Research Article

Diffusion Imaging of Auditory and Auditory-Limbic Connectivity in Tinnitus: Preliminary Evidence and Methodological Challenges

Table 1

ROIs.

ROI name (ROI actually refers to the WM tracts adjacent to the named structure)Center of gravity (MNI coordinates)Size (mm3)

Left inferior colliculus (lIC)−6, −32, −1527
Right inferior colliculus (rIC)6, −32, −1530
Left medial geniculate nucleus (lMGN)−18, −24, −2348
Right medial geniculate nucleus (rMGN)18, −23, −2349
Left auditory cortex (lACx)−44, −29, 2594
Right auditory cortex (rACx)46, −26, 5570
Left amygdala (lAM)−28, −15, −1070
Right amygdala (rAM)28, −14, −1042
Left nucleus accumbens (lNAc)−15, 14, −148
Right nucleus accumbens (rNAc)14, 14, −163
Left ventromedial prefrontal cortex (lvmPFC)−19, 28, −9183
Right ventromedial prefrontal cortex (rvmPFC)20, 29, −9199
Average WM skeleton (WM skeleton)76259