hemisphere


X (mm) Y (mm) Z (mm) Z-Score Structure X (mm) Y (mm) Z (mm) Z-Score
−3 2 1 3.19 Caudate (Head)
−9 −1 15 3.32 Caudate (Body) 12 −1 19 4.86
Thalamus (Ventral Anterior Nucleus) 16 −4 10 3.32
−12 −11 −2 4.19 Subthalamic Nucleus 16 −12 −6 3.06
−25 −20 −5 3.11 Lateral Globus Pallidus
Putamen 23 2 19 3.37
Left Hemisphere Increase in Metabolism Right Hemisphere


X (mm) Y (mm) Z (mm) Z-Score Structure X (mm) Y (mm) Z (mm) Z-Score
−42 −29 19 2.93 Insula (BA 13)
−59 −46 17 4.42 Superior Temporal Gyrus (BA 22/38) 33 15 −33 3.05
Parahippocampal Gyrus (BA 36) 32 −32 −14 3.20
−17 −80 34 3.79 Precuneus (BA 7/31) 13 −58 22 3.56
−55 −43 24 3.73 Inferior Parietal Lobule (BA 40)
−20 −81 −11 3.40 Fusiform Gyrus (BA 37) 28 −93 −11 3.56
−16 −59 −11 4.10 Cerebellum (Culmen) 32 −33 −20 2.89
−27 −65 −17 2.84 Cerebellum (Declive) 23 −71 −15 4.02

Within-subject comparisons are reported that are significant at a cluster-level p≤0.001 (FDR corrected) and peak voxel-value of p≤0.001 (uncorrected).