Change in regional cerebral blood flow evoked during spatial working memory task, identified from healthy control group z map image
| Talairach coordinates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [X, | Y, | Z] | Region | %ΔrCBF | z |
| X is left (+), right (−) of midline; Y is anterior (+), posterior (−) to the anterior commissure; Z is superior (+), inferior (−) to the anterior commissure-posterior commissure line. | |||||
| rCBF, regional cerebral blood flow. | |||||
| Healthy controls | |||||
| −30 | 23 | 2 | Right prefrontal insular junction (BA 47) | 8.05 | 4.5 |
| −33 | 21 | 22 | Right inferior frontal gyrus (BA 45) | 6.51 | 3.7 |
| Group comparison for right prefrontal insular junction [−30, 23, 2] | |||||
| Group | n | %ΔrCBF | SD | t | p |
| Patient | 5 | 1.64 | 3.92 | −1.51 | 0.17 |
| Control | 5 | 5.90 | 4.96 | ||
| Group comparison for right inferior frontal gyrus [−33, 21, 22] | |||||
| Group | n | %ΔrCBF | SD | t | p |
| Patient | 5 | −0.15 | 2.65 | −2.44 | 0.04 |
| Control | 5 | 5.37 | 4.31 | ||