Table 1

Clusters activated during writing in patients with writing tremor

SideNumber of
voxels in cluster
Maximum Z
score in cluster
Talairach coordinates
(x,y,z) of maximal
peak activation (mm)
Region of cluster activation1-150Brodmann area of
peak activation
Right18468.2224,−58,−24Cerebellum (hemisphere)
Right 7.65 6,−70,−32 Cerebellum (hemisphere)
Right 7.15 8,−58,−22 Cerebellum (superior hemisphere)
Left19637.49−30,−32, 50Precentral gyrus4
Left 7.09 −40,−46, 60 Inferior parietal lobule 40
Left 6.85 −24,−22, 66 Precentral gyrus 6
Right4027.4344,−44, 58Inferior parietal lobule40
Right 5.81 54,−34, 54 Postcentral gyrus 40
Right 5.65 40,−54, 48 Inferior parietal lobule 40
Right9567.314,−4, 64Medial frontal gyrus6
Right 7.04 10, 6, 42 Superior frontal gyrus 32
Left 6.78 −4,−22, 50 Paracentral lobule 6
Left 251 7.26 −58,14 ,28 Inferior frontal gyrus44
Left 5.17 −54, 12,−8 Superior temporal gyrus 38
Right 780 7.21 54, 20,−2 Inferior frontal gyrus47
Right 6.74 42, 16,−2 Inferior frontal gyrus 47
Right 6.69 58, 14, 22 Inferior frontal gyrus 44
Left 122 6.94 −34,−56,−36 Cerebellum (hemisphere)
Left −24,−68,−32 Cerebellum (hemisphere)
Right 138 6.39 44, 50,−2 Inferior frontal gyrus10
  • Areas activated in patients with writing tremor during writing.

  • 1-150 First order maxima; italics=second order maxima within cluster. The Talairach coordinates correspond to the stereotactic conventions of the atlas of Talairach and Tournoux.30