TABLE 3.
Differences of fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (fALFF) 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 Cerebelum_6 | 37 | 1755 | −30 | −60 | −27 | −4.4 | |
| right inferior frontal gyrus, orbital part | 47 | 2133 | 51 | 36 | −6 | −4.9 | |
| right superior frontal gyrus, medial | 8 | 2457 | 3 | 36 | 42 | −5.0 | |
| left supplementary motor area | 32 | 2457 | −3 | 15 | 45 | −5.7 | |
| PD-A > HCs | |||||||
| left middle occipital gyrus | 18 | 3483 | −33 | −84 | 12 | 4.7 | |
| PD-A vs. PD-NA | PD-A < PD-NA | ||||||
| right middle frontal gyrus | 46 | 1296 | 45 | 48 | 3 | −4.8 | |
| PD-NA vs. HCs | NA | ||||||
| 2. Slow-4 band | |||||||
| PD-A < HCs | |||||||
| right middle frontal gyrus | 46 | 1512 | 45 | 54 | 6 | −4.1 | |
| PD-A > HCs | |||||||
| left cuneus | 18 | 1458 | 0 | −81 | 30 | 4.2 | |
| PD-A vs. PD-NA | NA | ||||||
| PD-NA vs. HCs | NA | ||||||
| 3. Slow-5 band | |||||||
| PD-A vs. HCs | PD-A < HCs | ||||||
| right insula | 2754 | 51 | 12 | −6 | −4.7 | ||
| left insula | 48 | 2349 | −45 | 12 | −3 | −5.1 | |
| left anterior cingulate gyri | 10 | 1647 | 0 | 42 | −3 | −3.4 | |
| left superior frontal gyrus, medial | 32 | 2106 | 0 | 45 | 30 | −4.1 | |
| left supplementary motor area | 32 | 2052 | −3 | 12 | 48 | −5.0 | |
| PD-A > HCs | |||||||
| left superior temporal gyrus | 22 | 1701 | −60 | −45 | 15 | 4.5 | |
| left middle occipital gyrus | 19 | 3618 | −33 | −81 | 27 | 5.7 | |
| PD-A vs. PD-NA | NA | ||||||
| PD-NA vs. HCs | PD-NA < HCs | ||||||
| right Cerebelum_9 | 1350 | 3 | −51 | −45 | −4.9 | ||
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.