Table 3 Brain regions showing altered FC with the ITG in the post-taVNS patients compared to the pre-taVNS patients (GRF corrected, voxel p < 0.005, cluster p < 0.05). FC functional connectivity, ITG inferior temporal gyrus, taVNS transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation, post-taVNS after taVNS treatment, pre-taVNS before taVNS treatment, GRF Gaussian random field, AAL automated anatomical labeling, MNI Montreal Neurological Institute, OFG orbitofrontal gyrus, ANG angular gyrus, IPL inferior parietal lobule, PCG posterior cingulate gyrus, L left, R right.
Cluster size | Brain region (AAL name) | MNI coordinates | Peak intensity | ||
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x | y | z | |||
79 | OFG.R | 36 | 33 | − 18 | 4.85 |
28 | OFG.L | − 39 | 21 | 12 | 4.61 |
52 | ANG.R | 51 | − 60 | 27 | 4.44 |
99 | ANG.L /IPL.L | − 42 | − 51 | 24 | 4.73 |
33 | PCG.R/L | − 6 | − 42 | 36 | 3.92 |