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Table 2 Peak voxels of areas showing lower metabolism in patients as compared to controls (coordinates are in standardized stereotaxic Montreal Neurological Institute space).

From: Visual fixation in the vegetative state: an observational case series PET study

Peak voxel of cluster

x(mm)

y(mm)

z(mm)

z-value

Correcte

p-value

A. PATIENTS WITHOUT FIXATION

PCC/precuneus

8

-48

32

Inf

< 0.0001

ACC/mesiofrontal

4

16

32

4.01

< 0.0001

L posterior parietal

-42

-74

42

5.66

< 0.0001

R posterior parietal

34

-66

58

6.28

< 0.0001

L dorsolateral prefrontal

-48

-22

56

5.60

< 0.0001

R dorsolateral prefrontal

46

4

58

7.01

< 0.0001

L thalamus

-6

-14

6

5.07

< 0.0001

R thalamus

10

-18

8

5.64

< 0.0001

B. PATIENTS WITH FIXATION

PCC/precuneus

-6

-56

26

Inf

< 0.0001

ACC/mesiofrontal

6

4

38

4.90

< 0.0001

L posterior parietal

-44

-58

56

5.24

< 0.0001

R posterior parietal

34

-85

34

5.74

< 0.0001

L dorsolateral prefrontal

-42

-4

58

5.72

< 0.0001

R dorsolateral prefrontal

48

4

58

6.85

< 0.0001

L thalamus

-6

-14

6

4.73

< 0.0001

R thalamus

12

-14

8

5.65

< 0.0001

  1. R: right; L: left; PCC: posterior cingulate cortex; ACC: anterior cingulate cortex