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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 9.

Brain areas differentially activated by positive and negative rewards from the PVM Fisher odds ratio analysis (voxel p<0.01 and a minimum cluster size of 60 voxels).

Label L/R x y z OR Size
Positive > Negative
Medial Orbitofrontal Cortex L −12 48 −22 0.001 371
Medial Orbitofrontal Cortex L −4 38 −22 0.097
Medial Orbitofrontal Cortex L −6 52 −12 0.202
Medial Orbitofrontal Cortex L −8 42 −18 0.202
Medial Orbitofrontal Cortex L −6 48 −6 0.244
Nucleus Accumbens L −6 4 −10 0.352 192
Pallidum L −12 4 −2 0.409
Posterior Cingulate Cortex R 4 −30 38 0.001 129
Posterior Cingulate Cortex R 6 −34 30 0.001
Posterior Cingulate Cortex L −8 −38 34 0.097
Posterior Cingulate Cortex L −2 −46 30 0.097
Posterior Cingulate Cortex L −4 −34 28 0.097
Pallidum R 16 2 −2 0.336 60
Nucleus Accumbens R 8 12 −8 0.409
Positive < Negative
Middle Frontal Gyrus R 46 18 32 1724.2 149
Inferior Frontal Gyrus R 52 12 24 1724.2
Middle Frontal Gyrus R 50 24 32 1093.5
Inferior Frontal Gyrus R 60 12 16 896.9
Precentral Gyrus R 50 6 26 19.0
Anterior Cingulate Cortex R 8 24 24 7.8 65
Anterior Cingulate Cortex R 6 16 30 5.2
Anterior Cingulate Cortex L −4 20 28 4.2
Anterior Cingulate Cortex R 4 24 34 3.4