Research Article

Brain Network Alterations in Alzheimer’s Disease Identified by Early-Phase PIB-PET

Table 3

18F-FDG–revealed hypometabolic brain areas differentiating AD and CN groups.

Brain regionVoxel-level
TZ

Limbic lobe/R ParaHippo6.755.050.00022−4−38
4.783.990.000226−24
R STG/BA396.404.880.00058−5826
5.184.230.00054−5444
R MTG/ ITG5.994.680.00054−6418
5.854.600.00066−40−14
Rectal gyrus5.894.620.000832−26
Limbic lobe/L ParaHippo5.794.570.000−224−22
PCC/BA295.644.490.000−2−4220
5.514.410.0000−2632
R MFG/ACC5.094.180.000250−12
4.884.050.00043824
R SPL/BA75.014.130.00036−5854
4.703.940.00040−4850
L STG/BA134.954.100.000−50−40
4.423.760.000−466−2
L STG/BA42/Insula4.794.000.000−64−3618
3.823.360.000−54−3218
L STG/BA384.733.960.000266−48
L IFG/BA474.703.940.000−4024−16
4.093.550.000−3814−12

Threshold: = 3.45, = 0.001; Extent threshold: = 50 voxel, voxel size:  mm. 18F-FDG: fludeoxyglucose F 18; AD: Alzheimer’s disease; CN: cognitively normal; STG: superior temporal gyrus; BA: Brodmann area; MTG: middle temporal gyrus; ITG: inferior temporal cortex; PCC: posterior cingulate cortex; MFG: medial frontal gyrus; ACC: anterior cingulate cortex; SPL: superior parietal lobe; IFG: inferior frontal gyrus.