Table 2:

Areas of significantly (Puncorrected < .001) reduced cortical perfusion in RRMS subgroups and healthy controls, with volumes for atrophied regions added as covariates

qCBFqCBVAnatomic RegionsCluster SizeMNI Coordinatest Values
xyzHC vs CIHC vs NINI vs CI
Left superior frontal gyrus (BAs 6, 10)a78−3250283.523.62
Right middle frontal gyrus (BA 6)a26340643.31
Left middle frontal gyrus (BAs 10, 11, 46)a100−2256264.794.563.21
Left inferior frontal gyrus (BA 46)21−4830203.29
Right parahippocampal gyrus (BA 28)a2724−22−124.15
Right lingual gyrusa10112−72−25.11
Left lingual gyrus (BA 18)72−6−6823.99
Right inferior parietal lobule (BA 40)a2248−40563.98
Right superior temporal gyrus (BA 38)382810−463.64
Left temporal fusiform gyrus (BA 20)a134−44−22−303.74
Left caudate heada36−10643.64
Right caudate body2418−20263.68
Left thalamic medial dorsal nucleia31−6−1863.63
  • Note:—CI indicates patients with RRMS with cognitive impairment; NI, patients with RRMS without impairment; ✓, anatomic region was present in VBM analysis for this map.

  • a Anatomic regions remained significant from previous VBM analysis without atrophy areas added as covariates.