The Neural Correlates of Spatial and Object Working Memory in Elderly and Parkinson’s Disease Subjects

Table 4

Within-groups comparisons in OWMT baseline.

BA	Anatomical area	ESs										IPD
		Left hemisphere					Right hemisphere					Left hemisphere					Right hemisphere
					-sc					-sc					-sc					-sc
8	Sup. frontal gyrus	−40	4	52	3.82	95	34	14	52	4.11	1 76						40	6	52	3.75	13
		−28	−8	48	3.62
		−34	0	48	3.49
44/6	Inf. frontal gyrus	−46	6	24	4.44	95						−56	10	32	3.50	10	52	14	40	4.72	10
		−40	0	36	3.65
		−50	6	12	3.54
6	Pre-SMA	−2	18	52	3.69		2	18	44	4.42	95	0	12	52	3.32	11
							14	8	56	4.05
9/8	Mid. frontal gyrus						42	46	20	4.57	47
							38	40	36	3.74
							38	32	40	3.38
7	Sup. parietal lobule	−30	−66	48	4.83	324											44	−56	48	4.51	262
40	Inf. parietal lobule	−42	−48	32	4.52		50	−42	36	3.89	163	−44	−44	40	4.53	45
7	Precuneus	−30	−70	40	4.10		42	−68	44	3.72		−36	−56	56	3.83		24	−74	48	4.39	16
							34	−70	48	3.82		−30	−68	32	3.72		12	−78	40	3.64
38	Temporal pole	−50	14	−20	4.00	45
		−40	16	−8	3.85

Activated areas by ESs group (left) and IPD group (right) during the performance of OWMT. BA: Brodmann area; Sup.: superior; Inf.: inferior; Mid.: middle; -sc: -score, ; : number of voxels in each cluster. (See also Figure 2.)