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. 2010 Feb 3;91(4):1060–1067. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28549

TABLE 3.

Regions exhibiting differential activation during sustained attention1

Talairach coordinates
Cluster extent (voxels)
Brain region (Brodmann's area) x y z
mm
Placebo versus low dose
 DHA > placebo
  Right inferior frontal gyrus (BA9) 44 −3 26 445
  Right precentral gyrus (BA6) 36 −10 30
 Placebo > DHA
  Right occipital lobe, lingual gyrus (BA17) 14 −87 3 275
22 −89 −2
  Left occipital lobe, lingual gyrus (BA17) −8 −90 −4
Placebo versus high dose
 DHA > placebo
  Left superior frontal gyrus (BA9) −20 48 36 288
−26 44 29
 Placebo > DHA
  Right cerebellum, posterior lobe 8 −81 −21 382
  Left cerebellum, posterior lobe −8 −83 −23
−10 −82 −35
Low dose versus high dose
 High > low
  Left parietal lobe (BA43) −61 −9 17 358
  Left temporal lobe (BA42) −59 −9 10
−51 −21 1
  Right occipital lobe (BA30) 26 −71 9 278
  Right posterior cingulate (BA31) 26 −61 14
  Right cerebellum, posterior lobe 8 −77 −20 1091
30 −63 −20
  Left cerebellum, posterior lobe −22 −69 −20
1

DHA, docosahexaenoic acid. Only comparisons that were significant at P < 0.05 (corrected) are included in the table. Larger voxel clusters required more than one set of coordinates.