Table 4

One way ANOVA comparison between generic brain activation maps for affected eye stimulation in patients after left optic neuritis, and left eye stimulation in controls showing Talairach coordinates.

Talairach coordinates
Approximate BA x (mm) y (mm) z (mm)
Areas of significantly greater response in patients:
 Right orbitofrontal cortex11−22+40−12
 Right insula-claustrum14–16−28+28−1
 Left insula-claustrum14–16+27+29−1
 Right insula-claustrum14–16−31+25+4
 Left insula-claustrum14–16+35+20+4
 Right corpus striatum−20+3−1
 Right inferior frontal cortex45−52+26+4
 Right visual cortex19−12−45−1
 Right visual cortex18−14−55+4
 Right visual cortex17−13−70+12
 Right cingulate gyrus23−14−60+8
 Right lateral temporal cortex22−49−25+8
 Right cingulate gyrus23−13−61+12
 Left cingulate gyrus23+8−61+12
Areas of significantly greater response in controls:
 Left visual cortex18+21−64−8
 Right visual cortex18−8−80−1
 Right visual cortex19−12−55−1
 Left visual cortex18+5−85−1
 Left visual cortex18+11−77−1
 Left visual cortex18+12−61−1
 Left visual cortex19+25−61−1
 Left visual cortex19+12−44−1
 Right superior temporal gyrus22−53−20+4
 Right middle temporal gyrus22−55−37+4
 Right visual cortex18−32−78+4
 Right visual cortex18−25−75+4
 Left visual cortex17+5−85+4
 Left visual cortex18+7−75+4
 Left visual cortex18+10−61+4
 Right visual cortex17−10−72+8
 Left visual cortex17+6−75+8
 Right visual cortex17−10−75+12
 Left visual cortex18+20−80+16
  • Search volume 2471 voxels; p<0.05. Patients>controls=125 voxels; controls>patients=424 voxels.