Table 2. Regions Showing Lower Connectivity with the Left GP for the Own vs the familiar Child (oC>fC) Under OT.
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| Decrease by oxytocin: own child > familiar child (PL [oC>fC] > OT [oC>fC]) | ||||||||
| Globus pallidus | R | 42 | 3.66 | <0.001 | 15 | −3 | −6 | |
| 3.20 | 0.001 | 6 | 3 | −12 | ||||
| Middle frontal gyrus | L | 10 | 29 | 3.56 | <0.001 | −39 | 57 | 3 |
| Hippocampus | L | 26 | 3.71 | <0.001 | −24 | −42 | 6 | |
| Superior parietal lobule | R | 5/7 | 75 | 3.81 | <0.001 | 30 | −63 | 63 |
The whole-brain analysis was thresholded at an uncorrected p<0.001 with a cluster extent threshold of k=8 voxels. fC, familiar child; GP, globus pallidus; oC, own child; OT, oxytocin; PL, placebo; uC, unfamiliar child.