Research Article
Altered Brain Activation in Early Drug-Naive Parkinson’s Disease during Heat Pain Stimuli: An fMRI Study
Table 4
Decreased activation induced by heat stimulation in patients with PD in contrast to healthy controls.
| Region | PD versus control group | Laterality | BA | | MNI coordinates (mm) | Cluster | Score | | | | (Voxels) |
| Superior temporal gyrus | L | 22 | 4.51 | −63 | −27 | 12 | 485 | Insula | L | 47 | 2.94 | −39 | 18 | −6 | | Middle temporal gyrus | R | | 3.34 | 60 | −48 | 15 | 36 | Temporal pole | R | 38 | 3.30 | 54 | 6 | −12 | 120 | Superior temporal gyrus | R | 48 | 3.25 | 54 | −9 | 3 | | Insula | R | 48 | 2.91 | 48 | 15 | −6 | |
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