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. 2012 Sep 5;7(9):e42394. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042394

Table 2. Cannabis approach-bias activations: main task effect across groups and correlation lifetime cannabis use and change problem severity (CUDIT-scores) at six-month follow-up in heavy cannabis users.

Clustersize Brain region Hemisphere MNI coordinates Z max
(voxels) x y z
Main effect approach vs. avoid
787 Ventral medial frontal gyrus R/L −6 56 −14 4.55
578 Posterior cingulate gyrus R/L 10 −56 20 3.50
Lifetime cannabis use positive correlation
3801 Parahippocampal gyrus L −14 −34 −8 3.96
Amygdala R 16 −4 −18 3.40
Occipital cortex L/R −6 −58 2 3.62
Cerebellum R 34 −40 −30 3.76
1598 Cerebellum L −34 −72 −28 3.83
2221 Insula R 38 10 2 3.78
Inferior frontal gyrus, pars opercularis R 52 16 4 3.16
1082 Medial frontal gyrus L/R 6 56 −4 3.21
686 Precuneus R 4 −62 60 3.83
495 Supramarinal gyrus, BA 40 L −54 −48 24 3.41
Change CUDIT negative correlation
413 Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex R 36 32 36 3.54
746 Anterior cingulate cortex L/R −8 42 18 3.34

L, left; R, right; MNI, Montreal Neurological Institute; BA, Brodmann Area; MNI coordinates and Z-scores of local maxima are shown for each cluster; Statistical threshold: Z >2.3, whole-brain cluster-corrected at p<0.05.