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Table 3 Results of functional and structural brain features

From: Association between expertise in clinical skills and mental functions networking related to manual dexterity

(A) Between-group difference in seed-based connectivity

 

cluster size (voxel)

clusterpFWE−corrected

MNI coordinates

Z

Region

x

y

z

Seed: Left SMN

D > ND

545

< 0.001

32

4

46

4.5

R

Middle frontal gyrus

   

36

4

30

4.3

R

Primary motor cortex

   

30

6

54

3.9

R

Middle frontal gyrus

ND > D

192

0.009

-32

-18

14

4.0

L

Posterior insula

   

-38

-28

22

4.0

L

   

-34

-12

22

3.8

L

Seed: Right SMN

D > ND

213

0.006

28

4

40

4.6

R

Middle frontal gyrus

   

34

8

46

4.2

   

34

0

68

4.0

R

Superior frontal gyrus

ND > D

267

0.002

-36

-20

6

4.1

L

Posterior insula

   

-38

-18

18

3.9

   

-46

-14

20

3.8

L

Secondary somato sensory cortex

Seed: Left AIns

D > ND

n.s.

ND > D

n.s.

Seed: Right AIns

D > ND

n.s.

ND > D

268

0.001

-10

22

54

4.5

L

Superior frontal gyrus

   

-12

34

46

3.8

 

188

0.010

52

18

-28

4.1

R

Temporal pole

   

42

20

-32

3.9

   

34

18

-28

3.2

 

161

0.021

-2

52

4

3.6

L

Anterior cingulate cortex

   

-4

50

12

3.6

   

8

52

-6

3.5

R

Medial prefrontal cortex

(B) Between-group difference in gray matter volume

 

cluster size (voxel)

clusterpFWE−corrected

MNI coordinates

Z

Region

x

y

z

D > N

n.s.

ND > D

653

0.042

-50

0

38

4.5

L

Primary motor cortex

   

-59

-9

48

3.5

L

Primary somato sensory cortex

   

-59

2

21

3.4

(C) Association between the PPT-A score and seed-based connectivity

 

cluster size (voxel)

clusterpFWE−corrected

MNI coordinates

Z

Region

x

y

z

Seed: Left SMN

Positive correlation

D

127

0.021

60

-30

40

3.9

R

Supramarginal gyrus

   

58

-32

32

3.6

Negative correlation

D

118

0.029

6

-50

-44

4.4

R

Cerebellum lobule 9

   

0

-52

-50

4.1

 
   

-8

-40

-46

3.9

L

  1. Notes: AIns, anterior insula; D, the Dental group; L, the left hemisphere; ND, the Non-Dental group; PPT-A, the Purdue Pegboard Test for assembling tools; R, the right hemisphere; SMN, sensorimotor network