Comparison of evoked vs. spontaneous tics in a patient with trigeminal neuralgia (tic doloureux)

Molecular Pain

Table 4 Spontaneous tics (decreased)

	Brain Region*	Zmax	Vol. (cc)	MNI x	MNI y	MNI z
Cortical Regions
Motor Cortex
	PreCG (4)	1.41 (C)	1.02	-57	-10	39
Temporal Lobe
	STG (22)	1.10 (I)	0.46	44	-53	22
	MTG (39)	1.26 (C)	0.33	-33	-56	22
Cingulate Cortex
	PCC (31)	1.51 (C)	1.19	-13	-64	26
	PCC (23)	2.81 (B)	6.88	6	-55	31
Subcortical Regions
Hypothalamus
	Hyp	1.57 (C)	4.05	-4	5	13
Amygdala
	Amy	1.20 (I)	0.50	18	-7	-24
Hippocampus
	Hip	1.33 (C)	0.55	-28	-19	-15

Amy – amygdala; Hip – hippocampus; Hyp – hypothalamus; MTG – medial temporal gyrus; PCC – posterior cingulate cortex; PreCG – precentral gyrus; STG – superior temporal gyrus.
*Brain Region – name and where appropriate Brodmann Area ( ). MNI – Montreal Neurological Institute

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