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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 12.
Published in final edited form as: Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2010 Dec 24;35(5):1219–1236. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.12.012

Table 2.

Brain areas activated by positive or negative rewards from the ALE analysis (FDR p<0.05 and a minimum cluster size of 60 voxels).

Region L/R x y z ALE (10−3) Size
Positive
Pallidum R 12 8 −4 35 9254
Pallidum L −12 8 −4 33
Insula R 36 20 −2 10
Insula L −32 18 −4 8
Thalamus R 4 −14 8 7
Thalamus L −10 −22 12 5
Hippocampus L −30 −20 −18 6
Brain Stem L −4 −18 −12 5
Hippocampus L −24 −14 −12 5
Mid-Orbitofrontal Cortex L −28 28 −12 5
Inferior Frontal Gyrus L −52 18 0 4
Medial Orbitofrontal Cortex L −2 54 −6 10 3483
Medial Orbitofrontal Cortex R 2 48 −14 10
Supplementary Motor Area R 2 8 48 8
Pregenual Cingulate Cortex R 4 42 18 7
Posterior Cingulate Cortex L 0 −30 32 6 292
Inferior Parietal Lobule L −30 −60 48 5 222
Posterior Cingulate Cortex R 2 −50 26 4 166
Negative
Pallidum L −10 6 −2 9 5705
Nucleus Accumbens L −16 12 −10 8
Nucleus Accumbens R 12 10 −8 7
Insula R 36 20 −6 6
Caudate R 10 6 4 5
Insula L −28 24 −8 5
Amygdala R 26 0 −18 5
Anterior Cingulate Cortex R 6 24 34 7 1102
Inferior Frontal Gyrus R 52 10 22 3 195
Precentral Gyrus L −48 4 26 4 189
Middle Frontal Gyrus R 44 28 36 2 125
Mid-Orbitofrontal Cortex L −18 44 −12 3 98
Frontal Pole L −36 50 10 4 91