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Table 2 Differences in the individual thalamic nuclei volumes between patients with migraine and healthy controls

From: Alterations of individual thalamic nuclei volumes in patients with migraine

 

Patients with migraine

Healthy controls

   

Thalamic nucleus

Mean, %

SD, %

Mean, %

SD, %

p-value

Lt. whole thalamus

0.47280

0.04550

0.45970

0.06109

0.2997

Rt. whole thalamus

0.45230

0.04183

0.43560

0.05335

0.1406

Anterior group

 Lt. anteroventral

0.00922

0.00116

0.00834

0.00163

0.0098

 Rt. anteroventral

0.00985

0.00126

0.00864

0.00135

*0.0002

Lateral group

 Lt. laterodorsal

0.00204

0.00053

0.00169

0.00050

0.0040

 Rt. laterodorsal

0.00201

0.00046

0.00165

0.00064

0.0069

 Lt. lateral posterior

0.00912

0.00119

0.00818

0.00134

0.0021

 Rt. lateral posterior

0.00874

0.00105

0.00790

0.00151

0.0076

Ventral group

 Lt. ventral anterior

0.02742

0.00261

0.02588

0.00380

0.0470

 Rt. ventral anterior

0.02692

0.00236

0.02557

0.00319

0.0425

 Lt. ventral anterior magnocellular

0.00237

0.00026

0.00219

0.00034

0.0117

 Rt. ventral anterior magnocellular

0.00238

0.00023

0.00222

0.00033

0.0242

 Lt. ventral lateral anterior

0.04659

0.00513

0.04492

0.00627

0.2156

 Rt. ventral lateral anterior

0.04439

0.00403

0.04412

0.00557

0.8104

 Lt. ventral lateral posterior

0.06329

0.00748

0.06184

0.00873

0.4459

 Rt. ventral lateral posterior

0.05991

0.00595

0.05942

0.00811

0.7722

 Lt. ventral posterolateral

0.07074

0.00809

0.06968

0.01077

0.6367

 Rt. ventral posterolateral

0.06738

0.00743

0.06448

0.00992

0.1610

 Lt. ventromedial

0.00161

0.00018

0.00163

0.00026

0.6798

 Rt. ventromedial

0.00164

0.00019

0.00166

0.00028

0.7851

Intralaminar group

 Lt. central medial

0.00461

0.00049

0.00433

0.00076

0.0641

 Rt. central medial

0.00474

0.00056

0.00441

0.00069

0.0306

 Lt. central lateral

0.00253

0.00057

0.00227

0.00056

0.0554

 Rt. central lateral

0.00266

0.00058

0.00231

0.00059

0.0128

 Lt. paracentral

0.00025

0.00003

0.00025

0.00005

0.8959

 Rt. paracentral

0.00025

0.00003

0.00024

0.00004

0.7118

 Lt. centromedian

0.01752

0.00187

0.01754

0.00257

0.9710

 Rt. centromedian

0.01722

0.00223

0.01743

0.00238

0.6950

 Lt. parafasicular

0.00360

0.00056

0.00438

0.00067

*< 0.0001

 Rt. parafasicular

0.00359

0.00069

0.00435

0.00057

*< 0.0001

Medial group

 Lt. paratenial

0.00051

0.00006

0.00048

0.00007

0.0619

 Rt. paratenial

0.00048

0.00006

0.00045

0.00007

0.0501

 Lt. medial ventral

0.00084

0.00011

0.00076

0.00013

0.0021

 Rt. medial ventral

0.00082

0.00012

0.00072

0.00014

0.0018

 Lt. mediodorsal medial magnocellular

0.05298

0.00633

0.04999

0.00760

0.0703

 Rt. mediodorsal medial magnocellular

0.05160

0.00573

0.04793

0.00681

0.0146

 Lt. mediodorsal lateral parvocellular

0.01831

0.00241

0.01737

0.00263

0.1143

 Rt. mediodorsal lateral parvocellular

0.01827

0.00238

0.01675

0.00232

0.0066

Posterior group

 Lt. lateral geniculate

0.01474

0.00213

0.01342

0.00218

0.0099

 Rt. lateral geniculate

0.01419

0.00197

0.01330

0.00151

0.0304

 Lt. medial geniculate

0.00939

0.00116

0.00769

0.00133

*< 0.0001

 Rt. medial geniculate

0.00929

0.00132

0.00823

0.00121

*0.0005

 Lt. suprageniculate

0.00095

0.00020

0.00077

0.00019

0.0001

 Rt. suprageniculate

0.00098

0.00017

0.00087

0.00019

0.0130

 Lt. pulvinar anterior

0.01548

0.00182

0.01537

0.00226

0.8224

 Rt. pulvinar anterior

0.01442

0.00155

0.01385

0.00179

0.1446

 Lt. pulvinar medial

0.07370

0.00823

0.07347

0.01033

0.9174

 Rt. pulvinar medial

0.06754

0.00801

0.06553

0.00828

0.2895

 Lt. pulvinar lateral

0.01131

0.00149

0.01280

0.00262

0.0041

 Rt. pulvinar lateral

0.01009

0.00127

0.01061

0.00173

0.1460

 Lt. pulvinar inferior

0.01369

0.00178

0.01442

0.00212

0.1103

 Rt. pulvinar inferior

0.01294

0.00187

0.01298

0.00186

0.9264

  1. SD standard deviation, Lt left, Rt: right
  2. *p < 0.001