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. 2009 Nov 17;20(8):1853–1864. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhp249

Table 3.

FMRI activation clusters

Descriptive name BA Volume x y z
A: Sentence (RSO + ISO) − (RSS + ISS)
    Ventral LIFG 44,45 1024 −45 12 13
B: Sentence (RSO–RSS) − (ISO–ISS)
    L SMA 6 905 −11 −1 52
    L AG 39 736 −47 −56 21
    L Precuneus 31 523 −6 −57 28
    L Pmd 6 478 −40 −5 45
C: Sentence (RSS–ISS)
    L LPmd, SMAa 6 1844 — — —
    L IFG, Insula 44,45,13 858 −42 18 8
    L MTG, STG 22,21 706 −53 −46 11
    L AG, SMG 39,40 556 −41 −57 40
    RAG, SMG 39,40 423 42 −56 39
    L MFG 10 369 −36 44 17
    R Insula 13 352 35 21 4
    L Precuneus 7 223 −10 −63 37
D: Sentence (RSO–RSS)
    Ventral L IFG, insula 44,45,6,13 1086 −46 12 11
    L SMA 6 511 −6 3 49
    L PMd 44,6 487 −43 −3 45
E: Sentence (ISO–ISS)
    Ventral LIFGb 44 48 −43 13 7
F: Picture (RSO–RSS)
    L IFG SFG, insula 44,45,6,9, 13 1370 −40 −7 26
    R IFG, insula 44,45,13 759 42 18 6
    R Fusiform gyrus, cerebellum 37 679 41 −60 −21
    L SMA 6 640 −2 7 50
G: Picture (RSS–ISS)
    R MTG, STG 22,21 1720 55 −61 0
    L MTG, STG 22,21 1121 −49 −773 4
    Bilateral precuneus 7 432 −3 −61 54
    R Cerebellum 352 25 −67 −50
    L MFG 6 283 −20 −9 47
    L Middle cingulate/SMA 24,31,6 277 −7 −3 44

Abbreviations: L = left, R = right, IFG = inferior frontal gyrus, SMA = supplementary motor area, PMd = dorsal premotor cortex, AG = angular gyrus, MTG = middle temporal gyrus, STG = superior temporal gyrus, SMG = supramarginal gyrus, MFG = middle frontal gyrus.

Note: Descriptive names are based on visual examination of the extent of clusters and consultation of multiple atlases. Brodmann areas listed are those into which the cluster extends. Volumes are in voxels, which are 2 mm isotropic, thus 8 mm3 in volume. Coordinates are in Talairach atlas space.

a

This cluster is large, encompassing the separate activations detected in LPMd and SMA reported in other contrasts, including Table 3B. Therefore, the center of mass coordinates are not given, as they are located between these 2 areas of strong activation.

b

This cluster was detected using a hypothesis-driven small-volume correction (see Results), whereas all other clusters were detected using a whole-brain correction.