Research Article

Altered Brain Activation in Early Drug-Naive Parkinson’s Disease during Heat Pain Stimuli: An fMRI Study

Table 5

Correlation between mean value and VAS and HPT.

VASHPT
CONPDCON + PDCONPDCON + PD

STG.LCorrelation coefficient0.510−0.2360.439−0.53−0.19−0.439
value 0.036*0.4170.013*0.028*0.5150.013*

STG.RCorrelation coefficient0.489−0.0450.450−0.710.003−0.473
value 0.046*0.8790.011*0.001*0.9910.007**

INS.RCorrelation coefficient0.5600.5000.630−0.560.184−0.303
value 0.019*0.0680.000**0.019*0.5280.097

Note: * < 0.05; ** < 0.01.