Table 3.
Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) coordinates, cluster size and t-score for regions with reduced whole scan and pain-related connectivity changes
| Brain region | MNI coordinate | Cluster size | t-score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x | y | z | |||
| Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex whole scan cortical/subcortical connectivity | |||||
| putamen | |||||
| −26 | 2 | −14 | 50 | 5.63 | |
| posterior parietal cortex | −34 | −14 | −6 | 92 | 4.64 |
| 36 | −4 | −2 | 71 | 4.80 | |
| hippocampus | 36 | −78 | −12 | 340 | 5.57 |
| hypothalamus | −62 | −54 | −4 | 37 | 4.59 |
| orbitofrontal cortex | 30 | −18 | −12 | 45 | 4.83 |
| 6 | −4 | −8 | 27 | 4.80 | |
| ventral midbrain | −40 | 26 | −4 | 63 | 4.74 |
| primary motor cortex | −36 | 36 | −16 | 32 | 4.55 |
| dorsolateral prefrontal cortex | −6 | −24 | −10 | 34 | 4.35 |
| 48 | −6 | 32 | 21 | 4.22 | |
| −36 | 14 | 28 | 22 | 4.05 | |
| Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex whole scan brainstem connectivity | |||||
| rostral ventromedial medulla | −1 | −40 | −51 | 12 | 3.54 |
| Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex pain-related changes in brainstem connectivity | |||||
| subnucleus reticularis dorsalis/ spinal trigeminal nucleus/rostral ventromedial medulla | −3 | −44 | −54 | 141 | 5.86 |
| spinal trigeminal nucleus | 9 | −42 | −48 | 35 | 4.24 |
| dorsomedial pons | 13 | −36 | −38 | 101 | 5.34 |
| dorsolateral pons | 12 | −31 | − 31 | 66 | 4.30 |
| Lateral hypothalamus pain-related changes in brainstem connectivity | |||||
| midbrain periaqueductal gray matter | −1 | −35 | −7 | 45 | 3.58 |
| dorsolateral pons | 7 | −38 | − 32 | 45 | 4.41 |
| −9 | −40 | −30 | 87 | 3.91 | |
| rostral ventromedial medulla | −3 | −28 | −41 | 10 | 4.00 |