TABLE 1

rCMRGlc Values

RegionBoth hemispheresLeft minus right hemispherePData of Heiss et al. (21)
MeanSDDifferenceSD
Cerebral cortex (global average)33.52.98
    Frontal lobe35.33.510.290.6032.1
    Parietal lobe35.83.231.170.750.0016529.2
    Temporal lobe30.52.540.780.700.0105826.7
    Occipital lobe35.83.121.770.720.0000830.1
    Insular lobe30.32.550.411.0831.8
    Hippocampus25.72.11−0.473.5222.9
Forebrain nuclei
    Caudatum32.63.04−1.403.3432.4
    Putamen40.23.50−2.612.960.0296633.7
    Nucleus accumbens32.32.391.202.86
    Pallidum21.92.26−1.391.98
    Nucleus medial thalami36.64.721.654.6829.9
    Corpus geniculatum laterale23.13.331.133.88
    Corpus geniculatum mediale20.22.87−1.043.44
    Nucleus subthalamicus25.23.290.764.09
    Basal forebrain21.43.19−2.282.060.01062
    Corpus amygdaloideum22.21.740.542.87
Brain stem nuclei
    Colliculus inferior31.43.630.132.07
    Colliculus superior24.42.470.182.69
    Substantia nigra22.82.35−0.702.1022.7
    Nucleus ruber31.03.10−0.081.9922.7
Cerebellum
    Cerebellar cortex29.82.200.360.410.0278523.1
    Vermis30.11.96
    Nucleus dentatus cerebelli24.23.48−1.645.0223.4
White matter
    Centrum semiovale12.31.450.751.7314.9
    Capsula interna25.55.61−0.652.97
  • *Significance of interhemispheric differences as determined by t testing.

  • Value still significant after Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons.

  • Data are in μmol/100 g/min.