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