Neural Plasticity

Research Article

Neural Plasticity of Mild Tinnitus: An fMRI Investigation Comparing Those Recently Diagnosed with Tinnitus to Those That Had Tinnitus for a Long Period of Time

Table 4

Local maxima for the whole-brain analysis for within-group contrasts in the emotion task experiment. Whole-brain analysis for both P > N and U > N conditions was computed for each group. Regions are listed in Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) coordinates. Brodmann areas are also provided (before determining the Brodmann areas, the MNI coordinates were converted to Talairach coordinates). Statistical threshold was set at FWE corrected for multiple comparisons. L: left; R: right; P: pleasant; N: neutral; U: unpleasant.


Contrast	MNI coordinates , ,	score	Cluster mm³	Gyrus (Brodmann area)

LTIN group (P > N)	54, −16, 2 52, −34, 4 66, −30, 0	6.14 6.06 5.46	273	R. superior temporal gyrus (BA 22) R. middle temporal gyrus (BA 22) R. middle temporal gyrus (BA 21)
	−54, −10, 0 −56, −16, 10 −56, −2, −2	5.94 5.68 5.52	303	L. superior temporal gyrus (BA 22) L. transverse temporal gyrus (BA 42) L. superior temporal gyrus (BA 22)
	−62, −40, 10	5.35	43	L. superior temporal gyrus (BA 22)
	−6, −56, 34 −10, −48, 30	5.28 5.02	61	L. precuneus (BA 7) L. precuneus (BA 31)

LTIN group (U > N)	−58, −8, 2 −58, −16, 10	5.81 5.61	371	L. superior temporal gyrus (BA 22) L. transverse temporal gyrus (BA 42)
	54, −46, 2 58, −4, 0 60, 2, −6	5.69 5.34 5.26	194	R. middle temporal gyrus (BA 22) R. superior temporal gyrus (BA 22) R. superior temporal gyrus (BA 22)
	48, −34, 4	5.34	29	R. superior temporal gyrus (BA 22)

RTIN group (P > N)	58, 2, −8 56, −10, −4	6.12 5.19	103	R. middle temporal gyrus (BA 21) R. middle temporal gyrus (BA 22)
	−10, −46, 44	5.74	22	L. precuneus (BA 7)
	−54, −20, −6	5.67	35	L. middle temporal gyrus (BA 21)
	14, 50, 10	5.32	30	Medial frontal gyrus (BA 10)

RTIN group (U > N)	−26, −6, −6	5.95	45	L. lentiform nucleus
	58, 2, −8	5.78	46	R. middle temporal gyrus (BA 21)
	−54, −18, −6	5.62	25	R. middle temporal gyrus (BA 21)
	−54, −6, 4 −56, 0, −4	5.11 5.05	44	L. superior temporal gyrus (BA 22) L. superior temporal gyrus (BA 22)