Somatotopic locations of the highest probability point of the STP at the VPL nucleus of the thalamus^a

Level	Mediolateral Direction (mm)			Anteroposterior Direction (mm)
	Hand	Leg	P Value	Hand	Leg	P Value
Bicommissural
Right	17.07	16.69		7.34	8.40
	(±2.63)	(±3.02)		(±1.96)	(±1.80)
Left	16.65	16.06		7.72	9.03
	(±2.21)	(±2.42)		(±2.29)	(±1.92)
Total	16.86	16.37	.231	7.53	8.71	.000
	(±2.42)	(±2.74)		(±2.13)	(±1.87)
Above-bicommissural
Right	19.24	18.90		7.17	8.31
	(±2.48)	(±2.90)		(±1.96)	(±1.68)
Left	19.11	18.80		7.72	8.73
	(±2.12)	(±2.42)		(±2.26)	(±1.97)
Total	19.18	18.85	.400	7.45	8.52	.001
	(±2.29)	(±2.66)		(±2.12)	(±1.92)

^aValues are means. Each location of the point was calculated as a pixel unit and converted to millimeters. Voxel size is 1.73 × 1.73 × 2.3 mm.