Table 4 Brain areas indicating changed FC with the cerebellar lobule VIII in the post-taVNS patients compared to the pre-taVNS patients (GRF corrected, voxel p < 0.005, cluster p < 0.05). FC functional connectivity, 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, SMA supplementary motor area, PoCG postcentral gyrus, L left, R right.
Cluster size | Brain region (AAL name) | MNI coordinates | Peak intensity | ||
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200 | SMA.R/L | 3 | 3 | 69 | − 4.10 |
33 | PoCG.R | 18 | − 39 | 60 | − 5.10 |