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. 2012 Jun 4;7(6):e38115. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038115

Table 3. Neurofeedback-related activation and deactivation (group whole-brain analysis).

a) Areas activated during upregulation periods
Anatomical label Talairach coordinates (x/y/z) Cluster size (mm3)
L IFG/insula −39/17/14 20960
L cuneus −17/−52/9 10825
L HC −28/−29/−7 6548
R PHG 30/−47/2 3397
R insula 25/19/16 4077
R VS 9/6/0 1294
L DMPFC −13/43/36 3708
Bil Medial frontal gyrus −5/7/48 1643
b) Areas deactivated during upregulation periods
Anatomical label Talairach coordinates (x/y/z) Cluster size (mm3)
R TPJ 52/−48/24 24077
L TPJ −54/−27/20 15250
R DLPFC 39/27/33 12355
R posterior insula 33/−13/6 1918
R EVC 32/−89/1 3787
Bil PVC −9/−72/10 35879
c) Areas with increased activity during late compared to early session
Anatomical label Talairach coordinates (x/y/z) Cluster size (mm3)
Bil VS −11, 9, 5 13, 15, 6 1073 969
L EVC −33, −79. −7 6298

Abbreviations: See Table 2; additionally: DMPFC  =  dorsomedial prefrontal cortex; HC  =  hippocampal complex; IFG  =  inferior frontal gyrus; PHG  =  parahippocampal gyrus; PVC  =  primary visual cortex; TPJ  =  temporo-parietal junction; VS  =  ventral striatum; EVC  =  extrastriate visual cortex.