The Plasticity of Brain Gray Matter and White Matter following Lower Limb Amputation

Table 4

Regions showing significant differences of cortical thickness across the whole brain.

Region	H	BA	Coordinates			Mean thickness		value	Peak score	Vertex number
						Patients	Controls
PMC	L	6	−41	6	54	2.44 ± 0.40	2.81 ± 0.27	0.001	3.84	169
V1	R	17	12	−96	4	1.68 ± 0.16	1.89 ± 0.21	0.001	3.64	167
TOJ	R	37	43	−65	2	2.20 ± 0.15	2.45 ± 0.21	0.001	3.49	127
preCG	R	4	52	−8	43	2.62 ± 0.24	2.83 ± 0.16	0.001	3.55	108
V2/V3	R	18	30	−95	8	1.88 ± 0.21	2.14 ± 0.19	0.001	3.52	104
Precuneus	R	N.A.	16	−37	46	2.01 ± 0.17	2.22 ± 0.17	0.001	3.38	94
V1	L	17	−10	−88	6	1.42 ± 0.11	1.62 ± 0.19	0.003	3.40	89
IPL	L	7	−29	−71	40	2.12 ± 0.16	2.33 ± 0.16	0.001	3.76	86
OFC	L	47	−46	42	−10	1.94 ± 0.21	2.14 ± 0.21	0.002	3.17	59

The results were reported at < 0.005 (uncorrected) and vertex number >50. BA, Brodmann Area; H, hemisphere; IPL, inferior parietal lobule; N.A., not available; OFC, orbital frontal cortex; PMC, premotor cortex; preCG, precentral gyrus; TOJ, temporooccipital junction; V1, primary visual cortex; V2/V3, extrastriate visual areas 2/3.