Research Article

Abnormal Resting-State Functional Connectivity Strength in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Its Conversion to Alzheimer’s Disease

Table 3

Clusters showing significant group effects on FCS.

NumberBrain regionsBrodmann areaCluster size (mm3) Peak MNI coordinateMax  score

1R ITG/FG/HIP/PHG20/37/2812,58251−27−2711.19
2L FG/HIP20/389,153−30−42−2410.78
3R TPOmid382,37654−6−158.62
4L ORBsup117,668−312−1811.71
5B LING186,183−18−60−68.75
6L MOG191,701−45−7268.30
7B PCC/PCu/CUN31/7/1912,339−3−51219.52
8R ANG391,86339−634213.09
9L ANG392,241−54−57367.49
10L SFG62,349−1896010.83

Significance level: < 0.05; voxel size >1350 mm3; AlphaSim corrected < 0.05.
B, bilateral; L, left; R, right; ITG, inferior temporal gyrus; FG, frontal gyrus; HIP, hippocampus; PHG, parahippocampal gyrus; TPOmid, middle temporopolar; ORB sup, superior orbitofrontal cortex; LING, lingual gyri; MOG, middle occipital gyrus; PCC, posterior cingulate cortices; PCu, precuneus; ANG, angular gyri; SFG, superior frontal gyrus; CUN, cuneus.