Research Article
Side of Limb-Onset Predicts Laterality of Gray Matter Loss in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Table 7
Brain areas with reduced GM volume in ALS patients with left limb-onset and corresponding normal controls (
, uncorrected).
| Brain anatomical regions |
BA region |
MNI coordinates of peak voxels (mm) | Cluster size | value | value | | | |
| R_precentral gyri | 4, 6 | 10 | −18 | 48 | 89 | 4.07 | 0.0008 | R_superior frontal gyri | 6 | 14 | −2 | 62 | 209 | 3.70 | 0.0008 | R_supplementary motor areas | 6 | 12 | −6 | 58 | 28 | 3.42 | 0.0002 | R_postcentral gyri | 3 | 36 | −28 | 42 | 33 | 4.09 | 0.0008 | R_supramarginal gyri | 40 | 62 | −40 | 22 | 26 | 2.12 | 0.0002 | L_precentral gyri | 4, 6 | −34 | −14 | 54 | 111 | 3.56 | 0.0004 | L_parietal opercular | | −52 | −38 | 20 | 28 | 3.92 | 0.0002 | L_supramarginal gyri | 40 | −54 | −46 | 18 | 93 | 3.42 | 0.0002 | L_angular gyri | 39 | −44 | −52 | 12 | 48 | 3.36 | 0.0004 |
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L: left; R: right.
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