Table 3

Regions displaying high discrimination weights between patients with MDD and controls for cortical thickness measures

Talairach coordinates
Brain region*xyzW
MDD > control
Left hemisphere
 Lateral occipital gyrus−18−10035.32
 Posterior cingulate gyrus−6−30275.93
 Superior frontal gyrus−229494.59
 Inferiorparietal lobular−36−75386.27
 Supramarginal gyrus−56−48354.29
 Precentral gyrus−552334.12
 Postcentral gyrus−64−11185.63
 Middle temporal gyrus−60−13−236.75
 Superior temporal gyrus−58−5−24.05
Right hemisphere
 Rostral middle frontal43382311.01
 Pars opercularis5524145.47
 Caudalmiddlefrontal gyrus4118474.45
 Precentral lobule44−10427.00
 Temporal pole447−379.56
 Pars orbitalis3953−86.06
 Lateral occipital gyrus17−94175.45
 pericalcarine16−7585.90
 Isthmus cingulate gyrus8−48128.17
 Anterior cingulate gyrus832117.79
 Insular lobe37−1524.57
 Paracentral lobule8−29514.78
Control > MDD
Left hemisphere
 Precentral lobule−16−2273−7.10
 Insular lobe−3730−6.37
 Superior temporal sulcus−42−5319−5.41
 Precuneus−8−4952−6.23
 Paracentral lobule−3−3667−4.96
 Caudal anterior cingulate gyrus−4628−8.87
 Lingual gyrus−23−62−10−6.09
 Fusiform gyrus−34−47−10−10.01
 Lateral occipital gyrus−39−81−14−9.27
 Rostral middle frontal gyrus−2854−11−7.74
Right hemisphere
 Precuneus10−6146−10.19
 Insular lobe3614−2−5.23
 Superior temporal gyrus63−7−2−7.20
 Entorhinal cortex25−9−31−7.05
 Lingual gyrus20−75−10−7.28
 Paracentral lobular13−4573−5.52
 Supramarginal gyrus59−2530−7.35
 Inferior temporal sulcus60−41−13−7.58
 Lateral occipital gyrus41−834−4.43
 Superior frontal gyrus146212−4.64
  • MDD = major depressive disorder; W = weight vector value.

  • * These regions were identified by setting the threshold at greater than 30% of the maximum value of the discrimination map. Positive weight vector values represent MDD > control; negative weight vector value represent control > MDD.