Table 1

Iomazenil binding (means (SD)) in catatonic patients, and psychiatric and healthy controls

ROIHEMRatioCatatonic patients (n=10)Psychiatric controls
(n=10)
Healthy controls
(n=20)
p (V)
UpperRO0.61 (0.02)b0.62 (0.02)0.69 (0.03)0.002
FrontalW0.93 (0.02)0.94 (0.05)0.95 (0.04)NS
LO0.59 (0.02)ab0.63 (0.02)0.65 (0.02)0.001
W0.90 (0.03)ab0.95 (0.03)0.96 (0.03)0.002
Upper medialRO0.62 (0.02)b0.64 (0.03)0.68 (0.02)0.001
PrefrontalW0.94 (0.04)b0.98 (0.05)1.01 (0.03)0.005
LO0.60 (0.02)b0.63 (0.02)c0.68 (0.05)0.001
W0.93 (0.03)b0.95 (0.04)c1.00 (0.03)0.001
UpperRO0.60 (0.02)b0.62 (0.02)0.66 (0.03)0.001
LateralW0.91 (0.02)b0.95 (0.04)0.97 (0.03)0.005
PrefrontalLO0.60 (0.02)b0.61 (0.03)c0.66 (0.03)0.001
W0.92 (0.04)b0.93 (0.05)0.99 (0.03)0.003
UpperRO0.64 (0.02)0.65 (0.03)0.65 (0.03)NS
ParietalW0.98 (0.04)0.99 (0.05)0.99 (0.04)NS
LO0.67 (0.02)0.67 (0.02)0.68 (0.03)NS
W1.01 (0.021.01 (0.05)1.01 (0.02NS
MiddleRO0.73 (0.03)0.74 (0.03)0.74 (0.04)NS
MedialW0.99 (0.020.98 (0.03)0.99 (0.03)NS
PrefrontalLO0.74 (0.020.73 (0.03)0.74 (0.03)NS
W0.98 (0.03)0.99 (0.04)0.99 (0.03)NS
MiddleRO0.74 (0.03)0.75 (0.04)0.75 (0.03)NS
LateralW0.99 (0.04)0.99 (0.03)0.99 (0.04)NS
PrefrontalLO0.75 (0.04)0.75 (0.03)0.76 (0.03)NS
W0.88 (0.04)0.98 (0.03)0.99 (0.04)NS
LowerRO0.74 (0.03)b0.74 (0.02)c0.78 (0.02)0.001
MedialW1.14 (0.02)b1.13 (0.03)c1.20 (0.02)0.001
PrefrontalLO0.73 (0.02)b0.73 (0.02)c0.77 (0.02)0.04
W1.12 (0.02)b1.11 (0.03)c1.17 (0.03)0.04
LowerRO0.74 (0.03)0.74 (0.04)0.75 (0.02)NS
LateralW0.99 (0.04)0.98 (0.05)0.99 (0.03)NS
PrefrontalLO0.75 (0.04)0.75 (0.03)0.76 (0.03)NS
W0.98 (0.04)0.89 (0.03)0.99 (0.03)NS
LowerRO0.72 (0.03)0.72 (0.03)0.71 (0.02)NS
ParietalW1.10 (0.04)1.09 (0.04)1.08 (0.03)NS
LO0.74 (0.02)0.74 (0.02)0.74 (0.03)NS
W1.14 (0.03)1.13 (0.02)1.12 (0.02)NS
  • Values are mean (SD). SROI=region of interest; HEM, R/L=right and left hemisphere; O/W=occipital and whole brain ratio; p (V)=variance analysis; a, b, c=post hoc ttest (p<0.001); a=catatonic patients<psychiatric controls; b=catatonic patients<healthy controls; c=psychiatric controls<healthy controls.