Table 3 Montreal Neurological Institute coordinates of seed regions.

From: Connectivity alteration in thalamic nuclei and default mode network-related area in memory processes in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy using magnetoencephalography

Regions

 

MNI coordinates (x, y, z, mm) (Ipsi = left, Contra = right)

Thalamus

Anterior nucleus

Ipsi = − 6, − 8, 14

Mediodorsal nucleus

Ipsi = − 4, − 13, 9

Intralaminar nuclei

Ipsi = − 11, − 21, 1

Hippocampus

 

Ipsi = − 29, − 19, − 15

Default mode network core system

Medial prefrontal cortex

− 1, 54, 27

Inferior parietal lobule

Ipsi = − 46, − 66, 30; Contra = 49, − 63, 33

Posterior cingulate cortex

0, − 52, 27

  1. Affected side of patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and the same side of the matched healthy controls were converted to the left side.
  2. MNI Montreal Neurological Institute, Ipsi ipsilateral (left, affected side), Contra contralateral (right, healthy side).