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. 2009 Jan 27;4(2):158–165. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsn051

Table 1.

Brain regions showing proportional activation to increasing anticipated reward

Brain regions MNI-coordinates
BA x y z Peak z-score Cluster size
MID all participants (N = 32)
    R NAcc 9 15 −1 7.01 451*
    R thalamus 3 −17 12 6.92
    L NAcc −9 9 0 6.84
    R inferior middle occipital lobe 18/19 24 −89 18 7.21 417*
    L inferior middle occipital lobe 18/19 −21 −90 10 7.23 102*
    R inferior frontal gyrus 47 33 26 −9 5.06 17*
    L precuneus 7 −12 −65 34 5.70 15*
SID all participants (N = 32)
    R inferior middle occipital lobe 18/19 27 −90 13 5.15 52**
    L putamen −18 12 −1 4.31 34**
    L NAcc −9 6 5 3.78
    R putamen 21 9 8 3.87 23**
    L inferior middle occipital lobe 18/19 −24 −90 10 5.31 21**
    R inferior frontal gyrus 30 32 −2 4.27 14**
MID male participants (N = 16)
    R inferior middle occipital lobe 18/19 24 −90 16 5.67 91*
    R NAcc 9 15 −1 6.24 69*
    R anterior cingulum 15 32 −4 5.73
    R caudate 15 −2 17 5.44
    L NAcc −9 12 −1 6.23 58*
    R cuneus 18 12 −69 15 5.97 27*
    R superior occipital gyrus 39 39 −77 26 5.63 14*
    L amygdala −21 2 −10 5.64 13*
SID male participants (N = 16)
    R inferior middle occipital lobe 18/19 24 −90 10 2.91 14***
    L putamen −18 12 −1 3.01 11***
    R putamen 21 9 8 2.83 10***
MID female participants (N = 16)
    L thalamus −3 32 2 5.78 405**
    R thalamus 3 −17 12 4.73
    L putamen −21 11 −6 4.52
    L inferior middle occipital lobe 18/19 −21 −90 10 5.56 112**
    L (dorsal) anterior cingulum −6 28 26 5.33 110**
    R (dorsal) anterior cingulum 0 19 32 4.03
    R NAcc 15 9 5 4.73 108**
    R putamen 18 −2 11 3.99
    R inferior middle occipital lobe 18/19 21 −90 10 4.73 98**
    R cuneus 18 12 −72 15 4.07 89**
    R (ventral) anterior cingulum 3 49 −13 4.76 65**
    R posterior cingulum 30 21 −52 5 4.04 22**
SID female participants (N = 16)
    L putamen −18 5 −8 4.25 83**
    L NAcc −9 6 5 4.10
    R thalamus 0 −17 9 3.92
    R inferior middle occipital lobe 18/19 27 −87 13 4.98 51**
    R cuneus 18 15 −92 16 4.30
    L inferior middle occipital lobe 18/19 −24 −90 10 5.44 22**
    R middle temporal gyrus 39 42 −57 25 4.41 19**
    R insula 13 24 18 2 4.04 15**
    R (dorsal) anterior cingulum 0 24 18 3.73 14**
    L (dorsal) anterior cingulum −6 25 26 3.36
    R caudate 6 0 3 4.05 13**

*Cluster defined using P < 0.05 FWE; **P < 0.001 uncorrected; ***P < 0.01, uncorrected.