Functional and Structural Plasticity of Brain in Elite Karate Athletes

Table 1

Voxel-based differences of GM deduced by using the contrast elite control subjects exhibiting six significant clusters having at least 20 clusters are summarized.

Cluster p (FWE)	Cluster k	Peak p (FWE)	Peak T	x (mm)	y (mm)	z (mm)	Label
0.0001	215	0.0002	9.89	58.5			b (inferior temporal, R)
		0.0355	6.52	55.5			e (temporal pole superior, R)
0.0088	29	0.0008	8.77	28	20	58	c (premotor cortex, R)
0.0000	242	0.0012	8.56	18	19.5		f (cerebellum, R)
		0.0014	8.42	34.5	39
		0.0017	8.33	33	31.5
0.0041	50	0.0024	8.11	46.5		15	a (occipital-temporal v5 mi, R)
0.0118	22	0.0042	7.76	46.5		1.5	b (Inferior/superior temporal gyrus, ba20, R)
0.0118	22	0.0083	7.36				d (superior temporal, L)

Each cluster is represented with a letter in Figure 1. Cluster level FWE corrected probability values are reported with the MNI coordinates with the statistical values of the peak voxel in the cluster. Peak T value stands for the maximum of t statistic value for a voxel in a cluster. Peak p (FWE) stands for the voxel level significance value, where at least one cluster with unspecified number of voxels is above the threshold (). The number of voxels above the threshold in a cluster is denoted with cluster k while the Cluster p (FWE) is the cluster level probability. MNI coordinates and corresponding anatomical names are represented by and label, variables, respectively.