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Table 3 Spontaneous tics (increased signal)

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

 

Brain Region*

Zmax

Vol. (cc)

MNI x

MNI y

MNI z

Cortical Regions

      

Frontal Lobe

      
 

MFG (6)

3.25 (I)

1.31

19

8

56

  

2.91 (C)

0.43

-38

2

47

  

3.57 (B)

7.81

2

2

52

  

3.39 (C)

2.48

17

-9

62

  

2.96 (C)

0.46

-34

-9

52

 

MFG (9)

3.84 (C)

4.15

-22

43

24

  

2.81 (I)

0.54

52

5

41

 

MFG (10)

3.20 (C)

1.59

-47

55

1

  

2.60 (I)

0.43

42

51

-4

  

4.36 (C)

7.79

-42

49

15

  

3.35 (I)

2.67

38

-23

52

 

MFG (46)

3.18 (C)

1.69

-38

30

25

 

IFG (47)

2.65 (I)

0.44

49

41

-9

  

3.53 (C)

3.83

-57

35

-14

  

3.49 (I)

4.22

32

22

-5

 

IFG (9)

2.96 (C)

0.81

-52

5

38

  

2.41 (C)

0.29

-51

-17

-27

 

IFG (44)

4.54 (C)

11.38

-63

9

12

  

3.14 (I)

0.85

47

9

13

  

3.24 (I)

3.96

56

8

9

Motor Cortex

      
 

PreCG (6)

2.60 (I)

0.46

26

-21

65

Temporal Lobe

      
 

STG (38)

2.76 (C)

1.04

-53

17

-23

 

STG (22)

4.36 (C)

5.05

-53

11

-5

 

MTG (21)

2.80 (C)

1.19

-37

-3

-31

 

ITG (37)

2.83 (C)

0.97

-60

-61

-11

Parietal Lobe

      
 

IPL (40)

4.71 (C)

7.04

-61

-25

21

  

3.23 (I)

3.58

45

-35

48

  

3.62 (C)

1.52

-63

-43

32

  

3.45 (C)

4.39

-52

-46

38

Insula

      
 

Ins (13)

4.21 (C)

6.03

-37

24

1

  

2.57 (C)

0.77

-38

-9

-3

  

2.82 (I)

0.53

37

-14

4

Cingulate Cortex

      
 

ACC (32)

3.43 (B)

6.15

1

27

38

  

2.96 (I)

0.80

16

20

51

Subcortical Regions

      

Thalamus

      
 

Pulvinar

2.72 (C)

0.38

-17

-32

12

Brainstem and Cerebellum

      

Ventral Tegmental Area

      
 

VTA

2.88 (C)

0.73

-5

-20

-11

Cerebellum

      
 

Cb

3.23 (C)

2.45

-19

-60

-30

  

2.45 (I)

0.48

33

-59

-39

  

3.57 (C)

2.78

-26

-74

-56

  1. ACC – anterior cingulate cortex; IFG – inferior frontal gyrus; Ins – insula; IPL – inferior parietal lobe; ITG – inferior temporal gyrus; MFG – medial frontal gyrus; MTG – medial temporal gyrus; PN – pontine nuclei; PreCG – precentral gyrus; STG – superior temporal gyrus; VTA – ventral tegmental area; Cb – cerebellum.
  2. *Brain Region – name and where appropriate Brodmann Area ( ). MNI – Montreal Neurological Institute