Table 2

Clusters showing grey-matter differences between patients with bipolar disorder and controls*

Cluster peak/regionsPeak MNI coordinates, x, y, zSDM Z valuep valueVoxel sizeBrodmann areaCluster breakdown
BD v. controls
 BD > controls
  None
 BD < controls
  Superior frontal gyrus, medial part−2, 54, 12−2.704< 0.00143699, 10, 23, 32Bilateral superior frontal gyrus, medial part, left anterior cingulate/paracingulate gyri, bilateral median cingulate/paracingulate gyri
  Right insula44, 16, 0−3.614< 0.001256247, 48Right insula, right inferior frontal gyrus, opercular part
  Left insula−36, 16, −14−2.679< 0.001111348Left insula, left temporal pole, superior temporal gyrus
  • BD = bipolar disorder; MNI = Montreal Neurological Institute; SDM = seed-based d-mapping.

  • * Clusters that met our criteria for robustness.