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Table 2 Parts of the brain showing changes in glucose metabolism

From: Effects of curcumin on glucose metabolism in the brains of rats subjected to chronic unpredictable stress: a 18 F-FDG micro-PET study

Groups

Activation

Regions

Paxinos coordinatea

T-value

   

ML

AP

DV

 

CUS vs. Control

Increase

Prim somatosens, upper lip(R)

6

−6

2

4.81

  

Dorsolateral entorhinal cortex(R)

8

−8

−4

3.96

  

Basilar artery

0

−12

−12

3.28

 

Decrease

Mediodorsal thalami nu, central(L)

−1

−6

−3

−5.37

  

Crus 2 of the ansiform lobule(L)

−5

−6

−12

−5.08

  

Crus 2 of the ansiform lobule(R)

3

−4

−13

−4.04

  

Caudate putamen(striatum) (R)

3

−7

0

−4.35

  

Postsubiculum (L)

−3

−3

−7

−3.62

  

Cingulate cortex, area 1

0

−2

4

−3.36

  

Parietal cx,post area, rostral(R)

7

−2

−5

−3.23

Model vs. Control

Increase

Pyramidal decussation

0

−11

−16

2.7

 

Decrease

Amygdalohip area, anterolat(R)

4

−9

−4

−2.86

  

Amygdalohip area, anterolat(L)

−4

−9

−4

−2.31

Treatment vs. Model

Increase

Prim somatosens, forelimb(L)

−3

−1

1

3.5

  

Amygdalohip area, anterolat(L)

−4

−9

−4

2.76

  

Secondary somatosensory cx(R)

6

−6

−1

2.71

  

4th cerebellar lobule

0

−1

−9

2

 

Decrease

Primary auditory cortex(L)

−6

−4

−5

−3.34

  

Spinal trigeminal nu, oral(R)

3

−9

−11

−2.23

  

Pryamidal decussation

0

−11

−16

−2.01

  1. aPaxinos coordinates point to the location of the voxel with the t-value ( P < 0.05 for the rest) in the designated brain areas. L, left; R, right.