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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 8.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 1999 Nov;156(11):1787–1795. doi: 10.1176/ajp.156.11.1787

TABLE 4.

Brain Areas of Increased and Decreased Blood Flow During Evoked Memories of Childhood Sexual Abuse in Women With PTSD (N=10)

Blood Flow and z Scorea Talairach Coordinate
Brain Region Brodmann’s Area
x y z
Increased blood flow
 5.02 38 2 −22 Right uncus/temporal pole 28, 38
 4.82 −28 14 −14 Left inferior frontal gyrus/uncus 47
 4.72 −62 2 −22 Left middle temporal gyrus 21
 4.44 −58 10 −18 Left superior temporal gyrus (temporal pole) 38
 4.48 8 46 32 Right superior frontal gyrus 8, 9
 3.10 −18 42 36 Left superior frontal gyrus 9
 3.39 −4 10 16 Left thalamus (central medial)
 3.28 −12 −16 −2
 3.24 −8 −4 6
 3.38 −2 −50 −18 Cerebellum (vermis)
Decreased blood flow
 5.98 54 −40 −44 Fusiform gyrus/cerebellum
 5.50 60 −26 −24 Right fusiform gyrus 20
 5.31 −64 −34 −26 Left fusiform gyrus 20
 4.89 48 −52 34 Supramarginal gyrus 40
 3.86 −6 0 56 Left superior frontal gyrus 6
 4.91 46 14 44 Right middle frontal gyrus 6, 8, 9
 4.89 40 26 32
 4.56 38 16 58
 4.36 −36 −74 4 Left middle occipital gyrus (visual association) 19
 3.92 20 24 −12 Right subcallosal gyrus 25
 3.37 22 −18 −16 Right hippocampus
 3.34 18 −4 −18
 3.16 44 −48 −50 Cerebellum
a

z score>3.09, p<0.001. All analyses included 40 observations.