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. 2010 Dec 15;32(11):1998–2013. doi: 10.1002/hbm.21165

Table III.

Sex differences in brain activations during stress and alcohol‐cue exposures

Sex × task Stress‐neutral Alcohol cue‐neutral
Coordinates Coordinates Coordinates
X Y Z X Y Z
Regions of activation Lat BA X Y Z Volume (mm3) F Male > Female Volume (mm3) t Female > Male Volume (mm3) t
Superior/middle frontal gyrus L 6 −19 −8 65 2,056 5.98 −15 −12 62 2,704 2.33
Medial frontal gyrus B 9, 10 −1 48 21 1,595 5.63 2 46 23 6,878 2.5
Rostral anterior cingulate gyrus B 32 6 39 16 1,051 5.79 4 40 14 2,667 2.4
Posterior insula L −42 −6 −7 422 5.54 −37 −6 −9 641 2.26
R 43 6 −4 3,432 6.04 40 7 −13 1,381 2.24
Amygdala L −23 −1 −15 906 5.66 −23 −3 −17 1,803 2.53
R 27 −3 −14 633 5.51 26 −2 −17 1,780 2.41
Hippocampus L −29 −22 −13 919 5.47 −28 −19 −16 3,095 2.5
R 24 −15 −15 408 5.38 28 −16 −16 1,957 2.46
Parahippocampal gyrus R 22 −21 −16 166 5.35 21 −29 −14 1,774 2.39
Putamen L −24 7 −11 387 5.78 −25 4 −9 796 2.29
Superior/middle TG L 21, 22, 38 −44 0 −18 992 5.92 −36 1 −28 1,989 2.26
Superior/middle/inferior TG R 20, 21, 22, 37, 39 50 −38 −4 8,061 6.29 52 −43 −4 24,088 2.47
Superior parietal lobe B 7 12 −66 55 4,372 5.88 8 −62 51 10,384 2.46
Lingual gyrus (occipital lobe) L 19 −14 −54 −2 1,340 5.81 −15 −55 0 3,085 2.46
Cerebellum B 17 −53 −19 4,058 6.06 10 −52 −21 7,688 2.47

Whole‐brain FWE corrected thresholds at P < 0.01 for Sex × Task and at P < 0.05 for Stress > Neutral and Alcohol Cue > Neutral. Lat, laterality; B, bilateral; L, left; R, right; BA, Brodmann's area; TG, temporal gyrus. No differences in female > male for the Stress‐Neutral and in male > female for the Alcohol Cue‐Neutral survived FWE correction.