TABLE 2.
Differences of amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) values in three frequency bands among the groups.
| Contrast | Brain regions | BA | Volume (mm3) | MNI coordinates |
t-value | ||
| X | Y | Z | |||||
| 1. Conventional frequency band | |||||||
| PD-A vs. HCs | PD-A < HCs | ||||||
| left insula | 48 | 2619 | −39 | 15 | −3 | −4.1 | |
| right anterior cingulate gyri | 32 | 7155 | 6 | 45 | 24 | −5.1 | |
| PD-A vs. PD-NA | NA | ||||||
| PD-NA vs. HCs | PD-NA < HCs | ||||||
| left inferior temporal gyrus | 20 | 4158 | −42 | −30 | −24 | −4.9 | |
| 2. Slow-4 band | |||||||
| PD-A vs. HCs | PD-A < HCs | ||||||
| right anterior cingulate gyri | 32 | 3726 | 6 | 45 | 24 | −4.7 | |
| left superior frontal gyrus | 10 | 2079 | −21 | 57 | 12 | −4.7 | |
| PD-A vs. PD-NA | NA | ||||||
| PD-NA vs. HCs | PD-NA < HCs | ||||||
| left inferior temporal gyrus | 20 | 4428 | −42 | −30 | −24 | −5.3 | |
| 3. Slow-5 band | |||||||
| PD-A vs. HCs | PD-A > HCs | ||||||
| right middle temporal gyrus | 22 | 3132 | 57 | −33 | 6 | 4.8 | |
| left middle occipital gyrus | 19 | 2835 | −36 | −81 | 15 | 4.2 | |
| PD-A < HCs | |||||||
| left anterior cingulate gyri | 32 | 5022 | −9 | 39 | 12 | −4.4 | |
| PD-A vs. PD-NA | PD-A < PD-NA | ||||||
| right anterior cingulate gyri | 32 | 1701 | 3 | 45 | 27 | −4.0 | |
| PD-NA vs. HCs | NA | ||||||
BA, Brodmann’s area; MNI, Montreal Neurological Institute; PD-A, Parkinson’s disease with apathy; PD-NA, Parkinson’s disease without apathy; HCs, healthy controls; NA, Not applicable; - no significant clusters detected.