A PET imaging study of the brain changes of glucose metabolism in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and depressive disorder

Table 2 Comparison of difference in glucose uptake (Z scores of SUV) of brain regions between TLE with depression group and TLE without depression group

Brain regions	TLE with depression group (M ± SD)	TLE without depression group (M ± SD)	P
Left parietal lobe	0.001 ± 1.02	0.94 ± 1.11	0.023
Right parietal lobe	− 0.31 ± 0.97	0.50 ± 0.88	0.041
Left temporal lobe	0.76 ± 1.42	1.10 ± 1.24	0.332
Left frontal lobe	0.10 ± 0.89	0.76 ± 1.02	0.094
Right frontal lobe	− 0.12 ± 0.70	0.34 ± 0.75	0.175
Left occipital lobe	− 1.18 ± 1.08	0.10 ± 1.36	0.008
Right occipital lobe	− 1.24 ± 0.83	− 0.24 ± 1.00	0.009
Left posterior cingulate gyrus	− 0.12 ± 0.67	0.33 ± 0.69	0.119
Right posterior cingulate gyrus	− 0.39 ± 0.65	− 0.06 ± 0.60	0.231
Left medial frontal lobe	− 0.40 ± 0.80	0.41 ± 1.07	0.054
Right medial frontal lobe	− 0.55 ± 0.75	− 0.003 ± 0.90	0.148
Left medial parietal lobe	0.19 ± 0.90	0.90 ± 1.10	0.062
Right medial parietal lobe	− 0.30 ± 0.90	0.76 ± 0.91	0.016
Left sensorimotor area	− 0.005 ± 0.79	0.59 ± 0.82	0.106
Right sensorimotor area	− 0.37 ± 0.86	0.38 ± 0.70	0.045
Left visual area	− 1.97 ± 1.40	− 0.43 ± 1.31	0.006
Right visual area	− 1.98 ± 1.28	− 0.60 ± 1.23	0.006
Left caudate nucleus	− 1.35 ± 1.10	− 0.39 ± 1.12	0.039
Right caudate nucleus	− 1.18 ± 1.54	− 0.11 ± 0.75	0.031
Right cerebellar vermis	− 0.78 ± 0.71	− 0.08 ± 0.66	0.022
Left joint mean	0.30 ± 1.01	0.90 ± 1.08	0.117
Right joint mean	− 0.001 ± 0.79	0.39 ± 0.74	0.289
Total cerebral cortex mean	− 0.21 ± 0.71	0.39 ± 0.77	0.057
Total cortical and subcortical mean	− 0.21 ± 0.63	0.31 ± 0.66	0.051

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