Table 3 The peak voxel locations of the co-varying spatial patterns of Greater Beta-Amyloid and the Serotonin Transporter (5-HTT) determined by multi-modal Partial Least Squares (mmPLS) for the Normal Controls and Late-Life Depressed Patient Groups.

From: Positron emission tomography imaging of serotonin degeneration and beta-amyloid deposition in late-life depression evaluated with multi-modal partial least squares

Brain region

Hemisphere

Atlas coordinates millimeters(MNI) X Y Z

P value

Greater beta-amyloid in LLD patients compared to controls

  Inferior Temporal Gyrus

Left

−58 −54 −24

2.0E–05

  Precuneus

Right

6 −78 52

7.1E–06

  Precuneus

Right

6 −78 56

2.2E–05

  Inferior Parietal Gyrus

Left

−32 −68 44

8.6E–04

  Superior Occipital Gyrus

Right

22 −78 40

1.5E–07

  Cuneus

Right

14 −76 36

7.8E–06

Lower 5-HTT in LLD patients compared to controls

  Putamen

Right

26 −4 −4

5.6E–05

  Putamen

Left

−22 12 −4

3.7E–05

  Thalamus

Right

14 −28 0

9.0E–09

  Thalamus

Left

−12 −28 4

1.4E–05

  Amygdala

Right

28 −6 −14

2.4E–04

  Amygdala

Left

−26 −8 −12

7.7E–05

  Hippocampus

Left

−26 −8 −16

3.1E–04

  Pontine Raphe

 

−2 −26 −20

3.1E–07

  Dorsal Raphe

 

0 −28 −14

8.2E–18

  Median Raphe

 

0 −30 −20

1.6E–09