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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 3.
Published in final edited form as: Pain. 2005 Dec 20;120(1-2):69–77. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2005.10.014

Table 1.

Group activations for pain (noxious heat)>warmth (non-noxious heat) contrast

Region of activation Broadmann Coordinates
Z score Volume (mm3)
X Y Z
Medial frontal gyrus 6 0 −12 68 2.97 224
Middle frontal gyrus R46/45 44 32 24 3.73 1144
Middle frontal gyrus R6 54 4 52 3.37 608
Inferior frontal gyrus R9 48 8 36 3.55 1160
Inferior frontal gyrus R10 38 42 2 3.48 328
Anterior cingulate gyrus* 24 6 8 36 3.36 184
Posterior cingulate gyrus* 23 −2 −28 34 3.47 424
Insula/claustrum* R13 28 16 0 4.30 2568
Insula* R13 42 0 10 2.94 248
Insula* R13 38 −22 12 2.92 208
Insula/Inferior Parietal R13 44 −32 26 3.93 360
Superior temporal gyrus L22 −70 2 2 3.15 312
Superior temporal gyrus R41/42 54 −38 12 3.21 160
Inferior parietal lobe R40 54 −36 32 2.99 200
Inferior parietal lobe R40 66 −46 40 3.16 168
Inferior parietal lobe L39 −42 −68 40 3.42 344
Putamen/caudate L −20 0 14 3.45 240
Thalamus (anterior)* L −8 −2 6 3.42 192
Thalamas (ventral anterior)* R 16 −6 14 3.55 528

R and L hemisphere is not designated for maxima within 6 mm of midline. Coordinates are in MNI space.

*

Designates regions selected for correlations with ASI and FPQ scores in Table 3.