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Published in final edited form as: Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2011 Aug 25;36(1):479–501. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.08.005

Table 2.

Studies that report correlations between decreased amygdala activity and prefrontal region increases during emotion regulation tasks.

Study Type of Analysis Regions BA X Y Z
Banks et al. (2007) PPI with Left Amygdala region active for both Reappraisal and Maintain L. Orbitofrontal Cortex −21 26 −6
R. Orbitofrontal Cortex 23 22 −13
L. Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex −11 25 54
Superior PFC −13 14 59
Superior PFC 17 15 60
Dorsomedial PFC 6 36 37
Subgenual PFC 5 21 5
Kanske et al. (2011) PPI with Left Amygdala for Reappraisal L. Superior Medial Frontal 10 −6 59 12
9 0 46 43
R. Superior Frontal 6 22 −6 67
L. Inferior Orbitofrontal 47 (47/12) −32 28 −8
R. Inferior Orbitofrontal 47 (47/12) 31 31 −8
L. Ventromedial Frontal/Anterior Cingulate 25/10/11 −9 23 −3
PPI with Left Amygdala for Distraction R. Anterior Cingulate/Dorsomedial Frontal 6/8/32 6 26 44
L. Middle Frontal 44 −47 27 29
6 −52 6 34
R. Middle Frontal 44/46 47 31 35
Ochsner et al. (2004) Negative Correlation with right Amygdala decrease during Reappraisal 47 (47/12) −39 19 −9
47 (47/12) 31 22 −8
44 53 6 17
32 −18 26 26
Ochsner et al. (2002) Negative Correlation with Amygdala decrease during reappraisal 46/10 −51 37 18
Urry et al. (2006) PPI with Decrease >Attend Left Amygdala signal R. Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex 11 5 37 −12
L. Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex 32/10 −23 43 −10

Note: All MNI coordinates were transformed into Talairach space using the program GingerAle (Eickhoff et al., 2009).