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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2008 Apr;65(4):466–475. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.65.4.466

Table 2.

Brain Areas Activated by Comparison

Alcohol-Beverage Comparison






Group Side X Y Z t score Regions
Naltrexone L −8 43 53 4.44 superior medial frontal
R 3 −92 16 5.27 cuneus
R 4 −95 12 7.83 calcarine
Ondansetron R 29 −88 24 4.29 occipital
R 8 −68 3 4.07 lingual
Nal + Ond R 5 62 31 6.05 superior medial frontal
L −1 26 31 4.37 ant-cingular
L −45 −77 24 5.08 middle occipital
R 34 −81 27 4.22 middle occipital
R 4 −91 21 4.51 cuneus
L −1 −61 17 8.01 calcarine
L −39 27 −14 6.54 inferior orbital frontal
R 3 −79 −16 4.43 cerebelum
Placebo L −18 41 40 5.49 superior frontal
L −2 −37 35 4.56 mid-cingulate
R 1 90 20 5.29 cuneus
L −3 −57 16 4.93 calcarine
R 5 63 18 5.53 superior medial frontal
R 17 −18 1 4.13 thalamus
R 1 59 −3 4.03 med-frontal
R 8 7 −8 5.01 ventral striatum
L −21 −23 −14 4.25 parahippocampus
R 14 69 −15 4.93 cerebelum
R 29 −42 −18 4.77 fusiform
Social Drinking L −7 −99 9 3.99 calcarine
Alcohol-Visual Control Comparison
Naltrexone L −9 63 30 4.26 superior medial frontal
R 4 −94 7 4.96 calcarine
L −24 −93 −15 7.52 lingual
R 25 −78 −18 5.85 cerebelum
Ondansetron L −13 39 51 4.87 superior frontal
L −25 −76 43 4.23 occipital
R 1 3 35 4.17 anti-cingular
L −7 60 32 4.15 superior medial frontal
R 32 −90 20 5.52 occipital
L −1 −69 12 6.44 calcarine
R 23 −25 −11 4.91 hippocampus
L −23 −32 −12 4.87 parahippocampus
Nal + Ond L −10 50 46 4.64 superior medial frontal
R 17 48 45 4.39 superior frontal
R 11 −94 20 4.72 occipital
R 2 −91 7 6.42 calcarine
L −23 −28 −10 4.51 hippocampus
Placebo L −2 36 51 5.51 superior medial frontal
L −20 −81 45 4.76 cuneus
L −17 47 38 4.67 superior frontal
R 1 −91 17 4.94 cuneus
L −8 53 9 4.31 anti-cingular
L −15 4 3 5.07 pallidum
R 1 −82 −2 7.65 calcarine
R 9 6 −8 4.78 ventral striatum
L −26 −29 −12 4.49 parahippocampus
R 25 −30 −14 4.67 parahippocampus
L −35 30 −18 4.85 inferior orbital frontal
R 39 −69 −22 5.25 cerebelum
L −31 −49 −22 5.46 cerebelum
Social Drinking L −19 −100 −10 4.16 lingual
Beverage-Visual Control Comparison
Naltrexone No activation
Ondansetron R 17 −18 70 5.65 precentral gyrus
Nal + Ond R 28 −96 −4 4.56 occipital
L −15 −101 −8 5.83 lingual
Placebo L −14 −100 −10 5.41 lingual
R 27 −82 −13 4.4 lingual
R 30 −82 −20 4.82 cerebelum
Social Drinking L 24 −69 −19 6.09 cerebelum
R 21 −30 −12 4.02 parahippocampus
L −21 −95 −10 5.56 lingual
R 18 −93 −6 7.68 occipital