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. 2022 Oct 14;228(2):433–447. doi: 10.1007/s00429-022-02582-y

Table 3.

Local maxima of early (1–3 s) vs. late (4–14 s) thalamic responses to stimulation: cluster sizes, MNI coordinates and cluster level tests using threshold-free cluster enhancement (TFCE)

Stimulation, change
Side
Cluster size (n voxels) x y z TFCE pFWEa TNA OTCA
Light touch, early > late
 Left 239 10 − 20 8 361.942 0.001 Right CL PFC
8 − 2 6 264.139 0.003 Right A PFC
82 − 8 − 6 6 209.347 0.007 Left A PFC
− 8 − 16 10 186.919 0.011 Left MD PFC
8 16 − 20 2 156.542 0.021 Right VLV PreMC
 Right n.s.
Light touch, late > early
 Left n.s.
 Right n.s.
Galvanic, early > late
 Left 830 14 − 14 8 856.675 0.001 Right VA PFC
6 − 2 6 719.046 0.001 Right A TC
14 − 10 16 715.389 0.001 Right VA PFC
6 − 8 10 686.752 0.001 Right A TC
− 6 − 12 14 658.412 0.002 Left VA TC
− 6 − 18 8 624.655 0.002 Left MD PFC
 Right 106 14 − 16 0 392.678 0.010 Right VLV PreMC
12 − 8 8 336.370 0.018 Right VA PFC
14 − 14 12 336.090 0.018 Right VA PFC
14 − 6 14 335.359 0.018 Right VA PFC
12 − 22 12 325.537 0.020 Right VLD PFC
8 − 2 4 317.749 0.022 Right A PFC
4 − 12 − 16 4 311.298 0.024 Left MD PFC
3 − 10 − 16 14 312.987 0.024 Left VA PFC
Galvanic, late > early
 Left n.s
 Right n.s
Heat pain, early > late
 Left n.s
 Right n.s
Heat pain, late > early
 Left n.s
 Right n.s
Mechanical pain, early > late
 Left 187 12 − 12 10 289.442 0.001 Right VA PFC
8 − 4 4 270.442 0.001 Right A PFC
6 − 6 − 6 142.883 0.016
 Right n.s
Mechanical pain, late > early
 Left n.s
 Right n.s

TNA thalamic nuclei atlas, A anterior, CL central-lateral/lateral-posterior/medial-pulvinar, MD medio-dorsal, P pulvinar, VA ventral-anterior, VLD ventral-latero-dorsal, VLV ventral-latero-ventral, OTCA oxford thalamic connectivity atlas, OC occipital cortex, PFC pre-frontal cortex, PPC posterior parietal cortex, PreMC pre-motor cortex, PriMC primary motor cortex, SC sensory cortex, TC temporal cortex

aAs two tests are performed for each stimulus type and time frame (two stimulation sides) the significance threshold according to Bonferroni is set to α = 0.025