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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2010 Feb;49(2):162–172e5. doi: 10.1097/00004583-201002000-00010

Table 2. Relation of Reward-Related Striatal and Rostral Medial Prefrontal Activation to Adolescents' Subjective Positive Affect in Natural Settings and Depressive Symptoms.

Region Hemisphere Talairach coordinates of maximum voxel in cluster Cluster Size t pFDR <
x y z
Subjective Positive Affect
Reward Anticipation – Positive Correlation
 Thalamus/Caudate R 8 -9 13 238 3.34 0.05
Reward Outcome – Positive Correlation
 Thalamus/Caudate R 10 -2 10 693 2.94 0.05
Depressive Symptoms
Reward Anticipation – Positive Correlation
 Medial Frontal Gyrus, BA10 R 6 62 1 91 3.45 0.05
 Anterior Cingulate, BA32 L -6 19 27 82 2.45 0.05
Reward Outcome – Negative Correlation
 Ventral Striatum L -14 2 -7 402 3.09 0.05

Note: Results are from regressions focusing on the striatum and the rostral medial prefrontal cortex. df=75 for subjective positive affect and 74 for depressive symptoms. For clusters labeled Thalamus/Caudate, the maximum voxel for the cluster was located in the thalamus, but most of the cluster was located in the caudate. BA: Brodmann Area. FDR: False discovery rate-corrected. When excluding cases with depressive symptoms >30, the correlations with BA32 during reward anticipation (63 voxels, [-4,34,4], t=2.69, p<.005) and striatum during reward outcome (caudate: 103 voxels, [-2,12,6], t=2.95, p<.005) remained significant.