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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 27.
Published in final edited form as: Neurobiol Aging. 2008 Oct 1;31(9):1532–1542. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.08.016

Table 2.

Average fMRI activations during memory task

Sample MNI coordinates encoding Maximum Z scores encoding Sample MNI coordinates retrieval Maximum Z scores retrieval
Cingulate
 Anterior cingulate cortex −6, 16, 38 5.42 12, 26, 28 6.52
 Posterior cingulate cortex −6, −46, 12 3.48 −2, −38, 24 4.84
Parietal
 Precuneus −24, −78, 44 4.43 −10, −74, 50 4.70
 Inferior parietal lobule −30, −54, 36 6.57 −30, −54, 36 6.58
Temporal
 Superior temporal g. −46, −34, 6 7.16 −46, −34, 6 6.22
 Middle temporal g. −62, −36, 6 7.58 −60, −38, −2 6.43
 Parahippocampal g. −30, −30, −22 5.27 −30, −28, −26 4.02
 Hippocampus −36, −24, −12 4.54 −30, −20, −8 4.36
Frontal
 DLPFC −46, 6, 24 7.30 −48, 6, 24 7.18
 Inferior frontal g. −42, 14, 22 7.84 −38, 18, −10 6.48
 Precentral g. −48, −2, 44 7.09 −48, −2, 38 7.79
Occipital 26, −88, 12 5.70 −10, −76, 6 5.77
Brainstem −2, −32, −18 6.20
Striatum −14, 0, 20 5.98
Thalamus −4, −16, 12 5.62
Cerebellum −6, −58, −18 5.32

Functional MRI activity during encoding and retrieval blocks was compared with activity during control blocks. Regions with statistically significant activity increases (Z = 2.3; cluster p < 0.01) were identified based on the MNI atlas.