Table 1.

Foci of activation during the different script sections in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and healthy controls

	BPD patients			HC
	Region	z-score	MNI-coordinates x, y, z	Region	z-score	MNI-coordinates x, y, z
Trigger situation vs. baseline
Activation	l. middle temporal g., BA 39	5.27	−60, −63, 9
	l. middle temporal g., BA 21	4.94	−45, 9, −39
Deactivation	l. precentral g.	5.50	−60, −6, 30	l. middle occipital g., BA 18	5.03	−33, −99, −3
		4.60	−27, −12, 42	r. medial temporal g.	4.67	57, −60, −6
	r. middle frontal g., BA 10	4.91	39, 54, −9
		4.74	48, 51, 0
		4.68	39, 54, 0
	l. middle frontal g., BA 10	4.68	−36, 48, 15
	r. posterior cingulate	4.85	3, −60, 3
	r. precuneus	4.84	9, −66, 63
		4.84	12, −87, 39
		4.81	24, −27, 30
	l. posterior cerebellum	5.05	−39, −72, −24
	r. posterior cerebellum	4.84	48, −54, −36
		4.65	30, −48, −42
	posterior cerebellum	4.70	0, −75, −33
Emotional and cognitive reactions vs. baseline
Activation	l. frontopolar cortex, BA 10	5.15	−18, 66, 21
	posterior cingulate	4.70	0, −54, 27
Deactivation	r. lingual g.	5.52	18, −84, −3
	l. orbito- frontal g., BA 11*	4.74	−24, 36, −18
		4.61	−33, 39, −15
Self-injurious behavior vs. baseline
Deactivation	l. fusiform g., BA 19	5.22	−36, −72, −21
	r. mid-cingulate	4.73	0, 21, 42
		4.70	3, 9, 45
Relaxation vs. baseline
Activation				r. temporal pole, BA 38	5.05	36, 15, −45
				r. orbito-frontal g., BA 11	4.62	36, 36, −15

l., left; r., right; g., gyrus; BA, Brodmann area.

^*Significant between-group difference.