Research Article

Insula Volume and Salience Network Are Associated with Memory Decline in Parkinson Disease: Complementary Analyses of Voxel-Based Morphometry versus Volume of Interest

Table 2

Location, AAL coordinates, and statistical significance of the regions showing the associations of cognitive performance and gray matter atrophy.

Associations of cognitive scores and gray matter atrophyRegionBACoordinates (mm) value value

MMSE Left superior temporal gyrus−49.3718.58−20.45<0.00124.47
Left middle temporal gyrusLeft BA 21−65.38−14.74−9.35<0.00124.15
Left superior temporal gyrusLeft BA 42−65.35−24.279.39<0.00123.82
Right inferior temporal gyrus55.56−60.45−23.87<0.00119.10
Right middle temporal gyrus67.59−28.61−17.99<0.00117.44

CASILeft superior temporal gyrusLeft BA 38−43.3821.68−24.37<0.0015.11
Left middle temporal gyrus−7.40−27.59−14.71<0.0014.76
Left superior temporal gyrusLeft BA 42−65.35−24.3211.39<0.0014.53
Right superior temporal gyrusRight BA 2267.63−23.151.17<0.0014.01
Right middle temporal gyrus68.60−28.67−15.99<0.0013.66

PDD-short screenLeft middle temporal gyrusLeft BA 39−54.37−61.4916.320.0013.62
Right superior temporal gyrus66.64−24.203.150.0013.80
Right insula45.66−10.338.580.0013.77

Composite free-recall verbal memoryRight middle temporal gyrusRight BA 2167.60−33.72−14.130.0016.32
Right superior temporal gyrus66.64−25.265.120.0015.32
Right insula gyrusRight BA 1342.670.678.80.0014.95
Left temporal poleLeft BA 38−39.3822.76−27.350.0015.74
Left superior temporal gyrus−62.34−15.3010.640.0015.62
Left middle temporal gyrusLeft BA 19−52.38−63.3812.260.0015.12
Left middle temporal gyrus−52.36−59.5719.370.0013.96
Left insula gyrusLeft BA 13−43.313.31−2.040.005.88

Delayed free-recall verbal memoryRight insulaRight BA 1344.60−9.603.130.0013.94
Left insulaLeft BA 13−48.48−12.399.60.0013.77
Right insulaRight BA 1340.66−13.3810.500.0013.62
Right insula93.73−12.34−67.970.001
Right insulaRight BA 1248.48−12.348.30.0014.46
Left inferior frontal gyrus−34.3811.51−18.670.0014.08
Right supramarginal gyrus60.67−28.7021.040.0014.27
Left middle temporal gyrus−65.38−37.041.030.0014.46
Left superior temporal gyrus−61.34−34.6322.090.0014.17
Right middle temporal gyrus46.63−68.6819.940.0014.15
Left rolandic opercular gyrus−50.34−6.237.870.0014.03

BA: Brodmann area; CASI: cognitive abilities screening instrument; MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; PDD: Parkinson disease dementia.