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. 2008 Jun 20;131(8):2181–2191. doi: 10.1093/brain/awn124

Table 3.

Lip purse: paired t-tests of activation (baseline minus follow up), with pain scores as covariates

Anatomical site Contemporaneous pain
Constant pain NRS
Constant unpleasantness
Exacerbation Pain NRS
Exacerbation unpleasantness
Z x y z Z x y z Z x y z Z x y z Z x y z
L M1 hand/arm × × × × 2.5 −24 −38 50 × × × × × × × × × × × ×
L S1 hand/arm × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
R M1 hand/arm 2.8 26 −30 54 3.0 24 −32 56 × × × × × × × × 2.3 26 −30 54
R S1 hand/arm 3.0 28 −30 60 3.8 20 −28 60 × × × × × × × × 2.6 24 −34 62
R ACC 3.4 2 −22 42 4.1 6 10 32 3.6 4 12 32 × × × × 3.5 4 12 32
L ACC 3.9 −10 10 30 3.9 −4 2 38 3.1 −2 −8 42 3.5 −2 −2 34 4.4 0 −12 34
L insula 4.8 −36 2 6 × × × × 3.6 −44 14 –16 3.9 −50 12 −6 4.0 −50 12 −6
R insula × × × × 3.6 54 −14 10 × × × × × × × × 3.7 50 14 −6
L thalamus 3.1 −16 −22 4 × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
L superior temporal 4.1 −58 10 −10 4.1 −42 14 −16 × × × × 3.7 −50 14 −16 3.5 −56 8 −12
R superior temporal × × × × × × × × 3.6 8 −78 24 × × × × × × × ×
L S II 3.6 −32 −30 42 × × × × 3.5 −12 −42 48 3.7 −10 −42 50 × × × ×
L inferior Frontal 4.1 −46 −2 26 × × × × × × × × × × × × 3.8 58 0 10
R inferior Frontal × × × × 3.7 54 4 10 × × × × × × × × × × × ×
SMA 4.2 0 −2 50 3.9 −10 −8 56 3.1 −4 −28 62 3.7 0 −6 42 × × × ×
Premotor Area 3.9 −22 −12 4 4.0 14 −22 62 × × × × × × × × × × × ×

Brain areas in which reduction in activation at follow up covaried with pain reduction after therapy, measured by paired t-tests using the GLM within FSL software, with pain scores added as a regressor; × = no significant activation.