Table 3 Brain regions with significant associations between greater hair mercury levels and greater fractional anisotropy.

From: Mercury levels in hair are associated with reduced neurobehavioral performance and altered brain structures in young adults

 

Included large bundles* (number of significant voxels in left and right side of each anatomical area)

x

y

z

T score

TFCE value

Corrected p value (FWE)

Cluster size (voxel)

1

Posterior limb of internal capsule (L:18)/Retrolenticular part of internal capsule (L:97)/Posterior corona radiata (L:161)/Posterior thalamic radiation (L:308)/Superior longitudinal fasciculus (L:119)/Tapatum (L:58)/

−36

−45

7.5

4.48

634.12

0.004

889

2

Posterior limb of internal capsule (R:30)/Retrolenticular part of internal capsule (R:118)/Superior corona radiata (R:163)/Posterior corona radiata (R:121)/Posterior thalamic radiation (R:72)/External capsule (R:10)/Superior longitudinal fasciculus (R:685)/

33

−12

27

4.14

617.13

0.005

1743

3

Splenium of corpus callosum (105)/Posterior corona radiata (R:111)/

19.5

−42

30

3.85

478.68

0.022

250

  1. *The anatomical labels and significant clusters of major white matter fibers were determined using the ICBM DTI-81 Atlas (http://www.loni.ucla.edu/).
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