Research Article

Altered Regional Homogeneity and Functional Connectivity during Microlesion Period after Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease

Table 3

Regions showing altered functional connectivities between the pre-PD group and the post-PD group (voxel , FWE correction with cluster ).

Seed areaBrain region (AAL)Cluster sizePeak MNI coordinatePeak T-value

Pre-PD>Post-PD
Left posterior cerebellar lobe as the seed
Cluster 1Cerebellum_8_L196−33−48−426.0512
Cerebellum_Crus1_L
Left middle temporal gyrus as the seed
Temporal_Mid_L147−60−63127.6778
Bilateral precuneus as the seed
Cluster 1Angular_L198−57−60307.0958
Cluster 2Precuneus_L93−6−57365.4209
Cluster 3Frontal_Sup_L151−2136486.239
Left middle frontal gyrus as the seed
Cluster 1Frontal_Sup_Medial_L12405495.19
Cluster 2Frontal_Mid_L73−4530334.8853
Cluster 3Angular_L302−39−63487.1131
Cluster 4Precuneus_L214−3−66456.8136
Cluster 5Angular_R23645−69427.6871
Cluster 6Frontal_Sup_Medial_R201−342457.0057
Right middle frontal gyrus as the seed
Cluster 1Angular_R22151−66396.8844
Cluster 2Frontal_Sup_Medial_R1401845425.054

Post-PD>Pre-PD
Bilateral precuneus as the seed
Cluster 1Supp_Motor_Area_R4831845−5.0847
Cluster 2SupraMarginal_R5360−3648−5.1899
Left middle frontal gyrus as the seed
Cluster 1Cerebellum_8_L141−18−78−45−5.5137
Cluster 2Cerebellum_8_R7815−78−45−4.9594
Cluster 3Lingual_R26518−63−6−7.4628
Cluster 3Lingual_L138−18−63−6−7.1345
Cluster 5SupraMarginal_L116−54−3030−5.4536
Right middle frontal gyrus as the seed
Cluster 1Frontal_Inf_Tri_L52−3933−3−4.8022
Frontal_Inf_Orb_L
Cluster 2SupraMarginal_L45−63−3330−4.6723
Bilateral paracentral lobule as the seed
Cluster 1Cingulum_Mid_R470−3342−5.0405

Pre-PD, before DBS; post-PD, one day after DBS; AAL, anatomical automatic labeling; MNI, Montreal Neurological Institute; PD, Parkinson’s disease; DBS, deep brain stimulation; FWE, the family-wise error.