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 region | Voxel-level | | | | T | Z | |
| Limbic lobe/R ParaHippo | 6.75 | 5.05 | 0.000 | 22 | −4 | −38 | 4.78 | 3.99 | 0.000 | 22 | 6 | −24 | R STG/BA39 | 6.40 | 4.88 | 0.000 | 58 | −58 | 26 | 5.18 | 4.23 | 0.000 | 54 | −54 | 44 | R MTG/ ITG | 5.99 | 4.68 | 0.000 | 54 | −64 | 18 | 5.85 | 4.60 | 0.000 | 66 | −40 | −14 | Rectal gyrus | 5.89 | 4.62 | 0.000 | 8 | 32 | −26 | Limbic lobe/L ParaHippo | 5.79 | 4.57 | 0.000 | −22 | 4 | −22 | PCC/BA29 | 5.64 | 4.49 | 0.000 | −2 | −42 | 20 | 5.51 | 4.41 | 0.000 | 0 | −26 | 32 | R MFG/ACC | 5.09 | 4.18 | 0.000 | 2 | 50 | −12 | 4.88 | 4.05 | 0.000 | 4 | 38 | 24 | R SPL/BA7 | 5.01 | 4.13 | 0.000 | 36 | −58 | 54 | 4.70 | 3.94 | 0.000 | 40 | −48 | 50 | L STG/BA13 | 4.95 | 4.10 | 0.000 | −50 | −4 | 0 | 4.42 | 3.76 | 0.000 | −46 | 6 | −2 | L STG/BA42/Insula | 4.79 | 4.00 | 0.000 | −64 | −36 | 18 | 3.82 | 3.36 | 0.000 | −54 | −32 | 18 | L STG/BA38 | 4.73 | 3.96 | 0.000 | 26 | 6 | −48 | L IFG/BA47 | 4.70 | 3.94 | 0.000 | −40 | 24 | −16 | 4.09 | 3.55 | 0.000 | −38 | 14 | −12 |
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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.
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