TABLE 2.
Differences in brain function and structure in patients with ETv and DTv compared with healthy control subjects
Anatomical Reference | Cluster Size (mm3) | Cluster Peak t Value | Cluster Peak x, y, z | |
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Common Abnormalities | ||||
Functional activity during speech production | ||||
Patients > controls | ||||
L. primary somatosensory cortex | ETv | 86 | 3.1 | −19, −36, 55 |
DTv | 556 | 3.8 | −12, −39, 55 | |
Patients < controls | ||||
L. inferior parietal lobule | ETv | 599 | −3.48 | −47, −53, 27 |
DTv | 471 | −3.3 | −47, −50, 20 | |
Cortical thickness | ||||
Patients > controls | ||||
L. superior parietal lobule extending to primary somatosensory and primary motor cortex | ETv | 1373 | 5.9 | −16, −47, 66 |
DTv | 1535 | 4.7 | −13, −49, 65 | |
R. superior parietal lobule extending to primary somatosensory cortex | ETv | 1094 | 5.2 | 22, −42, 69 |
DTv | 1011 | 4.6 | 17, −44, 68 | |
L. inferior temporal gyrus | ETv | 595 | 4.5 | −29, −13, −63 |
DTv | 16 | 3 | −30, −16, −61 | |
Gray matter volume | ||||
Patients > control | ||||
R. inferior temporal gyrus | ETv | 801 | 4.5 | 58, −24, −27 |
DTv | 2291 | 6.3 | 58, −26, −26 | |
Distinct Abnormalities | ||||
Functional activity during speech production | ||||
ETv > DTv patients | ||||
R. cerebellum (lobule VIII) | 343 | −4.8 | 37, −43, −43 | |
DTv > ETv patients | ||||
R. insula | 343 | 3.3 | 37, −12, 17 | |
R. superior temporal gyrus | 300 | 3.1 | 61, −29, −13 | |
Cortical thickness | ||||
ETv > DTv patients | ||||
R. inferior temporal gyrus | 596 | 4.7 | 46, −28, −25 | |
DTv > ETv patients | ||||
L. primary motor cortex | 156 | 3.9 | −41, −12, 42 | |
ET voice + hand > ET voice | ||||
L. inferior parietal lobule | 193 | −5.6 | −57, −26, 24 | |
L. superior parietal lobule | 207 | −4.2 | −11, −41, 41 | |
R. superior temporal gyrus | 170 | −4.9 | 59, −7, −3 | |
Gray matter volume | ||||
DTv > ETv patients | ||||
L. premotor cortex extending to bilateral supplementary motor area | 3460 | 4.1 | −24, −14, 64 |
Abbreviations: L., left; ETv, essential voice tremor; DTv, dystonic tremor of voice; R., right; ET, essential tremor.