Table 3. Brain areas alteration and its potential impact.
Brain areas | Experimental result | Function |
Inferior temporal gyrus | HCs>MCIs | Related to cognitive learning and object memory, emotional processing |
Fusiform gyrus | HCs<MCIs | Face recognition, Secondary classification and recognition of objects |
Supplementary motor area |
HCs<MCIs | Language expression, movement; transforming emotional experiences into movement |
Abbreviations: HC, healthy control; MCI, mild cognitive impairment.