TABLE 3.

Brain Areas of Greater Increases and Decreases in Blood Flow During Evoked Memories of Childhood Sexual Abuse in Women With (N=10) Than Without (N=12) PTSD

Difference in Blood Flow and z Scorea	Talairach Coordinate			Brain Region	Brodmann’s Area
	x	y	z
Greater increase in PTSD groupb
3.88	−20	40	36	Left superior frontal gyrus	9
3.14	18	36	16	Right superior frontal gyrus	9
3.39	−34	8	54	Left middle frontal gyrus	6
3.15	−36	18	52
3.72	−10	−34	30	Left posterior cingulate	31
3.28	0	−20	38	Posterior cingulate	24, 31
3.01	16	−38	42	Right posterior cingulate	31
3.18	−32	−14	40	Left precentral (motor) gyrus	4, 6
3.09	−68	−46	18	Left superior temporal gyrus	22
Greater decrease in PTSD groupc
4.37	36	−90	8	Right middle occipital gyrus	19
	38	−84	−20	Cerebellum
4.22	52	−44	−50	Cerebellum
	58	−54	−40
3.46	−42	−64	−16	Cerebellum
	−34	−72	−4	Left middle occipital gyrus	19
	−24	−90	−20	Cerebellum
3.24	20	−50	−20	Cerebellum
4.12	56	−42	48	Right supramarginal gyrus	40
	48	−54	32
	64	−26	36	Right postcentral (sensory) gyrus	1, 2
3.97	44	12	0	Right insula
	44	14	12	Right inferior frontal gyrus	44
3.42	20	22	−10	Right subcallosal gyrus	25
3.15	6	54	−18	Anteromedial frontal	11
3.39	56	−18	−26	Right fusiform gyrus	20
	70	−24	−18	Right inferior temporal gyrus	20
3.38	16	−4	−18	Right hippocampus region
3.27	34	16	60	Right superior frontal gyrus	6

^az score>3.09, p<0.001. All analyses included 88 observations.

^bBlood flow increased or unchanged in PTSD group and unchanged or decreased in non-PTSD group.

^cBlood flow unchanged or decreased in PTSD group and increased or unchanged in non-PTSD group.