Research Article

Early and Late Shift of Brain Laterality in STG, HG, and Cerebellum with Normal Aging during a Short-Term Memory Task

Table 3

Anatomical area, brain hemisphere, value, coordinates of maximum intensity ( , and number of activated voxels obtained from group analysis ( < 0.001), comparing four group of participants in word-based STMQ.

Anatomical
area
Hemisphere   
value
Coordinate
(  mm)
NOV   
value
Coordinate
(  mm)
NOV   
value
Coordinate
(  mm)
NOV   
value
Coordinate
(  mm)
NOV

20–29 30 −3940 −4950 −65

6.61 −60, −12, 1213813.13 −56, −6, 0150412.72 −58, −20, 25716.04 −58, −32, 10253
L5.09 −36, −36, 10499.81 −62, −14, 28.63 −56, −8, 65.86 −50, −30, 6
STG4.79 −50, 12, −18896.87 −56, −4, −45.35 −62, −22, 4
7.2346, −24, −42512.4564, −10, 6119214.354, −16, −83688.1164, −18, 0422
R6.5656, −30, 121109.962, −4, −26.4460, −28, 6424.8360, −32, 413
4.6358, −8, −2355.8266, 32, 1420

L5.59 −54, −28, −41229.9 −62, −14, 02468.49 −58, −20, 01355.91 −58, −32, 838
MTG4.95 −60, −10, −68.48 −58, −10, −6 535.14 −46, −24, 0105.87 −64, −28, −268
R4.92 48, −22, −8 256.1569, −20, −42311.4252, −16, −10108
10.7566, −18, −10

5.09 −50, −4, 46688.71 −54, −6, 347378.79 −42, 2, 381387.83 −42, −8, 4484
L4.64 −40, 2, 32188.52 −46, −10, 305.86 −52, −6, 50286.02 −36, −2, 5821
PCG4.35 −54, −8, 30105.85 −36, 2, 5437
4.6450, −8, 36239.2450, −4, 403936.6646, 0, 341205.6844, −6, 4251
R8.5746, −8, 345.9548, 8, 4210
5.9156, 0, 2218

L5.34 −4, −74, −24258.18 −24, −62, −2828610.23 −40, −68, −2851
Cerebellum4.68 −4, −38, −6175.62 −4, −74, −161835.61 −42, −58, −34
R6.426, −64, −30359.6934, −60, −306288.8636, −58, −321084.5938, −78, −2419
5.424, −40, −50186.4426, −68, −26

7.67 −62, −10, 143009.56 −56, −6, 165308.19 −58, −2, 20396.96 −44, −10, 4099
L5.29 −44, −12, 388.47 −54, −6, 364.94 −40, −12, 38275.94 −46, −8, −48
Post CG4.67 −54, −10, 288.18 −46, −10, 32
R5.2556, 10, 221458.1956, −4, 302276.3156, −2, 2273
550, −10, 34

L5.58 −32, −30, 10376.08 −36, −30, 141856.55 −48, −16, 6424.61 −42, −26, 1011
Heschl gyrus4.76 −58, −12, 8135.72 −56, −10, 8
R6.9240, −20, 61245.5760, −4, 6106.6964, −4, 612
6.3160, −8, 65.6946, −16, 419

“—”: not significant.
STMQ: short-term memory task in quiet, NOV: number of activated voxels, STG: superior temporal gyrus, MTG: middle temporal gyrus, PCG: precentral gyrus, Post-CG: postcentral gyrus, L: left, R: right.