Research Article

White Matter Hyperintensity Load Modulates Brain Morphometry and Brain Connectivity in Healthy Adults: A Neuroplastic Mechanism?

Table 2

Positive association between WMHs and brain structure and functional connectivity.

Cluster-level pFWECluster extent (voxels) score at local maximumBrodmann areaSideBrain regionTalairach coordinates
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Regional grey matter volume
0.0458754.6710RSuperior frontal gyrus335122
4.5910RMiddle frontal gyrus454716
3.6910RInferior frontal gyrus46521
3.6410RSuperior frontal gyrus345716
3.3310RSuperior frontal gyrus26563
3.2210RSuperior frontal gyrus30616
<0.00131494.678RSuperior frontal gyrus104344
4.5432LMedial frontal gyrus−61245
4.508RSuperior frontal gyrus123746
3.986RSuperior frontal gyrus102361
3.968LMedial frontal gyrus−22543
3.829LMedial frontal gyrus−45034
3.746LSuperior frontal gyrus−182256
3.6932RMiddle cingulate cortex33628
3.596RSuperior frontal gyrus22656
3.358LSuperior frontal gyrus−143653
3.336LSuperior frontal gyrus−201762
3.219LSuperior frontal gyrus−65627
Anterior default-mode network
0.0462403.7729LPosterior cingulate cortex−16−428
3.51LHippocampus−26−392
3.4037LFusiform gyrus−34−36−13
3.3836LParahippocampal gyrus−34−32−10
3.2919LParahippocampal gyrus−36−49−1
3.23LHippocampus−32−35−7
3.11LHippocampus−24−37−3
Salience network
0.0282674.003RPostcentral gyrus26−3455
3.5640RInferior parietal lobule34−4856
3.317RSuperior parietal lobule26−5163
3.2640RInferior parietal lobule32−4052
3.067RSuperior parietal lobule32−5162
3.023RPostcentral gyrus20−3059

L: left; R: right; FWE: family-wise error.